News Topic: WSJcomBankruptcyBeat

Getty Images Harry Wilson, a key figure in the Obama Administration’s restructuring of General Motors Co. ... Read full article

Konrad Fiedler/Bloomberg News Brookstone Holdings Corp.’s creditors can begin voting on a bankruptcy-exit plan that relies on the sale of the specialty retailer at an upcoming auction. ... Read full article

The TXU Monticello Steam Electric Station power plant near Mt. ... Read full article

TelexFree LLC, a Massachusetts Internet calling service provider, stands accused of operating one of the largest pyramid schemes in history.  The company, now in bankruptcy, is facing civil fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, ... Read full article

India’s retail sector is one where AlixPartners expects more restructuring to occur. Reuters Private equity is likely to see a flood of new ... Read full article

A government bankruptcy watchdog wants the attorneys and advisers working on Freedom Industries Inc.’s Chapter 11 case to temporarily forgo some of their fees until it’s determined how much the company will need to pay to clean up the West Virginia ... Read full article

Jeffrey Gleit showed his versatility as a bankruptcy lawyer at some of the largest restructuring firms in the country, but his recent move to Togut Segal & Segal LLP was about getting back to what he loves most: representing debtors. ... Read full article

Senior lenders of a major Energy Future Holdings Corp. unit have moved to protect their claim to a $665 million early-payment premium, which was thrown into jeopardy when the company filed for bankruptcy protection. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Dr. Dre lost a bankruptcy battle against Death Row Records, and Joe Giudice got some good news. Also, Debbie Reynolds is selling off her last batch of Hollywood memorabilia. ... Read full article

Monday is shaping up to be a busy day in bankruptcy court. In the morning, Sbarro LCC will seek confirmation of its bankruptcy-exit plan before Judge Martin Glenn in the Manhattan bankruptcy court. ... Read full article

Instead of focusing on the size and complexity of Lehman Brothers’ financial business, the lesson for officials dealing with the next big bank blowup is to separate the bank’s core operations from its finance subsidiaries, says law professor Stephen ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s bid to revamp the balance sheet of one of its major divisions is taking more fire from investors the company would like to see sign on to the deal. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

New court papers show Sidley Austin LLP was the big earner among the professional firms grooming Energy Future Holdings Corp. as it headed toward a restructuring, raking in a $17.5 million retainer for representing the parent company that sits atop the ... Read full article

In this May 2013 photo, Debbie Reynolds poses for a portrait with her dog, Dwight, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated Press ... Read full article

Investors owning $1.7 billion or more in top-ranking debt say a $7.3 billion piece of Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s financing plan is a flawed and “incoherent” attempt to evade bankruptcy rules. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

The Los Angeles bankruptcy bar is shuffling once again, this time through the combination of bankruptcy boutique Peitzman Weg LLP and litigation firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP. ... Read full article

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Federal bankruptcy monitors have named seven creditors to the influential panel that will speak for unsecured creditors in the $42 billion bankruptcy of Energy Future Holdings Corp. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article