Large Cap
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August 14, 2025
Troutman Adds 3 More CMBS Attys From K&L Gates
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has announced three more additions to its commercial mortgage-backed securities team from K&L Gates LLP, saying their hires will "further fortify the firm's competitive edge in the special servicing and litigation sectors."
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August 13, 2025
Jewelry Co. Claire's To Appoint UK Insolvency Administrators
The operator of United Kingdom-based stores of the bankrupt jewelry retailer Claire's said Wednesday it would open an insolvency proceeding and appoint administrators, one week after Claire's filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court.
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August 13, 2025
Policy Uncertainty, Competition Led Turbine Maker Into Ch. 11
Uncertainty around renewable energy policy, tariffs, supply chain issues and international competition led Arizona-based manufacturer of blades for wind turbines TPI Composites Inc. to file for Chapter 11.
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August 13, 2025
Feds Skirting Risky Debt As 1 Bank Stays Highly Leveraged
Federal regulators aren't scrutinizing risky real estate loans even though some banks have a substantial volume of high-risk debt on their books, a banking source told Law360 Real Estate Authority.
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August 13, 2025
Creditors Say Genesis Sale Process Stacked Toward Insiders
Unsecured creditors of Genesis Healthcare are asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge to amend the terms of its Chapter 11 financing to prevent corporate insiders from retaining control of the nursing home chain and dodging potential claims against them.
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August 13, 2025
Retailer At Home Defends Revised Ch. 11 Plan And Releases
Household furnishings retailer At Home Group Inc. hit back against objections to its Chapter 11 plan and disclosure statement lodged by creditors and the U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog, telling a Delaware federal judge that third-party releases in the plan are now consensual, and its disclosures are sufficient.
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August 13, 2025
Scarinci Hollenbeck Adds 4 Litigators In NYC
Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC has added four litigators previously with Kishner Legal PC who have expertise in areas such as commercial litigation and real estate as attorneys in its New York City office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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August 13, 2025
No So-Called Summer Slowdown As Bankruptcies Spike
Summer is often a time for lawyers to worry more about their family vacations than their next bankruptcy filing. But this year is an exception, with a July surge in filings driven by the new administration's tariff and immigration policies and a normalization back to pre-pandemic levels overall, experts said.
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August 13, 2025
BakerHostetler Hires Cooley Securities Litigation Atty
BakerHostetler has added an experienced litigator to its white collar, investigations and securities enforcement litigation and securities and governance litigation teams in New York, bringing with him more than 25 years of BigLaw experience, including most recently with Cooley LLP.
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August 13, 2025
Wind Blade Maker TPI Gets $7.5M Of New Money In Ch. 11 DIP
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday granted an Arizona-based manufacturer of blades for wind turbines interim access to its postpetition financing package, which includes $7.5 million in new money upfront.
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August 12, 2025
Terraform Founder Cops To $40B Crypto Fraud Scheme
The founder and former CEO of Terraform Labs on Tuesday admitted to perpetrating a multibillion-dollar fraud by deceiving investors about its decentralized finance-based ecosystem of crypto products, a scheme that wiped out $40 billion in market value when it collapsed.
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August 12, 2025
Guo Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks Additional Time Chasing Relatives
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Miles Guo's estate on Tuesday asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge for six additional months to file potential clawback claims against six of the Chinese exile's relatives and business associates, saying he's examining money transfers from Australia and China and "bags of cash" for Guo's daughter.
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August 12, 2025
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
Jewelry chain Claire's filed for its second bankruptcy with $690 million in debt and plans to close 700 U.S. stores, Delaware's 4 Points Towing & Roadside Service sought Chapter 11 under Subchapter V after pandemic-driven losses, and a parking garage in New York City filed for Chapter 11 citing difficulty in keeping up with mortgage payments amid rising interest rates.
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August 12, 2025
Del Monte Auction Set For Nov. After Ch. 11 Financing OK'd
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge said Tuesday he will give final approval to $912.5 million in Chapter 11 financing for canned foods giant Del Monte as it seeks to find a buyer.
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August 12, 2025
Judge Denies Charitable Donation Claim In FTX Ch. 11
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a former FTX Trading Ltd. customer's nearly $700,000 claim, saying he failed to show that funds donated to the cryptocurrency platform's charity were later clawed back.
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August 12, 2025
Wind Blade Maker TPI Hits Ch. 11 In Texas With Over $1B Debt
TPI Composites Inc., an Arizona-based manufacturer of blades for wind turbines, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court, listing between $1 billion and $10 billion in debt, including $600 million in funded debt, and plans to hand the company over to its senior lenders.
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August 11, 2025
Claire's Starts Store Sales, Linqto Defeats Venue Transfer Bid
Jewelry company Claire's announced it would launch store closing sales after seeking bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a decade. Meanwhile, a judge gave the Archdiocese of New Orleans one last chance to secure confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan, and Linqto managed to keep its bankruptcy case in Texas.
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August 11, 2025
Miles Guo Ordered To Forfeit $1.3B In Fraud Case
Bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo must forfeit $1.3 billion in cash, luxury goods and real estate, including his 21-bedroom New Jersey mansion, a New York federal judge said Monday, more than a year after the purported billionaire was found guilty of wide-ranging fraud.
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August 11, 2025
Judge To Order Bond, Sanctions In Crypto Miner's Ch. 11
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Monday she would require the creditors that petitioned to force a cryptocurrency mining operation into Chapter 11 to post a multimillion-dollar bond in case their petition is dismissed.
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August 11, 2025
McDermott, Other Firms Sign Deal To End $4.4M Guo Claims
McDermott Will & Schulte, four other law firms and one consulting firm have agreed to settle, for an undisclosed amount and without formal litigation, clawback claims totaling $4.4 million by the Chapter 11 estate of bankrupt Chinese exile and convicted criminal Miles Guo.
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August 11, 2025
Celsius Rips Cadwalader's Fee Bid For Mashinsky Fraud Case
A litigation administrator for defunct cryptocurrency firm Celsius Network has blasted a bid by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP to have its legal fees for representing Alex Mashinsky, a Celsius co-founder sentenced to 12 years for fraud, covered by funds in the Chapter 11 estate.
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August 11, 2025
FTX Customers Aim To Beef Up Case Against Fenwick & West
New information that has emerged since customers of the now-collapsed cryptocurrency trading platform FTX Trading Ltd. sued Fenwick & West LLP over the firm's alleged role in that collapse justifies updating the complaint against the firm, those customers told a Florida federal court Monday.
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August 11, 2025
Terraform Founder Set To Plead Out Of $40B Fraud Case
Terraform founder Do Kwon is on track to enter a guilty plea in his $40 billion criminal fraud case, a Manhattan federal judge said Monday, in an order that comes ahead of a scheduled 2026 trial and amid weeks of talks between his lawyers and prosecutors.
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August 11, 2025
US Trustee, Mass. Appeal Steward Health Ch. 11 Plan Approval
The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are appealing a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval of former hospital operator Steward Health's Chapter 11 liquidation plan.
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August 08, 2025
1st Circ. Backs Creditors Cut Offs In Involuntary Bankruptcies
The First Circuit recently upheld the dismissal of an involuntary bankruptcy, backing a Boston judge who set a deadline for creditors to join the petition, in a ruling that speaks to the pitfalls that can come with the powerful but seldom used creditor tool, experts told Law360.
Expert Analysis
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Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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What Being An 'Insider' Means In Ch. 11, And Why It Matters
As borrowers grapple with approaching near-term maturities on corporate debt, lenders should be proactive in mitigating the risks of being classified as an insider in potential bankruptcies, including heightened scrutiny, preference risk, plan voting and more, say David Hillman and Steve Ma at Proskauer.
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How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.
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Navigating The Bankruptcy Terrain After Purdue Pharma
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma is having a significant impact on bankruptcies, with recent cases addressing nonconsensual third-party releases and opt-out mechanisms, and highlighting strategies practitioners can employ to avoid running afoul of the decision, say Brett Axelrod and Agostino Zammiello at Fox Rothschild.
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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How 9th Circ. Ruling Expands Bankruptcy Trustees' Powers
The Ninth Circuit recently held in The Lovering Tubbs Trust v. Hoffman that a trustee can avoid intentionally fraudulent transfers, even if no creditor suffered harm as a result, materially strengthening bankruptcy trustees' powers, say Robert Klyman and Rod Kazempour at DLA Piper.
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State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.
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8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.
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3rd Circ. Hertz Ruling Highlights Flawed Bankruptcy Theory
The Third Circuit, in its recent Hertz bankruptcy decision, became the latest appeals court to hold that noteholders were entitled to interest before shareholders under the absolute priority rule, but risked going astray by invoking the flawed theory of code impairment, say Matthew McGill and David Casazza at Gibson Dunn.
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Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.
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Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.
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AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.