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Supermarket Owner A&P Returns to Bankruptcy

07/20/15

A&P filed for chapter 11 protection for the second time in less than five years with plans to sell itself. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Judge Says Sex-Tape Lawsuit Can Proceed Despite 50 Cent’s Bankruptcy

07/17/15
50 Cent arrives at the Weinstein Netflix after party after at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 11.
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50 Cent’s Bankruptcy Storms the Internet

07/17/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, 50 Cent’s bankruptcy has stormed the Internet.

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50 Cent Blames Bankruptcy on Expensive Lawsuits

07/17/15
An April file photo of 50 Cent at the Okecie airport in Warsaw, Poland.
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Next Week in Bankruptcy

07/17/15

Baha Mar Ltd., the bankrupt developer of a $3.5 billion unopened resort in the Bahamas, will go before two courts Monday—one in the U.S. and one in the Bahamas.

The Supreme Court of the Bahamas will consider whether to recognize the company’s U.S. bankruptcy filing, a decision that could finally give the company access to $80 million in bankruptcy financing from company owner Sarkis Izmirlian. But the prime minister of the Bahamas said Thursday that the government will oppose that request and force it into a Bahamian court proceeding.

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Dish Wins in Lawsuit Over Bid for LightSquared

07/17/15

A judge on Thursday handed a win to Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charlie Ergen and the company’s board of directors in a shareholder lawsuit over Dish’s 2013 bid for bankrupt wireless venture LightSquared. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Ex-Billionaire Sam Wyly Angles to Publish Immigration Book

07/16/15
Sam Wyly’s wife, Cheryl, wipes his coat as the pair walk into court in Manhattan on May 6, 2014.
Associated Press

In the good ole days before Texas busin

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Walter Energy Enters Chapter 11 Amid Drop in Coal Prices

07/16/15
Bloomberg

Walter Energy Inc. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy prote

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Attention on Dewey Trial Spans Globe

07/15/15
LEE CELANO/REUTERS

As Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP collapsed in 2012, Bruno Gattai was the head of the Italian practice, managing 18 partners and about 100 other lawyers and staff spl

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Oil and Gas Company Sabine Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

07/15/15
Karen Bleier/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Texas-based Sabine Oil & Gas Corp.

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