The Daily Docket: Behind ‘American Sniper,’ Lots of Legal Sniping...

The movie “American Sniper,” based on the life of ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, has brought in more than $130 million in domestic ticket sales in its first week. But the SWAT team training business that Mr. Kyle founded after leaving the military is preparing to shut down. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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According to WSJ, AT&T Inc. said it reached a deal to buy Nextel Mexico from NII Holdings Inc. for $1.88 billion.

SkyMall wants a court-supervised sale of its assets in bankruptcy, DBR reports via WSJ.

Oil-and-gas contractor Cal Drive International Inc. is getting ready for a bankruptcy filing that could happen within the next few weeks, WSJ reports.

Atlantic City, N.J., has been downgraded deeper into junk, WSJ reports.

France is looking at a proposal that will make corporate debt restructurings easier, Bloomberg reports.

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