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The Daily Docket: Academics Seek Chance for Chapter 14

09/19/12

Academics say Chapter 14, which would address failing financial institutions, could co-exist with Dodd-Frank. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Global Aviation Files Restructuring Plan

09/18/12

Global Aviation Holdings Inc. filed a restructuring plan that would hand ownership of its charter-airline service to its senior secured bondholders and cut its debt by about $168 million. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Ex-Howrey Lawyers Stick Together

09/17/12

About 60 former Howrey attorneys are teaming up, and we’re not talking about a softball team.

No, the attorneys—former contract attorneys and non-equity partners—have joined forces to protect themselves from potential lawsuits to recover the compensation they received before the law firm’s demise and subsequent bankruptcy filing last year.

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The Daily Docket: Hostess Union Rejects Labor Deal

09/17/12
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Hostess Brands Inc.’s second-largest union voted to reject a revamped labor deal, sending the company back to the drawing board as it scrambles to find a way out of bankruptcy.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Digital Domain Edition

09/14/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, special-effects company Digital Domain has sunk into bankruptcy, and singer John Mayer is being targeted in a Ponzi-scheme lawsuit. Also, a record-label exec got $2 million from a lawsuit over “Whoomp! (There It Is).”

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The Daily Docket: Pilots Outline Arguments in Appeal of AMR Labor Ruling

09/14/12
Reuters
A US Airways plane passes American Airlines planes at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington in this April 23, 2012, file photo.

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Betsey’s Back From Bankruptcy

09/13/12
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Betsey Johnson goes into a split after doing a cartwheel on the runway after the Betsey Johnson Spring 2013 collection show during Fashion Week, Tuesday, Sept.
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The Daily Docket: Judge Approves AMR Collective-Bargaining Deals

09/13/12
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A judge on Wednesday approved new collective-bargaining agreements between American Airlines’ parent and the unions representing its flight attendants and mechanics, an important but penultima

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Digital Domain Case Is a Chapter 11 Cliffhanger

09/12/12
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A holographic image of Tupac Shakur is seen performing during the third day of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15,
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The Daily Docket: Patriot Lawyer, Judge Battle Over Bankruptcy Venue

09/12/12

A New York judge on Tuesday grilled a lawyer representing Patriot Coal Corp.’s union workers over whether the company’s bankruptcy case should be moved to Charleston, W.V., home of most of Patriot’s coal mines. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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