High-End Vacuum Maker Files Bankruptcy

On Monday, May 6, 2013, Oreck Corporation, a 50 year-old manufacturer of high-quality vacuum cleaners, filed chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Middle District of Tennessee. In its voluntary petition, Oreck disclosed assets between $10 and $50 million and liabilities in the same range (although at closer examination, it appears the debt is between $10 and $20 […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Secured Creditor’s Right to Credit Bid

On May 29, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the well-monitored appeal in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC, et al. v. Amalgamated Bank, where a chapter 11 debtor appealed the ruling of Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals that a debtor may not confirm a cramdown plan, proposing to sell encumbered assets free and clear of liens, without permitting the […]

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