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Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina, filed for Chapter 11 protection as it works to regain accreditation following declining enrollment and financial woes. Guiding it through bankruptcy is a team of attorneys at North Carolina-based business firm Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC.
A prison healthcare company filed for Chapter 11 in light of up to $400 million in litigation liabilities, a Mexico-based marine oil rig service company sought U.S. recognition of a foreign insolvency and a Cayman Islands insurance company indirectly owned by Prospect Medical Holdings also filed for Chapter 15 protection.
The unsecured creditors committee in the Chapter 11 of Ascend Elements has proposed six attorneys from McDermott Will & Schulte to represent it in the battery recycling firm's Texas bankruptcy case.
NextEra Energy has agreed to shell out $9.5 million to put to rest proposed class action allegations it conspired with other nuclear energy producers to fix wages, according to a notice filed Tuesday in Maryla... (more story)
Fox Rothschild LLP has expanded its litigation department in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a new partner from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.
Inspired Healthcare said it resolved the remaining opposition to its bid to retain Reid Collins & Tsai LLP to help investigate pre-Chapter 11 causes of action, saying the latest version of its retention order ... (more story)
A New York bankruptcy judge Monday blocked a South Carolina state court evidentiary hearing in two personal injury lawsuits against Asbestos Corp. Ltd., finding the automatic stay of the company's bankruptcy c... (more story)
A Texas bankruptcy judge said Monday he would approve luxury retailer Saks Global's request to sell and assign another eight leases for $5.5 million in Chapter 11, days after the company struck a settlement wi... (more story)
The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a varied mix of settlement approvals, political office disputes, transaction fights, emergency injunction bids and questions over how far the court can go to ... (more story)
Insurers could face challenges in gathering data under new regulation that will require them to document how they would leave the market in an orderly way, a trade body said Monday.
A Texas federal judge on Friday probed whether assets belonging to Infowars operator Free Speech Systems LLC are part of Alex Jones' bankruptcy estate, a finding that could block the families of victims of the... (more story)
Bankrupt wind turbine blade maker TPI Composites Inc. filed a motion in support of its Chapter 11 plan of liquidation late on Thursday, saying its proposal is in the best interests of all stakeholders ahead of... (more story)
A California bankruptcy judge on Friday approved the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland's request to solicit votes on a Chapter 11 plan that would set up a $180 million trust fund to compensate abuse claimants.
A bankrupt furniture retailer told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday it needed to delay its proposed sale of tariff refund rights because the potential buyer has not been able to access a government database... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday gave radio station operator Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. interim access to $7 million of its proposed $30 million postpetition financing package and set a confirmatio... (more story)
A New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday gave the owner of a Manhattan loft permission to hand the property over to its mortgage lender and wind down its business, and congratulated the parties for concluding a con... (more story)
A New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday ordered a two-week standstill to litigation in the Chapter 11 case of nursing home group Cold Spring Acquisition LLC to give the debtor and unsecured creditors time to negot... (more story)
YesCare, the bankrupt affiliate of prison healthcare company Tehum Care Services, is facing a lawsuit seeking to transfer its case from Florida to Texas, with a wind-down officer of Tehum, who is a trustee for... (more story)
Radio station operator Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday in Delaware bankruptcy court with a plan to hand control of the company to its noteholders and trim $240 million in debt.
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday agreed to grant a stay to a Mexico-based marine oil rig service company, freezing two pending lawsuits against its U.S. assets until a Chapter 15 recognition hearing next month.
A California federal judge Monday tossed a proposed class action accusing beauty technology firm Cutera and its executives of misleading investors about its acne treatment launch and financial results, finding... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Monday he will send the Chapter 11 case of student housing owner Element Student Living to California because that is where the debtor's sole asset is located, finding there ar... (more story)
A Pennsylvania-based gun building kit retailer and a connected gun show operator have filed Chapter 7 papers in Pennsylvania, in the wake of litigation looking to hold the business on the hook for violence com... (more story)
Joel Bush
Over the last year, at least five federal district courts have issued or analyzed specific protective order provis... (more story)
Samuel Keltner
With the conflict in Iran among many other factors that are further unsettling the geopolitical and economic envir... (more story)
John Powell
The recent incident involving Sullivan & Cromwell where citations in a filed motion were fabricated by artificial ... (more story)