The U.S. Small Business Administration lawfully rejected Tradeways Ltd.’s request for a paycheck protection loan because the Annapolis-based defense company’s owner is seeking bankruptcy protection, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander called the SBA’s prohibition ...

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Prominent Baltimore litigator Jay D. Miller, of the Law Offices of Peter Angelos, has filed for personal bankruptcy after his horse-racing business failed and he wound up with nearly $1 million in unpaid taxes. In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing ...

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Insys Therapeutics’ decision to declare bankruptcy last week won’t halt Maryland’s administrative charges against the opioid manufacturer but could affect lawsuits by cities and counties currently pending in state and federal court. Insys, which manufactures the opioid spray Subsys, filed ...

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Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses.

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Celebrity chef Mike Isabella once had more than a dozen restaurants in the Washington area. Now he's filed for bankruptcy after a sexual harassment lawsuit.

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A couple accused of running mortgage fraud schemes committed such “astonishing” discovery violations that the sanction imposed by a federal judge last week was a final judgment in the case. Vincent L. Abell, his wife, Marta Bertola, and their company, ...

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For individuals who are living on a fixed income, are unable to pay off their consumer debt or are fending off frequent calls from creditors or debt collection agencies, filing for bankruptcy often seems like the only option. Many of ...

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Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. opened a multiday trial to determine the exact date it went bankrupt, a question that could threaten a $468 million claim senior lenders have made on the casino company’s cash and affect talks with lower-ranking creditors. ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The old adage about looking a gift horse in the mouth may have a corollary regarding gift cards issued by retailers: Use it or lose it. In the latest case of gift card holders caught up in ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Rapper 50 Cent owns seven cars valued at more than $500,000 and pays $72,000 a month to maintain his Connecticut mansion, according to bankruptcy court filings. His businesses, however, posted losses of more than $10 million last ...

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