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by hga 4376 days ago
Indeed. E.g. they immediately had to file a petition "to pay claims of employees": http://chapter11cases.com/2014/06/24/source-home-entertainme...

I've read elsewhere over 5,000 were laid off, and they have less than 200 left. This would be to pay what's due to the former, and/or continue to pay the latter, so the company doesn't just shut down now, a worst case for everyone.