News Topic: WSJcomBankruptcyBeat

Join us Tuesday, March 11, at 10:30a.m. to hear The Wall Street Journal’s Joseph Checkler discuss the year ahead in bankruptcy with Steve Zelin of The Blackstone Group . ... Read full article

On Thursday in Brooklyn, N.Y., Cengage Learning Inc. plans to ask for a judge’s final blessing for a reorganization plan that would cut $4 billion of the textbook publisher’s debt. The proposal gives a majority of the company’s equity to a group of senior ... Read full article

Former leaders at collapsed law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP were indicted on fraud charges including grand larceny, securities fraud and conspiracy and have pleaded not guilty, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

A Dallas mint in search of a buyer sparked the interest of a Texas separatist group, a lawyer revealed Wednesday in bankruptcy court. A lawyer who helped market Mulligan Mint Inc.’s Texas plant, which made more than 30,000 coins per month before filing ... Read full article

Manhattan prosecutors accused three former leaders of the defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP of engaging in a sweeping, years-long fraud to hide the firm’s desperate financial problems from banks and other creditors. ... Read full article

Parker Eshelman/The Wall Street Journal Pizza chain Sbarro LLC is getting ready to file for bankruptcy as soon as next week, The Wall Street Journal ... Read full article

Manhattan prosecutors accused three former leaders of the defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP of engaging in a sweeping, years-long fraud to hide the firm’s desperate financial problems from banks and other creditors. ... Read full article

Workers inspect an area outside a retaining wall around storage tanks where a chemical leaked into the Elk River at Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va. Steve Helber/Associa ... Read full article

Mach Gen LLC, which operates natural gas-fired electric generating facilities, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday after negotiating a debt-cutting deal with key creditors. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Parker Eshelman/The Wall Street Journal Pizza chain Sbarro LLC is getting ready to file for bankruptcy as soon as next week, The Wall Street Journal ... Read full article

One thing we can tell you about the Mt. Gox bankruptcy case: It won’t be like any other bankruptcy case you’ve  seen. ... Read full article

USEC Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection as the uranium supplier moves forward with a prepackaged restructuring agreement reached with some creditors last year. Read the article via Daily Bankruptcy Review . ... Read full article

A Dallas mint in search of a buyer sparked the interest of a Texas separatist group, a lawyer revealed Wednesday in bankruptcy court. A lawyer who helped market Mulligan Mint Inc.’s Texas plant, which made more than 30,000 coins per month before filing ... Read full article

One thing we can tell you about the Mt. Gox bankruptcy case: It won’t be like any other bankruptcy case you’ve  seen. ... Read full article

USEC Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection as the uranium supplier moves forward with a prepackaged restructuring agreement reached with some creditors last year. Read the article via Daily Bankruptcy Review . ... Read full article

Workers inspect an area outside a retaining wall around storage tanks where a chemical leaked into the Elk River at Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va. Steve Helber/Associa ... Read full article

Mach Gen LLC, which operates natural gas-fired electric generating facilities, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday after negotiating a debt-cutting deal with key creditors. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Rhythm & Hues did the visual effects for “Life of Pi.” Associated Press Hollywood firms that create surreal visual effects for the movie busi ... Read full article