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Treveria and Hatfield clash over defaulted German loan

By Owen Sanderson Fri May 17, 2013 9:04am EDT LONDON, May 17 (IFR) – Special servicer Hatfield Philips has sought to reassure investors in the Talisman-6 CMBS worried about the future of the EUR360.4m Orange Loan, which has been in Read more »

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Detroit recovery plan a negative for bondholders-Moody’s

Thu May 16, 2013 11:15am EDT May 16 (Reuters) – A financial recovery plan released on Monday by a state-appointed emergency manager running Detroit has negative consequences for the city’s bondholders, Moody’s Investors Service said on Thursday.”The plan is negative Read more »

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UPDATE 1-Detroit recovery plan raises specter of default -Moody’s

Thu May 16, 2013 11:55am EDT May 16 (Reuters) – Detroit’s bondholders face a heightened chance of default or bankruptcy by the city under a financial recovery plan released on Monday by a state-appointed emergency manager running the city, Moody’s Read more »

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Ally, ResCap creditors race to finalize settlement

Tue May 14, 2013 9:20am EDT May 14 (Reuters) – Ally Financial Inc must sign a deal to resolve claims that it owes billions of dollars to creditors of its Residential Capital LLC unit by 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday (1500 Read more »

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BRIEF-Ally, Rescap creditors reach settlement in principle – ResCap’s CRO

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UPDATE 1-Bankrupt Alabama county has deal on $105 mln of bonds

Tue May 14, 2013 3:29pm EDT * Deal covers county general obligation bonds * Agreement comes ahead of promised county workout plan * County says bonds will shift to fixed-rate from variable By Melinda Dickinson BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 14 (Reuters) 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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Bulgaria resumes sale of ailing arms plant

SOFIA | Tue May 14, 2013 12:04pm EDT SOFIA May 14 (Reuters) – Bulgaria on Tuesday resumed the sale of state-owned arms maker VMZ Sopot, aiming to attract a strategic investor to overhaul the debt-laden plant and funds for the Read more »

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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 »

Ropes Settles Age Discrimination Suit With Ex-Partner

Ropes & Gray has settled a two-year-old discrimination lawsuit brought by former partner Patricia Martone, who claimed Ropes management routinely passed her clients off to younger male partners and unfairly pushed her out of the firm.In a one-page stipulation filed Read more »

DISH Selling Debt Ahead of Possible Sprint Deal

A month after shaking up the telecommunications industry by making a $25.5 billion bid to acquire Sprint Nextel, DISH Network has announced a $2.5 billion debt offering meant to help finance part of the proposed deal. Read more »

Ugliness Inside the Am Law 100—Part II

In Part I of this series, I explored the possibility that a key metric—average partner profits—has lost much of its value as a measurement of anything meaningful about big law firms. Read more »

The Score: Dentons Partner Doubles as Fantasy Sports Pro

Like many lawyers, Glenn Colton is a baseball fan. But the Dentons white-collar and government investigations practice chair has taken his love for America’s national pastime to the next level, scoring his own fantasy baseball column for NBC Sports’s Rotoworld Read more »

Law Suit Filed: Viacom Video Music Awards Spam Text Messages

May 16 2013 Los Angeles, CA: Viacom, parent company of MTV is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it sent out unsolicited, promotional text messages to people who voted in the 2011 Video Music Awards (VMAs), in violation of the Read more »

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