Washington Mutual, Inc.
Case Number:
1:08-bk-12229
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Firms
- Phillips McLaughlin
- Bonial & Associates
- Schindler Cohen
- Macfarlane Ferguson
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Bush Kornfeld
- Ferry Joseph
- Pryor Cashman
- KTBS Law
- Ciardi Ciardi
- Pinckney Weidinger
- Law Office of Roderick P. Bushnell
- Abernathy Roeder
- Singer & Levick
- McGuireWoods
- Cozen O'Connor
- Potter Anderson
- Friedlander Misler
- Kilpatrick Townsend
- Perdue Brandon
- Saul Ewing
- Pachulski Stang
- Stoel Rives
- Gellert Scali
- Peterson Law Group
- Dorsey & Whitney
- Weiss Serota
- Wilson Sonsini
- Spilman Thomas
- Kramer Levin
- McCreary Veselka
- Lane Powell
- McElroy Deutsch
- King & Spalding
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Chipman Brown
- Baird Mandalas
- Weil Gotshal
- Akin Gump
- Benesch
- Dykema
- Womble Bond
- Smith Katzenstein
- Landis Rath
- Werb & Sullivan
- Faegre Drinker
- Greer Herz
- McCarter & English
- Connolly Gallagher
- Burr & Forman
- Squire Patton
- Halperin Battaglia
- Pinckney Harris
- Hanson Baker
- Kaufman & Canoles
- Haight Brown
- Rigrodsky Law
- Linebarger Goggan
- Goldstein & McClintock
- Richards Layton
- Spence Desenberg
- Robinson & Cole
- Farella Braun
- Morton Valihura
- Sullivan Hazeltine
- Schulte Roth
- Cole Schotz
- Fox Rothschild
- Blank Rome
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Flaster Greenberg
- Gordon Fournaris
- Morris Nichols
- Ravert PLLC
- Brown McGarry
- Montgomery McCracken
- Loeb & Loeb
- Polsinelli PC
- Nix Patterson
- Billion Law
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Keller Rohrback
- Troutman Pepper
- Hunton Andrews
- Macauley LLC
- Friedman Kaplan
- White and Williams
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Shipman & Goodwin
- Monzack Mersky
- Arnold & Porter
- Vedder Price
- Ashby & Geddes
- Tannenbaum Helpern
- Arnall Golden
- ArentFox Schiff
- Stevens & Lee
- Proskauer Rose
- Fried Frank
- Hogan McDaniel
- Gibson Dunn
- DLA Piper
- Brown Rudnick
- Katten Muchin
- Perkins Coie
- Miller Nash LLP
- Wilson Elser
- Clark Hill
- Reed Smith
- Kessler Topaz
- Bifferato Firm
- Brown & Connery
- Campbell & Levine
- Goodwin Procter
- Hackett Feinberg
- Goulston & Storrs
- Satterlee Stephens
- Morris James
- Friedman & Associates
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Johnson Pope
- Paul Hastings
- Lemons Grundy
- Akerman LLP
- Kelley Drye
- Klehr Harrison
- Seward & Kissel
- Weir Greenblatt
- Kaplan Rice
- CKR Law LLP
- Young Conaway
- Susman Godfrey
- Cross & Simon
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Halloran Farkas
- Curtis Mallet-Prevost
- Latham & Watkins
- White & Case
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- Pearland Independent School District
- National Automated Clearing House Association
- Dynata LLC
- Washington Mutual Inc.
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Centerbridge Partners LP
- Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Paulson & Co. Inc.
- MasterCard Inc.
- Owl Creek Asset Management LP
- S&P Global Inc.
- NCR Corp.
- Barclays PLC
- Aurelius Capital Management LP
- Israel Discount Bank Ltd.
- Appaloosa Management LP
- Tricadia Capital Management
- Pitney Bowes Inc.
- Iron Mountain Inc.
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
- Farm Family Holdings Inc.
- Wilmington Trust Corp.
- Angelo Gordon & Co.
- Silver Point Capital LP
- Atlas World Group Inc.
- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Axicon Partners
- Hain Capital Group LLC
- Nationwide Title Clearing Inc.
- Unisys Corp.
- Verizon Communications Inc.
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Freddie Mac
- PT Bank Negara Indonesia
- Mr. Cooper Group Inc.
- FTI Consulting Inc.
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
- Microsoft Corp.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- Doral Financial Corporation
- Fair Isaac Corporation
- Allen Systems Group Inc.
- Concur Technologies, Inc.
- Oracle Corp.
- American National Bankshares Inc.
- Acxiom Corporation
- MUFG Union Bank NA
- Eris Group LLC
- Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- International Business Machines Corp.
- National Western Life Insurance Company
- Principal Financial Group Inc.
- Safeco Insurance Co.
- CapitalSource
- American National Insurance Co.
- Old Republic Insurance Co.
- FedEx Corp.
- Wolters Kluwer
- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
- Morgan Stanley
- Zurich Insurance Group AG
- CBRE Group Inc.
- Credit Suisse Group AG
- Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago
Government Agencies
- Illinois Department of Revenue
- Tennessee Department of Revenue
- City of Miramar, Florida
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Arizona Department of Revenue
- California Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Sectors & Industries:
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February 01, 2019
Ex-WaMu Execs Lose Del. Ch. 11 Fight For Pay Incentives
Citing a federal agency prohibition, a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday rejected long-dangling golden parachute, incentive pay and related claims filed by former executives of long-shuttered Washington Mutual Inc., freeing what had been a $66 million estate settlement reserve.
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September 06, 2018
Del. Court Approves $4.3M WaMu-Grant Thornton Settlement
A Delaware bankruptcy court on Wednesday approved a $4.3 million settlement between Grant Thornton and the trust liquidating one of the largest banks to fail in the U.S., ending a dispute over payment for services to secure a California tax refund.
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May 16, 2018
WaMu Must Pay $522K Sanctions Over $5M Contingency Fee
The liquidating trust cleaning up Washington Mutual's estate after its financial crisis-era collapse will pay nearly $522,000 in fees to tax adviser Grant Thornton LLP as sanctions after a Delaware bankruptcy judge found Tuesday that WaMu wrongly withheld a $5 million contingency award.
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February 02, 2018
WaMu Ordered To Pay $5M Tax Counsel Fee For Ch. 11 Work
The liquidating trust created by the Chapter 11 plan of Washington Mutual Inc. must pay $5 million in contingent fees to its tax counsel after a Delaware bankruptcy judge granted a sanctions request from the counsel Friday.
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September 21, 2017
WaMu Trust Says No Sanctions For Unpaid Contingency Fee
The liquidating trustee of long-bankrupt Washington Mutual Inc. has hit back against Grant Thornton LLP's bid for sanctions over an unpaid $5 million contingency fee, telling a Delaware bankruptcy judge the fee was only approved because the firm lied to the court at an earlier hearing.
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December 12, 2016
Ex-WaMu Workers Seek Sanctions Over Ch. 11 Pay Wait
Former Washington Mutual Inc. employees pressed for sanctions against the defunct financial company's liquidating trustee, saying Friday it has repeatedly failed to comply with an order to seek clarification on rules for millions of dollars in potential employment contract claims.
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February 03, 2015
WaMu Trust Defeats Challenge To Ch. 11 Warrant Deal
A Delaware federal judge on Monday tossed a individual challenge to Washington Mutual Inc.'s settlement with a class of investors in the defunct bank's litigation tracking warrants, finding the appeal failed to properly address the deal.
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January 06, 2015
Former WaMu Execs Contest $37M Bankruptcy Deal
Former Washington Mutual Inc. brass on Monday appealed a recently approved $37 million settlement in a suit alleging the holding company's officers and directors had recklessly approved a $500 million transfer to Washington Mutual Bank shortly before it collapsed.
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December 23, 2014
WaMu Trust Cuts $37M Deal With Execs Over Bank's Collapse
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday signed off on a $37 million settlement of a suit brought by Washington Mutual Inc.'s liquidating trust that accused the holding company's former officers and directors of recklessness for approving a $500 million transfer to Washington Mutual Bank shortly before it collapsed.
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October 15, 2014
WaMu Trust Says Ex-Execs' 'Reckless' Transfer Wasted $500M
Washington Mutual Inc.'s liquidating trust asked a Delaware bankruptcy court on Wednesday to strike claims by execs it says mishandled Washington Mutual Bank's finances — contentions bolstered in a suit the trust filed Tuesday in Washington court slamming a "reckless" $500 million transfer to WMB.