Judge Robert Gerber

US book publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has moved quickly to secure funding after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early this week. This means that many of its unsecured creditors - including printer RR Donnelley and print manager Williams Lea - will likely be paid some, if not all, of the millions of dollars owed them. In its original bankruptcy filing in New York's Southern District Monday, the Boston publisher of Mark Twain and Curious George listed $2.68bn in assets and $3.53bn in debt. Among its leading unsecured creditors are Chicago-based RR Donnelley and Williams Lea, who are each