Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz is the editor of Richmond BizSense, and covers banking, lawsuits, finance, M&A and golf. He can be reached at [email protected] or 804-855-1037.

Trading Day: Inside local SEC filings for 4.25.13

A local firm cuts a deal to emerge from bankruptcy. Markel pushes the closing of its multi-billion dollar deal in Bermuda back a week. And a REIT’s legal troubles aren’t quite over.

Dismissed case is back on the docket

Fluvanna opinion

A fight between one of Richmond’s oldest financial firms and a rural county near Charlottesville is headed back to court.

Businessman buys forest for the family tree

The owner of a Texas manufacturing conglomerate has amassed almost 1,000 rural acres in New Kent County, but the property he wants most remains out of reach.