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The Daily Docket: Tribune Creditors Look at Post-Bankruptcy Litigation

06/11/12

As Tribune Co. closes in on confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan, attention has turned to the big-ticket litigation over the failed leveraged buyout that drove the media company to bankruptcy more than three years ago. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Danielle Staub Edition

06/08/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, “Real Housewife of New Jersey” Danielle Staub isn’t lighting up the TV screens but is instead starring in her own Chapter 7 case. Also, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s videogame company may need some consolation, and celebrity chef Pino Luongo’s restaurant has been filleted in bankruptcy.

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The Daily Docket: Schilling’s 38 Studios Enters Bankruptcy

06/08/12

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s videogame company, 38 Studios LLC, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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So Long, Peter Nero?

06/07/12
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Peter Nero in April 2011

The Philadelphia Orchestra Association is in the final stages

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The Daily Docket: Judge Dismisses BofA Suit Over Ocala Collapse

06/07/12

A federal judge dismissed Bank of America Corp.’s lawsuit against units of Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA, a win for the two foreign banks in their $1.75 billion dispute over losses suffered when a subsidiary of disgraced mortgage lender Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. collapsed. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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A Closer Look at Top-Dollar Attorneys’ Fees

06/06/12
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More attorneys than ever are charging $1,000 an hour or more as the U.S.

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Jumping on the Bankruptcy Bandwagon, Jersey Style

06/06/12
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In this Aug.
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The Daily Docket: Barclays Favored in Lehman Trustee Dispute

06/06/12
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A judge on Tuesday ruled largely for Barclays PLC in the bank’s ongoing dispute with the trustee unwinding Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s brokerage stemming from Barclays’ 2008 purchase of the brokerage, a decision th

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