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SEC, CFTC Sue Goliath Over $400M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued bankrupt cryptocurrency investment firm Goliath Ventures Inc. and its founder Tuesday claiming they orchestrated a ... (more story)

Cumulus Can't Yet Enforce Tying Injunction Against Nielsen

The Second Circuit may have upheld a preliminary injunction blocking Nielsen from making Cumulus Media buy its local offerings to gain access to its national radio ratings data, but a New York federal judge sa... (more story)

Del. Chancery Keeps Power Plant Duty Claims Alive

The Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday largely refused to dismiss the remaining claims in a lawsuit accusing Strategic Value Partners LLC and GenOn Holdings Inc. of engineering the transfer of a Pennsylvania p... (more story)

NY Archdiocese Renews Call For Chubb Punitive Damages

The Archdiocese of New York is taking a second bite at the apple in state appeals court with a request for punitive damages against Chubb, alleging the insurer ran a "shadow campaign" against the archdiocese e... (more story)

West Marine Wins Approval Of Plan To Cut Debt, Exit Ch. 11

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday signed off on boating supply business West Marine Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan, allowing the debtor to hand control of the company to lenders and end its Chapter 11 case.

Rising Star: Weil's Clifford Carlson

Clifford Carlson of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has been on the front lines of some of the most complex Chapter 11 cases filed in Houston's bankruptcy court in recent years as debtor's counsel to multistate hosp... (more story)

Opioid Victims Say Firm Kept Too Much Of Purdue Payouts

A Baltimore woman is accusing a California-based attorney and her firm of illegally withholding thousands of dollars from opioid victims' Purdue Pharma settlement payments in a new class action filed Sunday in... (more story)

Complex Summer Camp Sales Win Bankruptcy Court Approval

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge Monday approved sales of more than two dozen U.S. summer camps, capping an intense, complicated and emotionally charged process that lawyers said saved the camps from closing this... (more story)

Texas Judge Tosses Appeal Of Genesis Lender Releases

A Texas federal judge on Monday dismissed an appeal that attacked the terms of Genesis Healthcare's post-petition financing, saying part of the Bankruptcy Code precluded her court from touching the arrangement... (more story)

H.I.G. Can't Block Calif. Suit Over $17.5M Health Deal

The Delaware Chancery Court on Monday refused to block two former behavioral health facility owners from pursuing a California securities fraud suit against private equity firm H.I.G. Capital LLC and its affil... (more story)

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Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks Contempt Over Condo Rent Scheme

The Chapter 11 trustee in the bankruptcy of Waterfront Resort Holdings, the owner of 105 unsold condominium units in New York City, has urged a bankruptcy judge to consider whether three individuals involved i... (more story)

Dolphin Park Co. Seeks OK For $2M Asset Sale

Dolphin park owner Leisure Investments has urged the Delaware bankruptcy court to approve the sale of its assets for $2 million.

Lender YSA Says Louis Bankruptcy Fight Belongs In Del.

A lender to bankrupt real estate management company Louis Investments LLC has moved to dismiss its Chapter 11 case, arguing Louis Investments and affiliates "manufactured" a Texas venue with their attorney's a... (more story)

Bitcoin Depot Wins Approval Of Plan With Release Limits

Cryptocurrency kiosk operator Bitcoin Depot received confirmation Monday of its Chapter 11 liquidation plan, after a Texas bankruptcy judge narrowed third-party releases in the plan to cover only conduct that ... (more story)

Home Decor Co. Can Take Votes On Ch. 11 Plan, Sell Assets

Home textile and decor company Simply Interior Homes secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's permission Monday to sell two sets of assets for about $3 million and solicit votes from creditors on its Chapter 11 plan.

Poolin Creditor Seeks Ch. 11 Trustee To Probe Transfers

A creditor of bankrupt cryptocurrency miner Poolin Technology on Monday moved for the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee in the case, saying the company's principal absconded from China to the U.S. with customer funds.

Rising Star: HSF Kramer's Megan Wasson

Megan Wasson of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP helped Del Monte secure more than $500 million in asset sales in its contentious Chapter 11 and advised the state of Connecticut in the Prospect Medical case,... (more story)

Gunnercooke Denies Botching Settlement Over HBOS Fraud

Gunnercooke has denied costing a family £4.7 million ($6.3 million) by bungling a settlement reached in the wake of their bankruptcies over a £245 million fraud against HBOS, arguing that the deal reflected wh... (more story)

Summer Camp Sales Spark Parent Concern Ahead Of Hearing

Plans to sell more than two dozen summer camps have been met with a flurry of comments from families concerned that outside investors will alter operations or close some camps altogether, with a group of paren... (more story)

Texas Trucking Co. Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Vote

A Texas bankruptcy judge has sent the Chapter 11 plan of trucking firm Balkan Express out for a creditor vote, following a two-day delay sparked by a lender objection.

Expert Analysis

QVC Ch. 11 Confirmation Shows Independent Directors' Value

QVC's recently confirmed Chapter 11 plan joins a growing body of restructuring precedent demonstrating that well-f... (more story)

Teaching SEC Investigations Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Instructing a law school course on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations has made me a more thoug... (more story)

Why The 2nd Circ. Upheld Beneficial Ownership Blockers

The Second Circuit recently held that a properly drafted contractual blocker — which caps an investor's beneficial... (more story)