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Lehman Ex-Bond Trader Loses $83 Million ‘Double Dip’ Bid

10/12/15

Former Lehman Brother bond trader Jonathan Hoffman lost a “double-dip” bid for an $83 million bonus he said he was owed. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Next Week in Bankruptcy

10/09/15
Don Ryan/Associated Press

Supermarket operator Haggen Holdings LLC heads to court twice next week.

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Patriot Coal Plan Wins Aprroval

10/09/15

Patriot Coal Corp. won a judge’s approval of its chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, which will let it hand over its mines to new owners, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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Dov Charney Faces Setback in Defamation Suits Against American Apparel

10/08/15
Dov Charney in 2012
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Less than a week before American App

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A&P Could Have Thousands More Unemployed by Thanksgiving

10/08/15

Thousands more employees of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. could be out of a job by Thanksgiving, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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Alleged Airline Jet Hacker’s Security Firm Files for Bankruptcy

10/07/15

A Colorado cybersecurity firm whose founder said he hacked into more than a dozen airline flights by plugging his laptop into a passenger jet’s entertainment system has filed for bankruptcy.

One World Labs Inc., founded by Chris Roberts in 2009, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, saying it faces roughly $720,000 in debt.

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50 Cent Seeks $75 Million Over Headphones Fiasco

10/07/15
Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court to testify in a lawsuit.
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‘Duck Dynasty’ Ice Tea Brewer Faces Court Deadline

10/07/15
Duck Commander Family Foods and Chinook USA

A Kentucky company that brews ice tea inspired by Uncle Si from the hit A&E reality TV show “Duck Dynasty

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American Apparel to Keep Manufacturing in U.S.

10/07/15

American Apparel Inc.’s turnaround plan includes keeping manufacturing operations inside the U.S., Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards are Officially Worthless

10/06/15
Photo: JEFF KOWALSKY/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Any shoppers still holding on to Borders gift cards can finally toss them in the trash.

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