Washington Mutual, Inc.
Case Number:
1:08-bk-12229
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Firms
- Abernathy Roeder
- Akerman LLP
- Akin Gump
- ArentFox Schiff
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Arnall Golden
- Arnold & Porter
- Ashby & Geddes
- Baird Mandalas
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Benesch
- Bifferato Firm
- Billion Law
- Blank Rome
- Bonial & Associates
- Brown & Connery
- Brown McGarry
- Brown Rudnick
- Burr & Forman
- Bush Kornfeld
- Campbell & Levine
- Chipman Brown
- Ciardi Ciardi
- CKR Law LLP
- Clark Hill
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Cole Schotz
- Connolly Gallagher
- Cozen O'Connor
- Cross & Simon
- Curtis Mallet-Prevost
- DLA Piper
- Dorsey & Whitney
- Dykema
- Faegre Drinker
- Farella Braun
- Ferry Joseph
- Flaster Greenberg
- Fox Rothschild
- Fried Frank
- Friedlander Misler
- Friedman & Associates
- Friedman Kaplan
- Gellert Scali
- Gibson Dunn
- Goldstein & McClintock
- Goodwin Procter
- Gordon Fournaris
- Goulston & Storrs
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Greer Herz
- Hackett Feinberg
- Haight Brown
- Halloran Farkas
- Halperin Battaglia
- Hanson Baker
- Hogan McDaniel
- Hunton Andrews
- Johnson Pope
- Kaplan Rice
- Katten Muchin
- Kaufman & Canoles
- Keller Rohrback
- Kelley Drye
- Kessler Topaz
- Kilpatrick Townsend
- King & Spalding
- Klehr Harrison
- Kramer Levin
- KTBS Law
- Landis Rath
- Lane Powell
- Latham & Watkins
- Law Office of Roderick P. Bushnell
- Lemons Grundy
- Linebarger Goggan
- Loeb & Loeb
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Macauley LLC
- Macfarlane Ferguson
- McCarter & English
- McCreary Veselka
- McElroy Deutsch
- McGuireWoods
- Miller Nash LLP
- Montgomery McCracken
- Monzack Mersky
- Morris James
- Morris Nichols
- Morton Valihura
- Nix Patterson
- Pachulski Stang
- Paul Hastings
- Perdue Brandon
- Perkins Coie
- Peterson Law Group
- Phillips McLaughlin
- Pinckney Harris
- Pinckney Weidinger
- Polsinelli PC
- Potter Anderson
- Proskauer Rose
- Pryor Cashman
- Ravert PLLC
- Reed Smith
- Richards Layton
- Rigrodsky Law
- Robinson & Cole
- Satterlee Stephens
- Saul Ewing
- Schindler Cohen
- Schulte Roth
- Seward & Kissel
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Shipman & Goodwin
- Singer & Levick
- Smith Katzenstein
- Spence Desenberg
- Spilman Thomas
- Squire Patton
- Stevens & Lee
- Stoel Rives
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Sullivan Hazeltine
- Susman Godfrey
- Tannenbaum Helpern
- Troutman Pepper
- Vedder Price
- Weil Gotshal
- Weir Greenblatt
- Weiss Serota
- Werb & Sullivan
- White and Williams
- White & Case
- Willkie Farr
- Wilson Elser
- Wilson Sonsini
- Womble Bond
- Young Conaway
Companies
- Acxiom Corporation
- Allen Systems Group Inc.
- Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC
- American National Bankshares Inc.
- American National Insurance Co.
- Angelo Gordon & Co.
- Appaloosa Management LP
- Atlas World Group Inc.
- Aurelius Capital Management LP
- Axicon Partners
- Barclays PLC
- CapitalSource
- CBRE Group Inc.
- Centerbridge Partners LP
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.
- Concur Technologies, Inc.
- Credit Suisse Group AG
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Doral Financial Corporation
- Dynata LLC
- Eris Group LLC
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Fair Isaac Corporation
- Farm Family Holdings Inc.
- Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
- FedEx Corp.
- Freddie Mac
- FTI Consulting Inc.
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Hain Capital Group LLC
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
- International Business Machines Corp.
- Iron Mountain Inc.
- Israel Discount Bank Ltd.
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- MasterCard Inc.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Morgan Stanley
- Mr. Cooper Group Inc.
- MUFG Union Bank NA
- National Automated Clearing House Association
- National Western Life Insurance Company
- Nationwide Title Clearing Inc.
- NCR Corp.
- Old Republic Insurance Co.
- Oracle Corp.
- Owl Creek Asset Management LP
- Paulson & Co. Inc.
- Pearland Independent School District
- Pitney Bowes Inc.
- Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Principal Financial Group Inc.
- PT Bank Negara Indonesia
- Safeco Insurance Co.
- Silver Point Capital LP
- S&P Global Inc.
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Tricadia Capital Management
- Unisys Corp.
- Verizon Communications Inc.
- Washington Mutual Inc.
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- Wilmington Trust Corp.
- Wolters Kluwer
- Zurich Insurance Group AG
Government Agencies
- Arizona Department of Revenue
- California Environmental Protection Agency
- City of Miramar, Florida
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
- Illinois Department of Revenue
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Tennessee Department of Revenue
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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.