St. Louis-based Charter Communications has obtained formal approval for its hotly contested reorganization plan when the bankruptcy judge signed a confirmation order and wrote an 82-page opinion giving his reasons in detail. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James M. Peck called Charter’s ...

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Charter Communications Inc., the bankrupt cable operator, won a judge’s approval of its plan to reorganize by reinstating $11.8 billion in debt. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck in Manhattan last week approved the fourth-biggest U.S. cable company’s Chapter 11 plan ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the voluntary payment doctrine is not a defense for a violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. The court, in an opinion issued on Tuesday, allowed a class action against Charter Communications to proceed. ...

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St. Louis-based Charter Communications Inc.’s four largest investors in a $1.6 billion rights offering didn’t do a “club deal” to take control of the bankrupt cable company, a senior partner at Apollo Management testified. Eric Zinterhofer said Tuesday in U.S. ...

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St. Louis-based Charter Communications Inc.’s bankruptcy plan should be rejected because it lets Apollo Global Management and other hedge funds take control using bank lenders’ money, a lawyer for JPMorgan Chase & Co. said. JPMorgan attorney Peter Pantaleo read excerpts ...

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Charter Communications Inc.’s bankruptcy plan shouldn’t be approved because it would bar lawsuits against the cable company’s officers and directors, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a bankruptcy court. The agency added its objection Monday to others filed under ...

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Charter Communications creditor Wells Fargo Bank seeks permission to file an objection to the bankrupt cable-TV operator’s reorganization plan under seal. Wells Fargo, agent for third-lien lenders to Charter unit CCO Holdings, said in court documents filed Monday in Manhattan ...

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DirecTV and Charter Communications reached a settlement late Tuesday in a legal tussle over some of the satellite television company’s ads. Charter had objected in a lawsuit to DirecTV ads highlighting the cable company’s bankruptcy. Terms of the settlement are ...

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DirecTV and Charter Communications reached a settlement Tuesday night in a legal tussle over some of the satellite television company's ads. The two sides filed a notice of settlement Wednesday but included no details on the terms. A judge in May had ordered DirecTV to temporarily pull some of the ads that highlighted St. Louis-based Charter's bankruptcy. In its lawsuit, Charter had said the ads were false and deceptive.

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Charter Communications Inc., the bankrupt cable company, hasn’t paid as much as $73 million in wages, current and former employees alleged in a court filing that seeks to estimate the size of a claim for 2,800 workers. A group calling ...

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A federal judge ordered DirecTV on Wednesday to pull some, but not all, of its disputed ads in response to litigation by St. Louis-based Charter Communications. Charter filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that competitor DirecTV has sent mailers and run print and radio advertisements claiming Charter is in trouble because it filed for bankruptcy. Charter says the bankruptcy is simply restructuring its finances, that service to customers is not affected and that the ads are false and deceptive. DirectTV will be able to keep this billboard, on I-70 near downtown St. Louis.

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