News Topic: WSJcomBankruptcyBeat

Joshua Roberts/Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court Monday ruled that a homeowner who failed to win confirmation of his bankruptcy-exit plan can’t immediately appeal the decision. ... Read full article

REUTERS In a downtown Manhattan courtroom, assistant district attorney Peirce Moser briefed a crowd of would-be jurors on what to expect over the four to six months it’ll take to try three former leaders of t ... Read full article

A person walks past the Everett Institute in 2014. Corinthian Colleges Inc. on Monday filed for chapter 11 protection in U.S. ... Read full article

Texas electricity giant Energy Future Holdings Corp. goes to court Monday to set a schedule for consideration of its chapter 11 exit plan and related proceedings, including for its 80% stake in its prized asset, Oncor. ... Read full article

A bankruptcy judge has ordered the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup, N.M., its insurance carriers and lawyers representing 58 alleged sexual-abuse victims to begin mediation no later than July 15. Judge David Thuma, who oversees the diocese’s bankruptcy ... Read full article

Oil and gas developer Endeavour International Corp. couldn’t reassemble the pieces of a restructuring pact shattered by diving oil prices, so it is looking for a buyer of its U.S. operations. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article ... Read full article

Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s Caesars Palace casino stands in Las Vegas. Bloomberg News The independent examiner inCaesars Entertainment Operating Co. ... Read full article

A stream of workers leave the TXU Monticello Steam Electric Station power plant near Mount Pleasant, Texas, on February 26, 2007. Reuters A year into one ... Read full article

Oil and gas developer Endeavour International Corp. is attempting to swat away accusations from unsecured creditors seeking to sue over allegedly improper prebankruptcy financial maneuvers. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Bankruptcy law pioneer Harvey R. Miller has died at 82 after a battle with ALS. Mr. ... Read full article

REUTERS Speculation has swirled in the legal community in recent weeks about who’s likely to appear to testify in the criminal trial stemming from the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. ... Read full article

REUTERS Jury selection begins Monday in a criminal trial stemming from the downfall of  Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, a 1,300-lawyer New York institution that became the largest law firm ever to fail when it filed for bankruptcy in May 2012. ... Read full article

Newly released court records show that Altegrity Inc., a company linked to some notable U.S. security stumbles of recent years, shelled out $25.7 million to top executives the year before it filed for bankruptcy protection. The Wall Street Journal has the ... Read full article

Wednesday in Chicago, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. will seek to keep a tight grip on its bankruptcy restructuring. The casino operator is asking judge to extend the period of time that its lawyers have to file a reorganization proposal before the ... Read full article

A former Lehman Brothers star trader secretly recorded several conversations that he says prove Lehman owes him more than $83 million in bonuses for his work done mostly in 2008, even though he received a similar amount when Barclays PLC bought Lehman, ... Read full article

Henry Callaway was named as a judge with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Mr. Callaway, who currently works in bankruptcy and litigation at law firm Hand Arendall , will take up his new position in May. He practices in areas ... Read full article

Lehman Brothers on Wednesday said former top trader Jonathan Hoffman is seeking “double recovery” on his bonus from 2008, in day one of a trial over whether Lehman owes Mr. Hoffman and three other employees millions in back bonuses. The Wall Street ... Read full article

Thomas Hoey Jr., the owner of Long Island Banana Corp., is facing a federal criminal indictment on charges that he looted employee pensions. Patrick Kovarik/Agence France-Pre ... Read full article