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Latest News in Bankruptcy

  • July 02, 2026

    SVB's CEO Was Paid Millions As Risk Rating Slid, Judge Told​​​​

    Silicon Valley Bank's ex-CEO testified Thursday during a California federal bench trial over the FDIC's claims that the bank's brass mismanaged its assets, acknowledging during a tense examination that he received multimillion-dollar payouts and sold nearly $30 million in stock while regulators downgraded SVB's risk management rating ahead of its collapse.

  • July 02, 2026

    YPF Investors Fight Argentina Over Discovery In $16B Case

    As investors in Argentine oil and gas exploration company YPF SA gear up for a multibillion-dollar arbitration against Argentina, disputes still remain over exactly what discovery from a parallel proceeding in New York can be used in the arbitration, according to documents filed Thursday.

  • July 02, 2026

    Spirit Lines Up $630M Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Bid For 27 Aircraft

    Defunct budget air carrier Spirit Airlines asked a New York bankruptcy judge to approve Chapter 11 auction procedures for 27 aircraft, with a $630 million stalking horse bid from a secured creditor setting the floor.

  • July 02, 2026

    Congress Must Resolve Growing Subchapter V Uncertainty

    Congress must pass a bill to permanently restore the Subchapter V debt limit and clarify several other key points of the law to prevent a practical restructuring tool from becoming a costly procedural morass, says Ted Gavin at Gavin Solmonese.

  • July 01, 2026

    'I Would've Been Fired': FDIC Expert Pans SVB's Risk-Taking

    The FDIC's banking expert testified in a California federal bench trial Wednesday that Silicon Valley Bank violated prudent banking standards by mismanaging assets before it collapsed, saying officers knew SVB was taking excessive risks but did not stop, adding that "I would've been fired" if he had managed his bank's assets the same way.

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