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Super Bowl Ticket Seller, Stung by Shortage, Files for Bankruptcy

05/05/15
Yoav Shapira and Lisa Redpenning, both from Boston, display their tickets for Super Bowl XLIX bought at the NFL ticket exchange Jan.
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Homeowner’s Bankruptcy Appeal Denied by Supreme Court

05/05/15
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.

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On the Scene at Dewey & LeBoeuf Jury Selection

05/04/15
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

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Corinthian Colleges Files for Chapter 11

05/04/15
A person walks past the Everett Institute in 2014. Corinthian Colleges Inc. on Monday filed for chapter 11 protection in U.S.
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Next Week in Bankruptcy

05/01/15

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.

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Gallup Diocese, Abuse Victims to Begin Mediation

05/01/15

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 proceedings, signed off on mediation at the request of both alleged victims and the diocese, which stretches across broad swaths of northern Arizona and New Mexico.

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Endeavour International Looks for Buyer of U.S. Operations

05/01/15

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 here.

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Caesars Examiner Close to Deal on Creditors’ Investigation

04/30/15
Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s Caesars Palace casino stands in Las Vegas.
Bloomberg News

The independent examiner inCaesars Entertainment Operating Co.

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Oncor Sale May Offer a Way Out for Former TXU

04/29/15
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

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Endeavour International Looks to Ward Off Lawsuit

04/28/15

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.

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