On September 11, 2012, Digital Domain Media Group and various related entities (collectively, "Digital Domain") filed chapter 11 petitions for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Digital Domain filed several "first day" pleadings with the Bankruptcy Court, one of which is the Declaration of Digital Domain's Chief Restructuring Officer in Support of First Day Motions (the "Declaration"). As set forth in the Declaration, Digital Domain provi
On June 22, 2012, Ritz Camera & Image, LLC, and various related entities (collectively, the "Debtors" or "Ritz II"), filed chapter 11 petitions for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Those familiar with Ritz Camera know that the company's predecessor, Ritz Camera Centers, Inc.
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Earlier this month, the Liquidating Trust in the Advanta Corp. bankruptcy proceeding began filing preference complaints in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. Advanta and certain affiliates ("Advanta") filed for bankruptcy in Delaware in November of 2009. As stated in the Liquidating Trust's complaints, Advanta was at one time one of the largest issuers of "business purpose credit cards" in the United States.
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In PLR 201051019 (12/23/2010), the Service ruled that in computing a consolidated group’s §382 limitation after filing for bankruptcy relief, all of its outstanding liabilities before the ownership change should be taken into account at the adjusted issue price, regardless of whether the obligations were subsequently discharged in whole or in part during the recognition period.
In November, Jeoffrey Burtch, the Chapter 7 Trustee in the AE Liquidation bankruptcy (formerly "Eclipse Aviation"), began filing preference actions against various creditors of Eclipse. Eclipse Aviation began as a New Mexico manufacturer of small jet aircraft. The company filed for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on November 25, 2008.
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Recently, the Plan Administrator for the Goody's Family Clothing bankruptcy commenced adversary actions against various defendants in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The Goody's Plan Administrator was appointed pursuant to Goody's plan of reorganization. The Bankruptcy Court approved Goody's plan on October 7, 2008, approximately four months after the company filed for bankruptcy.
Goody's Second Bankruptcy Filing