The Daily Docket: Sbarro Readies for Bankruptcy

Pizza chain Sbarro LLC is getting ready to file for bankruptcy as soon as next week, The Wall Street Journal reports.

California nursing home operator Country Villa Health Services, the target of a number of pending class-action lawsuits, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via WSJ.

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A federal judge authorized Residential Capital LLC’s bankruptcy investigator to turn over interview records to the federal government, which is looking into possible violations related to residential mortgage-backed securities. The DBR article is available via WSJ.

MoneyBeat looks at why bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox’s bankruptcy case will be different than all other bankruptcies.

Mt. Gox customers want to freeze assets of the bitcoin exchange and of its chief executive, DealBook reports.

It looks like criminal charges will be unsealed against three top Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP managers as early as Thursday, WSJ reports.

According to Bloomberg, Syncora Guarantee Inc. might fight the city of Detroit’s latest interest rate swaps deal.

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