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Dish Network Corp.’s officially pulling its bid for LightSquared Inc., the telecommunications firm in bankruptcy that has wireless spectrum Dish has been coveting, according to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

Sayan Bhattacharyya has been named partner in the New York office of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan . Mr. Bhattacharyya works on financial restructurings, and he represents hedge funds, private equity funds and banks both in and out of court. He’s ... Read full article

Dish Network Corp.’s  proposed deal to buy LightSquared’s wireless spectrum assets is on the verge of falling apart, a lawyer for LightSquared’s lenders said in bankruptcy court Tuesday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Dish Network Corp.’s  proposed deal to buy LightSquared’s wireless spectrum assets is on the verge of falling apart, a lawyer for LightSquared’s lenders said in bankruptcy court Tuesday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Months after its spinoff from Hertz Global Holdings Inc. , Advantage Rent a Car is asking federal regulators to approve its sale to a new owner. ... Read full article

Months after its spinoff from Hertz Global Holdings Inc. , Advantage Rent a Car is asking federal regulators to approve its sale to a new owner. ... Read full article

Sixt Rent-a-Car LLC is appealing Advantage Rent a Car’s sale to Catalyst Capital Group Inc. after arguing that it should have won the bidding at last month’s auction. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Sixt Rent-a-Car LLC is appealing Advantage Rent a Car’s sale to Catalyst Capital Group Inc. after arguing that it should have won the bidding at last month’s auction. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

It’s nearly impossible to cancel your student loan debt in bankruptcy. Fewer than 1,000 people  try each year . Those who do are required to file a lawsuit against their lenders and then convince a bankruptcy judge that they’re so poor there’s no hope of ... Read full article

Phil Falcone and LightSquared urged a bankruptcy judge to reject a plan to sell the company’s wireless spectrum assets to Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network Corp., a deal they say is inferior to LightSquared’s proposal to reorganize on its own. Read the Daily ... Read full article

It’s nearly impossible to cancel your student loan debt in bankruptcy. Fewer than 1,000 people  try each year . Those who do are required to file a lawsuit against their lenders and then convince a bankruptcy judge that they’re so poor there’s no hope of ... Read full article

Phil Falcone and LightSquared urged a bankruptcy judge to reject a plan to sell the company’s wireless spectrum assets to Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network Corp., a deal they say is inferior to LightSquared’s proposal to reorganize on its own. Read the Daily ... Read full article

Hybrid Tech Holdings LLC has bumped up its offer for Fisker Automotive Inc. in a bid to ward off competition for the hybrid-car company from a unit of China’s Wanxiang Group. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

LightSquared Inc.’s recently overhauled restructuring plan, which faces objections from certain creditors, is currently the best option on the table, say the wireless venture’s independent directors. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Eddie Montgomery is rolling with bankruptcy  and so is the chairman of a far-right political party in Britain. Also, a lawsuit against film financier David Bergstein was dismissed. ... Read full article

According to The Wall Street Journal , Fiat SpA is set to get full control of Chrysler Group LLC in a deal worth $4.35 billion. ... Read full article

Bankruptcies may have slowed in 2013, but we’ve still had our share of action. Celebrities ruled Bankruptcy Beat’s top posts of the year by page views, taking eight of our top 11 spots. It’s the final countdown (of 2013): 11. Flying High New Bill Would ... Read full article