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Latest News in Bankruptcy

  • May 05, 2026

    Ex-CEO Gets 5 Years In Prison For $212.5M Fraud Case

    A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former CEO of a now-defunct medical billing company to five years in prison, the statutory maximum penalty, for his role in a $212.5 million scheme to inflate the value of his company to defraud investors.

  • May 05, 2026

    Investors In $16B YPF Feud Win Round Against Argentina

    A New York federal judge has ruled that investors in Argentine oil and gas exploration company YPF SA can use discovery obtained in a decade-long dispute against the country in a parallel $16 billion investor-state arbitration they plan to initiate, saying they had shown a "compelling need."

  • May 05, 2026

    Bittrex Seeks To Undo $24M Judgment After SEC Crypto Pivot

    Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex urged a Seattle federal judge to toss a $24 million judgment entered as part of a 2023 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arguing that the agency has since done an "about-face" on crypto and abandoned its position that digital tokens are securities.

  • May 05, 2026

    Spirit Airlines Gets OK For Chapter 11 Wind-Down Procedures

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday agreed to approve Spirit Airlines' package of wind-down motions after rising fuel costs and unsuccessful efforts to secure federal rescue financing forced it to walk away from restructuring plans.

  • May 05, 2026

    Texas Appeals Court Wary Of Reviving Trustee's $100M Claim

    A Texas appeals panel seemed skeptical of a bankruptcy trustee's attempt to revive an action seeking to claw back money distributed by True Health Group to its shareholders before the company declared bankruptcy, asking Tuesday if the trustee brought its claims under the correct portion of the law.

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