June 22, 2026
A California Catholic diocese asked for a court's approval for its Chapter 11 plan. Creditors of a Nevada magnesium mining operation got the liquidation plan they proposed confirmed. A summer camp chain received permission to use its cash to open for the year. And Georgia-Pacific's asbestos spinoff told a court that more Chapter 11 filings may be on the way.
June 15, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland on Monday asked a California bankruptcy judge to approve its $180 million Chapter 11 plan over the objections of sexual abuse claimants who argue the diocese can afford to give them a larger settlement.
June 03, 2026
Unsecured creditors of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland urged a California bankruptcy judge to make the debtor hand over documents related to certain creditors, including communications and plan ballots, claiming the diocese has refused to do so thus far.
May 26, 2026
Unsecured creditors of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland are urging a bankruptcy judge to disallow certain votes on the diocese's proposed Chapter 11 plan, saying they were cast in the wrong class by insiders like the diocese's parish churches and its bishop.
May 08, 2026
A California bankruptcy judge on Friday approved the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland's request to solicit votes on a Chapter 11 plan that would set up a $180 million trust fund to compensate abuse claimants.
April 01, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, California, told a bankruptcy judge Wednesday it removed $42 million in settlements with insurance carriers from its proposed Chapter 11 plan to eliminate one source of conflict with the committee representing abuse claimants in the case.
March 16, 2026
A New York bankruptcy judge approved arrests in Eletson Holdings' Chapter 11 case, another said Spirit Airlines can auction 20 aircraft with a $533 million stalking horse bid, and a judge in California ordered parties to go forward with competing plans in the Oakland diocese's insolvency proceeding.
March 13, 2026
A California bankruptcy judge said Friday that he wants competing Chapter 11 plans to proceed in parallel in the case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, telling the debtor and the creditors committee that there are flaws in each proposal.
March 10, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland on Tuesday told a California bankruptcy judge that a committee representing sexual abuse claimants is making unreasonable demands for cash and oversight in its newly proposed Chapter 11 plan for the diocese.
February 23, 2026
Luxury retailer Saks can access the final portion of a more than $5 billion Chapter 11 loan, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland and its creditors' committee will submit competing Chapter 11 plans, and a biotech firm says a last-minute bid change has stifled bankruptcy auction competition.