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{ Monthly Archives } June 2009

Objecting to the GM 363 Sale’s Treatment of Product Liability Claims: Stepping Into The Fray

  In today’s depressed environment, Howard Beale’s famous rant in Network –the 1976 movie that took several academy awards against stiff competition ( Rocky, All the President’s Men,  and Taxi Driver )–sure reads like something that could have been written today:

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Objecting to the GM 363 Sale’s Treatment of Product Liability Claims: Stepping Into The Fray

  In today’s depressed environment, Howard Beale’s famous rant in Network –the 1976 movie that took several academy awards against stiff competition ( Rocky, All the President’s Men,  and Taxi Driver )–sure reads like something that could have been written today:

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Bankrupt GM A Washington Temptation

General Motors is entering its fourth week in bankruptcy.

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GM to sell Saab to Swedish carmaker Koenigsegg Group

The deal unloads the last major brand the bankrupt automaker had on the block. The price was not disclosed

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Chrysler says Fiat takeover complete

The move allows the U.S. automaker to emerge from bankruptcy six weeks after filing for Chapter 11 protection, and again puts the company in foreign hands

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Fiat closes Chrysler deal

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne will head the new company.

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Supreme Court won’t block Chrysler merger

Three Indiana pension funds had said they were being shortchanged by the bankruptcy plan. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Chrysler’s merger with the Italian automaker Fiat.

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High court keeps Chrysler deal on hold

The Supreme Court extends a stay, saying it needs more time to consider the proposed sale to Fiat. The U.S

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Chrysler Bankruptcy Analysis – Part III: Will The "Absolute Priority Rule" Kill The Sale?

  Well, the initial pleadings have been filed, and Chrysler’s argument is essentially that it’s a “dead man walking.”  In it’s opening memorandum of law in support of its

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Chrysler Files Bankruptcy – Part II: Testing The Limits Of Section 363 Sales

  ” Be careful what you wish for ,” the old saying goes, and so too for those who wished for Chrysler to file for bankruptcy in order to a

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