Jewish Times Still Feuding with Former Printer

The bankrupt publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, which covers Jewish issues in the Baltimore area online and in print, remains unsettled after it failed to file a joint plan with its former printer in federal court, The Baltimore Sun reported.

Publisher Alter Communications Inc. and printer H.G. Roebuck & Son, Inc., have been embroiled in conflict since 2009, when Alter switched printers to save money.

Roebuck filed for breach of contract and won a judgment of $362,000. The judgement contributed to Alter's filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 2010.

At the time, Roebuck claimed that Alter owed two years on its contract, the Baltimore Business Journal reported. Roebuck is now a key Alter creditor.

William L. Hallam, the lawyer for Roebuck, argued in court motions that a plan to have an investor group put $600,000 into the company and take an 80 percent ownership share did not make sense.