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Hanjin says U.S.-bound ship is being held ‘hostage’

“There is no clear visibility yet on what will happen with this business,” Hanjin lawyer Ilana Volkov said at a hearing, when asked by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Sherwood whether Hanjin was liquidating. Since then, the Hanjin Boston, Hanjin Greece and Hanjin Gdynia have begun to unload. As of Wednesday, of Hanjin's 97 container ships, 36 were waiting outside of overseas ports, according to South Korea&#

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U.S. judge grants Hanjin temporary protection from U.S. creditors

Korean shipping line Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd won an order on Tuesday from a U.S. judge extending bankruptcy protections so its vessels can dock at U.S. ports without fear creditors will try take actions against the ships as they have in other countries. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Sherwood approved a motion by the world's seventh largest container carrier that sought to extend to the United States the protection from creditors that…

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U.S. challenge to Anthem-Cigna deal gets new judge

The judge overseeing the U.S. government's bid to stop health insurer Anthem Inc from buying Cigna Corp , who had been seen as favorable for the deal, has relinquished the case. Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was named to hear the case after Judge John Bates asked that it be reassigned. Jackson was nominated to the bench in 2011 by President Barack Obama, a Democrat.

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