The bankruptcy trustee seeking a settlement for ITT Technical Institute's students is suing its parent company's former CEO and eight former directors for $250 million.

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A top executive for a failed video game company led by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says the company tried up until the very last minute to work out a deal to stay afloat. But ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — The Roomstore Inc. plans to sell its assets at an auction, including the inventory at its stores. The Goochland County-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last December. It has asked a federal Bankruptcy Court judge ...

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NEW YORK — A federal judge has affirmed a bankruptcy court ruling that thousands of clients of funds that invested money with jailed financier Bernard Madoff do not qualify for payouts that reimburse Madoff customers. The decision made public Thursday ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Tribune Co., whose plan to exit bankruptcy was rejected by a judge late Monday, will file a new proposal by Nov. 22, Chief Restructuring Officer Don Liebentritt said Tuesday in a note to employees. Tribune, owner of ...

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The parties involved in the Alter Communications bankruptcy case have been granted a 30-day extension to come together on a plan for post-Chapter 11 restructuring. Judge James F. Schneider had given Alter — publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times — ...

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NEW YORK — There will be no storybook ending for Borders. The 40-year-old book seller could start shuttering its 399 remaining stores as early as Friday. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based chain, which helped pioneer the big-box bookseller concept, is seeking court ...

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Former employees’ severance-pay claims are entitled to full priority in the employer’s bankruptcy, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Last week’s published decision affirmed the ruling of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Richmond, Va., in favor ...

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NEW YORK — Borders Group Inc. hopes to name a bidder by July 1 and sell itself by the end of that month, according to bankruptcy court filings. Forty stores previously targeted for closing are also getting a temporary reprieve. ...

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A lawyer for bookseller Borders Group Inc. says a judge has approved paying executives up to $6.6 million in bonuses as the company works to reorganize under bankruptcy court protection. The Office of the U.S. Trustee objected to an earlier ...

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