Monday, June 07, 2010

WaMu's bankruptcy expenses top $100M

Washington Mutual Inc.'s bankruptcy case has run up more than $100 million in fees for attorneys and other advisers.
And a hearing Thursday suggested the meter will be running for many months to come.

Through April 30, the fees and expenses billed by 26 court-approved professional firms totaled $102.8 million, according to a regulatory filing by Washington Mutual Inc. (WMI) last week.

That number won't sit well with anyone who lost a job or a retirement fund when Washington Mutual collapsed. It's not like the money would otherwise flow to such victims, though; it comes from the pot that will almost certainly go only to WMI's many classes of creditors.
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