Archive: Agreements & Deals
On NPR: The Fine Art of Pricing Detroit’s Collection
Here's what the nation heard about the bankruptcy-related spat over the value of the city's art collection. The art...
Day Two: Detroit’s Bankruptcy Trial
The country's biggest municipal bankruptcy trial enters its second day with opening statements continuing where they left off yesterday....
On NPR: What the nation is hearing about Detroit’s bankruptcy trial
WDET's Quinn Klinefelter previews the bankruptcy trial and reports Detroit's future comes down to this: a federal trial over...
Pre-Trial Actions: Bankruptcy judge asked to halt water shut offs
UPDATE: Late Tuesday Judge Steven Rhodes issued an order related to this issue. He sent the parties in the...
Judge tosses Syncora’s objection, considers sanctions
The judge overseeing Detroit’s historic bankruptcy case removed from the record Syncora’s “personal attack” on the case’s chief mediator...
On MiWeek: A trial preview
The MiWeek team previews Detroit's historic bankruptcy trial, scheduled to start on Tuesday. The program will air on Detroit...
City secures $275 million in exit financing
If and when Detroit emerges from bankruptcy, the city will have additional financing to help it operate. Barclays Capital...
On WDET’s Detroit Today: Courtroom drama, bond deals, trial preview
NextChapterDetroit's Sandra Svoboda joins Laura Weber Davis and guest host Rochelle Riley to describe the latest courtroom surprises, how...
Art on loan? Proposal seeks to use DIA collection as collateral
UPDATE: Here is the actual objection filed in court by creditors objecting to the DIA settlement proposed in the...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Bond Markets, DIA, Pensions, WDETSyncora’s Alternative Universe: What if bondholders had been prioritized like pensioners?
It was Syncora’s “Alternative Universe” argument. An attorney for the bond insurer asked Judge Steven Rhodes to consider the...
The Detroit News: Andy Dillon to have oversight of retiree health care?
Remember Andy Dillon? He was the state representative from Livonia who became Speaker of the House. After he was...
DWSD bond deal approved in advance of bankruptcy trial…with timeline of deal
Judge Steven Rhodes today approved the city’s plan to refinance $1.5 billion of its water department debt. Here's...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Bond Markets, DWSD, Feature, Kevyn Orr, WDET