First Brands Group Holdings, LLC

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4:25-bk-90397

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Texas Southern

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  1. November 06, 2025

    First Brands Strikes Deal With Creditors On Ch. 11 Financing

    Auto parts company First Brands told a Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday it had reached a deal to resolve unsecured creditor objections to its $5.2 billion Chapter 11 financing package by reducing the rollup of litigation proceeds.

  2. November 05, 2025

    First Brands, Creditors Exchange Blows Over DIP Bid

    The unsecured creditors committee for bankrupt auto parts company First Brands objected to the debtor's bid for final postpetition financing approval, saying the proposed arrangement almost solely benefits the lenders and would harm the estate. The debtor and its ad hoc lender group each came to the defense of the request.

  3. November 04, 2025

    First Brands Accuses Ex-CEO Of 'Brazen' Theft Of Millions

    Bankrupt auto parts company First Brands has sued its founder and ex-CEO, saying he "lined his pockets" with hundreds of millions and possibly billions of dollars in company money, draining its accounts and partially causing its bankruptcy.

  4. October 31, 2025

    Fraud Claims Spur Dismissal Bid In First Brands SPV Cases

    Lenders to special purpose vehicle entities tied to auto parts maker First Brands Group asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to dismiss the vehicles' Chapter 11 cases or appoint a trustee, arguing that the entities' managers were improperly replaced and their funds were to be kept apart from First Brands' assets.

  5. October 21, 2025

    Meet The Attys Advising First Brands' Creditors Committee

    The official committee of unsecured creditors in car parts group First Brands' Chapter 11 has retained a dozen attorneys from Cole Schotz PC and Brown Rudnick LLP to represent it in the case.

  6. October 20, 2025

    LifeScan To Cut $1.7B Debt, Reed Smith DQ'd From Eletson

    A bankruptcy trust for Rite Aid went after Walmart to defray the costs of defending opioid lawsuits. A blood glucose monitor manufacturer fought for confirmation of a reorganization plan that would cut $1.7 billion in debt. The long saga of the Eletson bankruptcy continued after a district court found the prebankruptcy ownership of the company had no legal existence and therefore no right to counsel.

  7. October 16, 2025

    US Trustee Pushes For Examiner In First Brands' Ch. 11

    The Office of the U.S. Trustee has urged the swift appointment of an examiner to probe car parts group First Brands' Texas bankruptcy, echoing a creditor's call for an independent investigation into over $2 billion in unaccounted funds.

  8. October 14, 2025

    First Brands CEO Resigns, Spirit Wins $200M DIP Facility

    Bankrupt auto parts maker First Brands' founder stepped down as CEO. Spirit Airlines won approval for $200 million in debtor-in-possession financing and a settlement with its lessor. Global Wound Care warned that delayed Medicare payments, worsened by the government shutdown, threaten its liquidity. And a Delaware judge approved CareerBuilder + Monster's Chapter 11 plan. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  9. October 10, 2025

    First Brands Gets Creditors' Committee In Ch. 11

    Nine companies have been named to the official committee of unsecured creditors for auto parts company First Brands, including an affiliate of Raistone Capital, which urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to appoint a Chapter 11 examiner in the case.

  10. October 09, 2025

    First Brands Creditor Wants Examiner After $2.3B 'Vanished'

    First Brands creditor Raistone Capital urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to appoint an independent examiner in the car parts maker's Chapter 11 case, saying no one has been held accountable for up to $2.3 billion that "simply vanished."