Bankruptcy titan Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced it would wind down, the U.S. Department of Justice named a new head for the U.S. Trustee Program, and the nationwide Bankruptcy Noticing Center resumed operations following a cybersecurity incident.
Trustees overseeing financier Wing-Fai Ng's Hong Kong bankruptcy have filed a Chapter 15 petition in California seeking recognition of the Hong Kong proceeding and authority to pursue his U.S. assets, including his equity in Nasdaq-listed Triller Group Inc.
The Office of the U.S. Trustee has appointed Dechert LLP lawyer Steven A. Engel as examiner in bankrupt satellite internet provider Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.'s Chapter 11 case.