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The Daily Docket: Judge Has Concerns Over GM Bankruptcy Shield

02/18/15
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, speaks during a discussion on “Valuing What Matters” at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York in September 2014.
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The Daily Docket: GM Seeks to Preserve Bankruptcy Shield

02/17/15
Associated Press

General Motors Co. is in court Tuesday to try to pres

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Utah Gun Maker Files for Bankruptcy

02/13/15

A Utah gun manufacturer, locked in a three-year legal battle with convicted felon Ralph Merrill, has filed for bankruptcy.

Vector Arms Corp.—the “source for the best AK47 and *UZI’s on the market”—faces big legal bills in a dispute over whether Mr. Merrill sold the company’s gun-making equipment and inventory to current owner and president Jason Maughn in 2011.

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Family of Murdered Man Wants Right to Caesars’ Insurance Money

02/13/15

The family of a man brutally murdered by a former friend at a Caesars-owned property in 2009 wants a judge to lift the bankruptcy shield that protects Caesars Entertainment Operating Corp. from lawsuits during its Chapter 11 case so the family can go after the casino giant’s insurance policies.

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Come on Get Happy…In Bankruptcy?

02/13/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, David Cassidy filed for bankruptcy—but don’t worry, we (still) think we love him. Also, music festival Country Explosion filed for bankruptcy, and BottleRock’s original producers sought $3 million from an early investor.

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Forward Motions: GM Set to Fight ‘Economic Victims’ in Bankruptcy Court

02/13/15
Associated Press

Tuesday in Manhattan, General Motors Co.  and so-call

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The Daily Docket: Detroit Judge Approves $178 Million in Fees

02/13/15
In this July 18, 2013, file photo, the Detroit skyline rises behind the Monument to boxer Joe Louis, also known as “The Fist.”
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Once-Exclusive Golf Club Opens Books in Bankruptcy

02/12/15

For years, the exclusive Golf Club at Briar’s Creek near Charleston, S.C., marked its entrance along a rural, oak tree-studded road with a small sign of a bird’s silhouette.

After membership fell during the recession, the private, 18-hole course started advertising in magazines and on interstate billboards.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Denies Request for Revel Sale Deadline Extension

02/12/15
Paula Manago, of Cliffside Park, N.J., gathers shells along the ocean near the Revel Hotel Casino early Tuesday, Sept.
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James Garrity Coming Back to New York Bankruptcy Bench

02/12/15
James Garrity

James L. Garrity Jr. is returning to the New York bankruptcy bench after more than a 15-year hiatus, the court said Wednesday.

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