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An organization that coached public-relations professionals on how to master crisis communications may need to take some of its own advice after its recent bankruptcy filing. Bulldog Reporter , an Oakland, Calif.-based company that provided training and ... Read full article

The former owners of Lake Las Vegas, including two of Texas’ billionaire Bass brothers, paid $115 million last month to quietly settle a long-running lawsuit tied to the luxurious golf community and resort’s collapse into bankruptcy in 2008, according to ... Read full article

An 1830 first edition of the Mormon scripture, “Book of Mormon,” is displayed at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Church History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Se ... Read full article

NII Holdings  Inc. on Monday announced a restructuring deal that would put the Latin American  Nextel  carrier in the hands of its bondholders. Read Joe Checkler’s Daily Bankruptcy Review story in The Wall Street Journal. ... Read full article

The Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. Mel Evans/Associated Press Lawyers representing Atlantic City, N.J.’s Revel Casino Hotel will meet with a h ... Read full article

Fireworks burst over the Detroit city skyline during the annual Ford Fireworks show in downtown, Monday, June 23, 2014. Associated Press A judge on Monda ... Read full article

Going-out-of-business sales started Friday at Alco Stores, a chain of nearly 200 general-merchandise discount retailers that cater to small communities in America’s heartland. ... Read full article

Earlier this year Maryland’s Community Law Center had its first victory under an updated law meant to stop bad behavior by the owners of blighted properties that refuse to clean them up. But late Tuesday night the progress in that effort hit a road ... Read full article

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Gary Cameron/Reuters Lawyers, pay attention—correcting a mistake in bankruptcy papers is going to cost you pretty soon. ... Read full article

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Cars drive by the Chicago Theatre April 3, 2011 in Chicago. Associated Press A Chicago sign maker that’s done work for the Windy City’s thea ... Read full article

An investment fund that parked all of its money with  Bernard Madoff  has agreed to give up $95 million for the benefit of Mr. Madoff’s victims in the second major settlement announced this week by the court-appointed official tracking down money tied to ... Read full article

The professionals working on the long-running U.S. bankruptcy case of defunct telecommunications company Nortel  raked in another $36 million this week. ... Read full article

The crisis experts this week were tasked with parsing the statements made by Apple Inc. related to its court fight with GT Advanced Technologies Inc. ... Read full article

A new legal settlement will bring in nearly $500 million for  Bernard Madoff   ’s cheated investors, putting their total recovery to date above $10 billion. Read  Jacqueline Palank’s Daily Bankruptcy Review story in The Wall Street Journal. ... Read full article

Mutual fund giant Franklin Templeton Investments is appealing a judge’s decision to allow the city of Stockton, Calif., to exit bankruptcy under a plan that pays Franklin-managed funds a fraction of the $37 million owed them but makes full payments for ... Read full article

“New Jersey champagne” might sound like a sarcastic joke, but it’s really a thing, and the winery that invented it filed for Chapter 11 Thursday. Renault Winery Inc. became so prominent among New Jerseyans for its champagne and other wines, in fact, that ... Read full article