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Defunct automotive parts manufacturer Budd Co. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with $400 million contributed by parent ThyssenKrupp North America to fund continued retiree benefit payments until those obligations can be resolved in court. ... Read full article

The owner of popular Capitol Hill eating spots like Hawk ‘n’ Dove, Senart’s Oyster House and The Chesapeake Room heads to court today for its first bankruptcy appearance. The restaurant operator has a 2 p.m. hearing in front of Bankruptcy Judge S. Martin ... Read full article

Tracy Levesque Defunct manufacturer Budd Co. ... Read full article

Select Staffing, which provides temporary staffing services in a variety of industries, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday after reaching a restructuring deal with its lenders. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Select Staffing, which provides temporary staffing services in a variety of industries, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday after reaching a restructuring deal with its lenders. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Howrey LLP’s bankruptcy trustee has turned his attention to yet another law firm that hired Howrey partners around the time of the firm’s 2011 dissolution in an attempt to strum up money for creditors. ... Read full article

In liquidation, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is overdelivering, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

The last day of LightSquared’s two-week confirmation hearing is Monday, and hedge fund manager Philip Falcone of Harbinger Capital Partners, which owns 85% equity in the company, is slated to testify. ... Read full article

The owner of a handful of popular Washington D.C. bars and restaurants—including legendary Capitol Hill watering hole Hawk ‘n’ Dove—filed for bankruptcy protection Friday. Baltimore-based Barrack’s Row Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. ... Read full article

The owner of the Spencer’s retail chain may be facing some competition in its bid for consumer electronics retailer Brookstone, as Blucora Inc. plans an offer, the Wall Street Journal reports ... Read full article

Howrey LLP’s bankruptcy trustee has turned his attention to yet another law firm that hired Howrey partners around the time of the firm’s 2011 dissolution in an attempt to strum up money for creditors. ... Read full article

The owner of the Spencer’s retail chain may be facing some competition in its bid for consumer electronics retailer Brookstone, as Blucora Inc. plans an offer, the Wall Street Journal reports ... Read full article

The owner of a handful of popular Washington D.C. bars and restaurants—including legendary Capitol Hill watering hole Hawk ‘n’ Dove—filed for bankruptcy protection Friday. Baltimore-based Barrack’s Row Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. ... Read full article

The last day of LightSquared’s two-week confirmation hearing is Monday, and hedge fund manager Philip Falcone of Harbinger Capital Partners, which owns 85% equity in the company, is slated to testify. ... Read full article

In liquidation, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is overdelivering, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

Patricia Moran will join investment bank Aurora Foods Inc. and Radnor Holdings Corp. She also has experience with mergers and acquisitions, equity financings and divestitures. She has advised clients in the U.S. as well as in Australia, Canada, Europe and ... Read full article

Interest rates that remain near zero and debt maturities that have been pushed out to 2017 and 2018 have helped drive Chapter 11 filings to historic lows. Has this difficult environment put corporate restructuring on life support? ... Read full article

Interest rates that remain near zero and debt maturities that have been pushed out to 2017 and 2018 have helped drive chapter 11 filings to historic lows. Has this difficult environment put corporate restructuring on life support? ... Read full article