This week saw Lehman Brothers finally emerge from bankruptcy after more than three years in court, the Tribune Company’s tortured Chapter 11 saga continue to crawl along, and the big fees racked up by the external advisers working on both matters make headlines.
Lurking in the background was the case of troubled renewable energy company Beacon Power, whose bankruptcy filing last Halloween was overshadowed by MF Global Holdings’s descent into Chapter 11 and the high-profile flameout of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.
