Becky Yerak
Bankruptcy Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
@wsj @WSJBankruptcy reporter. @SABEW & @headlineclub award winner. Ex-@chicagotribune @detroitnews . Philippians 4:6-7. St Patrick lector ♌️ [email protected]
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1 day ago |
wsj.com | Becky Yerak
Tuesday’s ruling leaves the youth group’s compensation plan, which was approved by a bankruptcy judge in 2022 and took effect in 2023, largely intact. The chapter 11 plan resolved all sex-abuse claims against the Boy Scouts, its affiliated local councils and civic, nonprofit and religious groups that held or sponsored scouting activities but that themselves aren’t in bankruptcy.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Becky Yerak
Kevin James is a stand-up comedian, starred in the long-running sitcom “King of Queens” and the movie “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” and played a lead role in the movie “Hitch” and many others. In recent years, he played a new, not-so-coveted role: the owner of a $14 million mansion that turned out to be sort of a lemon. James has been thrust into the bankruptcy of National Realty Investment Advisors, a real-estate developer that filed for chapter 11 protection in 2022.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Becky Yerak
National’s creditors continue to go after what’s left of the Secaucus, N.J.-based firm’s assets. One of those assets is a portion of the proceeds from a 2021 sale of the Delray Beach, Fla., mansion to James. A trustee charged with retrieving National’s assets is suing James to get back some money that was put aside to make repairs to the mansion upon the sale’s closing. But, the trustee alleges, James didn’t make the repairs, the escrowed cash wasn’t spent, and James has since sold the property.
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3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Becky Yerak
5 hours agoLocking Your Social Security Number Is Easier Than You May Think. Here's HowProtect your identity from data breaches with this free, simple step. Your Social Security number is the key to many parts of your financial life, from opening a new bank account to applying for a job to renting an apartment.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Akiko Matsuda |Becky Yerak
Claimants argue that the defunct talc supplier—which is owned by the solvent Minerals Technologies—no longer has any business to reorganizeApril 14, 2025 6:00 am ET|WSJ ProA defunct talc-mining subsidiary of a global minerals supplier will make its case Monday for remaining in chapter 11 against personal injury claimants who argue it has no right to bankruptcy protection because it has no business to reorganize.
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