Tag Archives: Bankruptcy Court

Ex-Dewey Lawyer’s Move Adds Wrench to Firm’s Bankruptcy

The announcement earlier this week that onetime Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Stephen Best had moved from Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck to Brown Rudnick has prompted a barbed email exchange between two lawyers representing clients with competing interests in now-defunct Read more »

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Ally, ResCap creditors reach settlement

Tue May 14, 2013 11:56am EDT May 14 (Reuters) – Bankrupt Residential Capital LLC said on Tuesday that parent Ally Financial Inc reached a private settlement with ResCap creditors, who say Ally owes them $25 billion.The deal will keep sealed Read more »

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UPDATE 1-Ally reaches deal with ResCap creditors

Tue May 14, 2013 12:32pm EDT * Deal allows Ally to shed links to mortgage lending * Settlement details likely next week * Examiner’s report remains sealed until May 23 By Nick Brown and Tom Hals May 14 (Reuters) – Read more »

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ResCap examiners’ report filed under seal

Mon May 13, 2013 3:34pm EDT May 13 (Reuters) – A report by a court-appointed independent examiner into dealings between Residential Capital LLC and the bankrupt lender’s parent, Ally Financial Inc, has been filed under seal, a lawyer for the Read more »

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Paulson hedge fund puts hotel unit in bankruptcy to escape lawsuit

Thu May 9, 2013 5:28pm EDT * MSR Hotels & Resorts files Chapter 11 * Five Mile claims sale of luxury resorts was not fair * Paulson unit accuses lender of legal “terrorization” By Jonathan Stempel May 9 (Reuters) – Read more »

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Advisers’ Tab in Dewey Bankruptcy Hits $23.6 Million

With a liquidation trustee now overseeing Dewey & LeBoeuf’s bankruptcy, the professional advisers who guided the defunct firm through its first nine months of Chapter 11 proceedings want to be paid the balance of the $23.6 million they say they Read more »

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UPDATE 1-Ally Financial unit ResCap’s CEO resigns

Mon May 6, 2013 10:06am EDT * Marano headed mortgage department at Bear Stearns * Marano has previously worked for Cerberus Capital * ResCap filed for bankruptcy in May 2012 May 6 (Reuters) – Residential Capital LLC Chief Executive Thomas Read more »

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White & Case, Fox Rothschild Steer Coda Into Chapter 11

White & Case and Fox Rothschild are advising Coda Holdings as it drove into bankruptcy in Delaware on May 1. The struggling Los Angeles-based electric carmaker—backed by hedge fund billionaire Philip Falcone—sought Chapter 11 protection under a $25 million plan Read more »

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INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill

By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES | Mon May 20, 2013 12:59am EDT LOS ANGELES May 20 (Reuters) – In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a Read more »

IP Roundup: Debating Bad Patents, Not Patent Trolls

By&nbspBrian ZabcikAll Articles The Litigation DailyMay 17, 2013 Patent trolls have been the subject of increasing debate, but should we be focusing on bad patents instead? That’s the interesting question posed at a recent panel discussion on patent-assertion entities at Read more »

Judge Revives $774 Million Securities Case Against JPMorgan

For the lawyers fighting Dexia SA’s mortgage-backed securities lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jed Rakoff giveth, and Rakoff taketh away.Last month, when we named Daniel Slifkin and J. Read more »

The Careerist: Harvard Law Ranks #1 in World

Are you still fussing with that U.S. News & World Report ranking of law schools? How provincial! We live in the global economy, so what really matters is how your law school ranks internationally Read more »

For Detroit in crisis, next six weeks determine bankruptcy fate

By Bernie Woodall and Karen Pierog DETROIT | Sun May 19, 2013 4:49pm EDT DETROIT May 19 (Reuters) – Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurers, and tough talk with unionized workers are on the agenda as Detroit’s Read more »

Kirkland Cleans Up on PE Shop’s $1.4 Billion Buy

By&nbspBrian BaxterContactAll Articles The Am Law DailyMay 15, 2013 Kirkland & Ellis clinched its latest large M&A deal on Wednesday as private equity client Pamplona Capital Management acquired the largest laundry equipment service provider in the U.S., as well as Read more »

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