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High Court On Ch. 11, New Bank Rules, Alex Jones Ch. 7 Shift
From Delaware To Georgia: Why LaVie Is Taking Ch. 11 South
Meet The Attorneys In Rubio's Coastal Grill's Ch. 11
High Court On Ch. 11, New Bank Rules, Alex Jones Ch. 7 Shift
The U.S. Supreme Court said an insurance company has "party in interest" standing to intervene in a Chapter 11 case, the U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog "modernized" its agreement for banks holding debtor funds, and recent motions could pivot Alex Jones and his media company's Chapter 11s to Chapter 7 liquidations.
From Delaware To Georgia: Why LaVie Is Taking Ch. 11 South
Three years ago, LaVie Care Centers units filed for Chapter 11 protection in the common corporate venue of Delaware, but its new filing in its home state of Georgia challenges traditional norms in the practice and highlights not only local convenience, but the quality of Peach State bankruptcy bar.
Meet The Attorneys In Rubio's Coastal Grill's Ch. 11
A team of lawyers with experience in asset sales and restaurants from Raines Feldman Littrell LLP and Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP is helping steer fish taco chain Rubio's Coastal Grill, founded in San Diego in 1983, through its second Chapter 11 case in four years.
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