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Another Settlement of Fraud Accusations May Be on the Way for Plethico

04/15/15

Plethico Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has twice been accused of fraud in connection with a natural products company it sold in bankruptcy, may have once again negotiated its way out of legal trouble.

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Bill Clinton Regales New York Bankruptcy Crowd

04/15/15
Honoree and former President Bill Clinton speaks on stage after receiving the inaugural Tina’s Wish Global Women’s Health Award during the 2015 Tina’s Wish Global Women’s Health Award Gala in New York.
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The Daily Docket: Straub, Power Plant Spar Over Revel

04/15/15
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Florida developer Glenn Straub, who recently bought Atlantic City, N.J.’s Revel Casino Hotel for pennies on the dollar, is demanding that the resort’s custom-built, $160 million po

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Too Poor to File (for Bankruptcy)

04/14/15

A Congressional overhaul of U.S. bankruptcy law may be keeping financially struggling people out of bankruptcy court, but it hasn’t kept them from going broke, researchers have found.

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One in Six NFL Players Goes Bankrupt Within 12 Years of Retirement

04/14/15
Fumbled opportunities? Nearly one in six NFL players goes bankrupt within 12 years of retirement.
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The Daily Docket: Energy Future Files Bankruptcy Plan

04/14/15
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Texas energy giant Energy Future Holdings Corp. has filed the restructuring plan that outlines how it hopes to reshape a $42 billion debt load and exit bankruptcy.

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The Daily Docket: Siga Creditors Look to Investigate Executives

04/13/15

Creditors of Siga Technologies Inc. want to investigate the role the drug maker’s executives played in the PharmAthene Inc. dispute that drove Siga into bankruptcy. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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RadioShack Looks to Unload Defense Mobile Phones

04/10/15
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RadioShack is going back to basi

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Ex-Gun Store Owner Chooses to Stay in Jail So He Can Keep Facebook, Twitter Accounts

04/10/15

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To get out of jail, Jeremy Alcede will have to give up the passwords to the Facebook and Twitter acc

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Minnesota Archdiocese, Abuse Victims at Odds Over Claims Deadline

04/10/15
Cathedral of St. Paul
Jim Mone/Associated Press

A Minnesota bankruptcy judge agreed to give the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St.

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