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March 13, 2025
Senate Stablecoin Bill Advances With Democrats Divided
The Republican-led U.S. Senate Banking Committee advanced its stablecoin framework Thursday with the help of Democrats who broke from ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren's opposition, while a separate bill on what is being called debanking passed along party lines.
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March 13, 2025
Dormify Gets OK To Tap DIP Funds As It Works Toward Sale
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday said he would allow Dormify Inc. to borrow up to $265,000 in Chapter 11 financing as the dorm-room decorating retailer works to secure an agreement to sell its business.
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March 13, 2025
Alex Jones' Sandy Hook Atty Suspended Over Info Release
Former Alex Jones attorney Norm Pattis will be suspended from practicing law for two weeks, a Connecticut judge has ruled, capping a three-year ethics saga that started when Pattis asked an associate to send Sandy Hook families' medical records to the Infowars host's Texas bankruptcy lawyer.
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March 12, 2025
Calif. Trucking Co. Reaches Settlement And $3M Sale
A Texas bankruptcy judge said he would approve a global settlement between trucking company Kal Freight Inc., several of its secured lenders and its committee of unsecured creditors, as well as a $3.3 million sale of some of its assets.
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March 12, 2025
PetroQuest Wants To Sell $8M Judgment In Ch. 11
Bankrupt oil and gas company PetroQuest Energy has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve bidding procedures to sell its rights to an $8 million judgment in its favor against Sanare Energy Partners, hoping the proceeds will hold it over after a $20.6 million asset sale fell through.
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March 12, 2025
Pallet Biz Says District Court Can't Weigh Bankruptcy Order
Pallet company PaLIoT Solutions Inc. told a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday that the issue of whether it violated a bankruptcy court's order regarding trade secrets purchased in a rival company's asset sale has already been decided, while the competitor said its rival is flip-flopping on its arguments.
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March 12, 2025
CarePoint Seeks OK For Plan To Hand Off Hospital Operations
A hospital operator urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to overrule objections to its Chapter 11 plan, arguing Wednesday that it's the only way to save three critical New Jersey medical facilities.
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March 12, 2025
Pa. Coal Co. Auction Gets 2-Week Pause After Value Spike
A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge has agreed to allow a pause in the auction of bankrupt Corsa Coal Corp.'s assets after hearing from lawyers in the Chapter 11 case that the machinery, equipment and real estate being sold has recently been appraised for more than the current bids.
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March 12, 2025
Inflation, Manufacturing Woes Landed Aerospace Co. In Ch. 11
Quality control issues stemming from inconsistent manufacturing practices and global inflation spiking inventory costs led Dynamic Aerostructures LLC, a California-based supplier to aerospace companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin, to seek bankruptcy protection in late February with up to $100 million in debt, according to its court papers.
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March 12, 2025
US Trustee Seeks Sanctions Against NY Lawyer
The federal bankruptcy watchdog asked a New York judge Wednesday to sanction a lawyer who allegedly concealed her conflicts of interest while representing a debtor and a buyer in two separate Chapter 11 cases.
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March 12, 2025
Fox Rothschild Hires Lewis Brisbois Litigator In DC
A trial attorney who spent the past four years at Lewis Brisbois, has moved his practice to Fox Rothschild LLP and told Law360 Pulse in an interview Wednesday that his new role continued a family tradition of Fox Rothschild attorneys stretching back 100 years.
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March 11, 2025
Zachry Opposes Nebraska Utility's $38M Administrative Claim
Bankrupt natural gas contractor Zachry Holdings has objected to a Nebraska public electric utility's administrative claim seeking $38 million in damages for delays in the construction of new generating stations, saying it is too early to seek the claim, and the requested fees exceed the purported damages.
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March 11, 2025
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
A business automation firm, a dermatology technology maker and a telecommunications business software group all filed for Chapter 11 with debt-for-equity swap plans. A Tex-Mex restaurant chain filed for Chapter 11 in the face of macroeconomic pressures. An energy industry engineering firm filed for bankruptcy after trade debt bogged down merger or sale efforts. A Missouri car transporter is looking to liquidate in Chapter 7, and two real estate companies filed for Chapter 11 in New York.
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March 11, 2025
Judge Questions Authority To Pay Giuliani's Ch. 11 Bill
A New York bankruptcy judge questioned Tuesday whether he could order former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to sell off real estate to cover claims against his Chapter 11 estate, saying an order dismissing his bankruptcy case included assumptions that didn't come to fruition.
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March 11, 2025
Vt. Diocese Creditors Balk At Paying Accused Priests In Ch. 11
Unsecured creditors of the bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington on Tuesday objected to the debtor continuing to pay pension benefits to retired priests accused of abusing children, saying the diocese's own investigation found the allegations against the two priests were credible.
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March 11, 2025
Chester, Pa., Water Authority Seeks Stay Of Ch. 9 Docs Order
The Chester Water Authority has asked a Pennsylvania bankruptcy court for a stay pending appeal of an order to produce documents to the bankrupt City of Chester, which seeks to sell off the utility's assets, saying the order was unconstitutional.
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March 11, 2025
BurgerFi Gets Ok For Ch. 11 Plan Over IRS Objections
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday confirmed the disclosure statement and Chapter 11 reorganization plan for bankrupt restaurant operator BurgerFi International Inc., overruling an objection from the U.S. government on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service regarding tax claims on certain interest fees.
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March 11, 2025
Fannie Mae Says Complex Filed Ch. 11 To Duck $73M Loan
Fannie Mae told a federal court Monday that a Houston apartment complex's Chapter 11 filing was a "tactic" to avoid its obligation to repay a $73 million loan.
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March 11, 2025
Dykema Doubles Houston Roster With 7 New Atty Hires
Dykema Gossett PLLC has expanded in Houston with the addition of seven attorneys, five of whom joined from Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC and two who came aboard from Hirsch & Westheimer PC.
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March 11, 2025
Texas Construction Co. Gets Ch. 11 Trustee After Fraud Probe
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday signed off on a request to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee to take over the bankruptcy case of Timeline Construction Inc., after the U.S. Trustee's Office said the debtor's sole member appears to have committed fraud, including allegedly providing false financial information to creditors.
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March 11, 2025
Container Store Judge To Issue Ruling On Opt-Out Dispute
A Texas bankruptcy judge said Tuesday he will issue a written opinion on whether the U.S. Trustee's Office can put The Container Store's Chapter 11 plan on hold to appeal the judge's decision that a creditor's failure to opt out of the plan's third-party releases constitutes consent to those releases.
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March 10, 2025
White Forest Committee Calls Ch. 11 Loans Insider Deal
The official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of coal producer White Forest Resources Inc. objected to the debtor's proposed bankruptcy financing package, saying it is an insider transaction that puts liens on previously unencumbered assets that would no longer be available for unsecured creditor recovery.
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March 10, 2025
Insurer Says CarePoint's Ch. 11 Plan 'Fatally Flawed'
An insurer has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject CarePoint Health Systems' Chapter 11 plan, saying it is designed to unfairly benefit the debtor's landlord with liability releases.
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March 10, 2025
Judge Romance Row Remanded, Ch. 11 Plans Approved
A Texas federal judge sent part of a dispute over a former bankruptcy judge's secret romance with a onetime Jackson Walker partner back to the court where the disgraced jurist once oversaw high-profile insolvencies, ordering the CEO of a defunct barge operator to seek standing in Texas bankruptcy court.
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March 10, 2025
Fulcrum Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Disclosure
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved trash-to-gas fuel refiner Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement, which would grant the company's unsecured creditors up to $325 million, ahead of a brief hearing Monday after parties in the case reached a consensus on contentious issues, such as claims against directors and officers.
Expert Analysis
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3 Cases Show Tensions Between Arbitration And Insolvency
The intersection of international arbitration and insolvency may influence the formulation of litigation strategy on a global scale, and several recent cases illustrate the need for counsel to understand how courts are varying in their approaches, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Air Ambulance Ch. 11s Show Dispute Program Must Resume
Air Methods’ recent bankruptcy filing highlights the urgent need to reopen the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution program for air ambulances, whose shutdown benefits insurance companies and hurts providers, says Adam Schramek at Norton Rose.
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Pro Bono Work Is Powerful Self-Help For Attorneys
Oct. 22-28 is Pro Bono Week, serving as a useful reminder that offering free legal help to the public can help attorneys expand their legal toolbox, forge community relationships and create human connections, despite the challenges of this kind of work, says Orlando Lopez at Culhane Meadows.
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Why Delaware ABCs Are No Longer As Easy As 1-2-3
In light of the Court of Chancery's recent focus on additional disclosures, the assignment for the benefit of creditors process in Delaware may no longer be as efficient as it once was, and companies should be prepared to provide significantly more information leading up to an ABC, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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Diamond Sports Cases Shed Light On Executory Contracts
Recent Texas bankruptcy cases involving telecast fees payable by Diamond Sports to certain Major League Baseball teams provide a window into the dynamic relationship that can develop between debtors and counterparties under some executory contracts, say Joseph Badtke-Berkow and Robin Spigel at Allen & Overy.
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Playing In A Rock Cover Band Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Performing in a classic rock cover band has driven me to hone several skills — including focus, organization and networking — that have benefited my professional development, demonstrating that taking time to follow your muse outside of work can be a boon to your career, says Michael Gambro at Cadwalader.
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The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Espinosa On 'Lincoln Lawyer'
The murder trials in Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” illustrate the stark contrast between the ethical high ground that fosters and maintains the criminal justice system's integrity, and the ethical abyss that can undermine it, with an important reminder for all legal practitioners, say Judge Adam Espinosa and Andrew Howard at the Colorado 2nd Judicial District Court.
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Balancing Justice And Accountability In Opioid Bankruptcies
As Rite Aid joins other pharmaceutical companies in pursuing bankruptcy following the onslaught of state and federal litigation related to the opioid epidemic, courts and the country will have to reconcile the ideals of economic justice and accountability against the U.S. Constitution’s promise of a fresh start through bankruptcy, says Monique Hayes at DGIM Law.