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Cumulus Defends Nielsen Data-Tying Order At 2nd Circ.

Radio giant Cumulus Media has told the Second Circuit that Nielsen helped contribute to the broadcaster's bankruptcy earlier this year by tying sales of its national radio ratings data to sales of its local of... (more story)

Judge Agrees To Confirm Office REIT's Ch. 11 Plan

A Texas bankruptcy judge said Wednesday he would sign off on the Chapter 11 plan outlined by Office Properties Income Trust, a real estate investment trust that owns and leases out office space nationwide, ove... (more story)

Womble Bond Hires Ex-White & Case RE Atty For Partner Role

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP has hired a former White & Case LLP partner who specializes in real estate financing and private capital market deals for a partner role in its New York City office, the firm recently announced.

Spirit Airlines' Turbulent Journey Through Chapter 22

Just 14 months after Spirit Airlines received a New York bankruptcy judge's approval for a debt-equity swap Chapter 11 plan in an earlier case, the budget airline is heading to court again Thursday to defend i... (more story)

Monette Farms Seeks Ch. 15. OK For $1.08B Canadian Reorg

North American farming enterprise Monette Farms Ltd. filed for Chapter 15 recognition of its Canadian restructuring as it seeks to reduce its nearly $800 million in debt (CA$1.08 billion).

Jury Told Ex-Finance CEO Is The Fall Guy In $100M Fraud Case

Counsel for the founder of Beneficient on Tuesday told a Manhattan federal jury that the founder of the Dallas-based financial services firm did not defraud its onetime business partner GWG Holdings out of mor... (more story)

Bills Sinking 'Texas Two-Step' Ch. 11 Cases Reintroduced

Members of Congress have reintroduced bipartisan legislation meant to deter so-called Texas two-step Chapter 11s, a controversial maneuver companies have used to address mass tort liabilities in bankruptcy.

M&T Unit Wants Tricolor Suit Moved To Bankruptcy Court

Wilmington Trust, a subsidiary of M&T Bank that served as custodian to subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings trusts, has defended its bid to transfer a suit accusing it of failing to help prevent Tricolor's c... (more story)

Purdue Pharma Sentencing Punted For In-Person Attendance

A New Jersey federal judge delayed Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma's criminal sentencing by a week, saying rescheduling would give an in-person attendance option to hundreds of observers who tuned in virtually Tuesday.

Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, inc... (more story)

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Razzoo's Ch. 11 Plan Gets OK Following $18M Sale

A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday signed off on the Chapter 11 liquidation plan of Cajun food chain Razzoo's, months after the debtor sold its assets for more than $18 million to a Dallas-based restaurant developer.

Vanderbilt Minerals Gets OK For Deal With Parent Co.

A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday overruled creditor objections to approve a settlement between Vanderbilt Minerals and its parent company to pave the way for an asset sale in the former talc miner's Chapter 11 case.

Sorrento, M3 Get Pause On RICO Suit Naming Jackson Walker

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday agreed to put on hold a lawsuit in California federal court alleging Jackson Walker LLP and executives at Sorrento Therapeutics and M3 Partners conspired to forum shop in ... (more story)

Judge Won't Delay Calif. Resort Developer's Ch. 11 Timeline

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday declined to override SilverRock Development's Chapter 11 timeline but cautioned that secured creditors' persistent concerns about a proposal to divvy up property sale proc... (more story)

6th Circ. Questions Timing Of Late Keyboardist's Royalties Bid

A Sixth Circuit panel sharply questioned both sides Wednesday over when, if ever, Parliament-Funkadelic co-founder George Clinton clearly rejected a decades-old royalty deal with the band's former keyboardist,... (more story)

Gov't Settles Suit Over $28M Tax Bill, Bahamian Trusts

The U.S. government reached a settlement in federal court with a Floridian who invoked Bahamian law to avoid repatriating trust funds that had resulted in a $28 million tax bill.

Stoli Bourbon Affiliate's Ch. 11 Trustee Asks To Hire Broker

The Chapter 11 trustee guiding the bankruptcy of whiskey company Kentucky Owl LLC asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to let her hire a broker to help sell the inventory belonging to the affiliate of Stoli Group USA LLC.

NYC Condo Board Ch. 11 Can Continue For Now

The condo association of a Manhattan hotel and residential tower can stay in Subchapter V bankruptcy for now, after a New York bankruptcy judge requested additional briefing and ordered the debtor to restore p... (more story)

Beasley Allen Pro Hac Vice Revoked In Philly J&J Talc Cases

A Pennsylvania state court has booted Beasley Allen Law Firm attorneys from representing consumers in nine cases that link Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder to ovarian cancer, saying their pro hac vice admissi... (more story)

The Onion Makes Deal To Run Alex Jones' Infowars

The state court-appointed receiver of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media business has reached an agreement to license its trademark and domain name to The Onion, as the satirical news outlet seeks ... (more story)

Expert Analysis

Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Draft Pleadings

Most law school graduates step into their first jobs without ever having drafted a complaint, answer, motion or ot... (more story)

E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control

Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically ... (more story)

2 Discovery Rulings Break With Heppner On AI Privilege Issue

While a New York federal court’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner suggests that some litigants’ communications wit... (more story)