The Daily Docket: Mistrial Declared in Trinity Whistleblower Suit

A federal judge Friday declared a mistrial in a whistleblower lawsuit that questions the safety of thousands of highway guardrail end caps on the nation’s roads. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

Energy Future Holdings Corp. is entertaining takeover overtures from NextEra Energy Inc. and others that have expressed an interest in a new deal for the troubled Texas power company, Edward Sassower, a lawyer for the company, said Friday. Click here for the DBR article.

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Women often don’t have it easy in the restructuring industry, and a recent sex-discrimination lawsuit filed against restructuring firm AlixPartners LLP casts some of these difficulties in stark relief. The DBR article is available via WSJ.

House Republicans are criticizing Dodd-Frank, saying it didn’t end the prospect of government bailouts for big financial firms, according to WSJ.

Freedom Industries Inc. reached a tentative $2.9 million settlement with lawyers representing businesses and residents of the West Virginia town where the company had a massive chemical spill, WSJ reports.

Some Detroit residents are suing the city in bankruptcy court to try to stop the crackdown on delinquent water customers (which sparked a protest Friday), Bloomberg reports.

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