A trustee in Rite Aid's bankruptcy is appealing the judge's ruling regarding antitrust claims, a New York judge denied installation of a Chapter 11 trustee in a SoHo building owner's case, and the Chapter 7 trustee for a bankrupt television network asked a judge to find the company's president is still in contempt of an order to turn over its film library.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has appointed a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York to serve as a bankruptcy judge for that same jurisdiction, ahead of the retirement of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn at the end of the month.
The liquidators of Culligan Ltd., a now-defunct affiliate of the global water treatment brand, asked a New York bankruptcy judge to recognize a Bermuda settlement ending a 14-year "nuisance" derivative shareholder lawsuit, while the plaintiffs in the suit argued the settlement violates the U.S. Supreme Court's Purdue Pharma decision barring nonconsensual releases.