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Supermarket Operator Fairway Enters Bankruptcy

05/03/16

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Coming and Going Concerns

05/02/16

Jason J. DeJonker has joined law firm Bryan Cave in Chicago as a partner with the bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights group, where he will work on litigation related to corporate bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. DeJonker has worked on chapter 11 cases, prebankruptcy workouts and debtor-in-possession, or DIP, financing. He also has worked with clients in the real estate and finance industries.

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Two More Oil Companies Enter Chapter 11

05/02/16

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Next Week in Bankruptcy

04/29/16

Coal giant Peabody Energy Corp. will make its second bankruptcy-court appearance next week, requesting full and final access to $800 million in bankruptcy financing.

The company will appear before Judge Barry S. Schermer of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in St. Louis on Thursday to request the permission. Judge Schermer granted preliminary access to the financing package arranged by Citigroup two weeks ago.

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Caesars Fee Monitor Reviewing Rate Increases

04/29/16

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Annual rate increases at some of the country’s biggest law firms are going under the microscope in one chapter 11 case.

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Energy Future Says Oncor Buyout a No-Go

04/29/16

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Roscoe’s to Propose Bankruptcy-Exit Plan by Oct. 1

04/28/16

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The company behind Los Angeles’s iconic Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles restaurants has promised to come up with a plan by Oct. 1 that explains its path out of bankruptcy.

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Spain’s Abengoa Wins Chapter 15 in U.S.

04/28/16

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Spain’s Abengoa SA won a U.S. bankruptcy court’s protection despite some objections. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Yahoo Fights Irish Bank’s Demand for Emails

04/27/16

A fight has erupted in a Delaware bankruptcy court pitting Internet company Yahoo Inc. against officials winding down a failed Irish bank.

On one side are officials overseeing the bankruptcy of the Irish Bank Resolution Corp., a state-backed bank liquidating the remnants of Anglo Irish Bank. The officials want access to an email account created by a man named Abdullah Rasimov that may provide clues to how a former billionaire businessman allegedly stashed assets beyond their reach.

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Retailer Sports Authority Abandons Reorganization

04/27/16

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