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Calif. Wildfire, Debt Burden Led Image Locations To Ch. 11
A California wildfire in January, the shutdown of filming during the COVID-19 pandemic, two historic entertainment industry strikes by writers and actors, and the burden of high-interest merchant cash advances combined to lead Image Locations Inc. to file for small-business Chapter 11 protection this month.
Meet The Attys Advising First Brands' Creditors Committee
The official committee of unsecured creditors in car parts group First Brands' Chapter 11 has retained a dozen attorneys from Cole Schotz PC and Brown Rudnick LLP to represent it in the case.
LifeScan To Cut $1.7B Debt, Reed Smith DQ'd From Eletson
A bankruptcy trust for Rite Aid went after Walmart to defray the costs of defending opioid lawsuits. A blood glucose monitor manufacturer fought for confirmation of a reorganization plan that would cut $1.7 billion in debt. The long saga of the Eletson bankruptcy continued after a district court found the prebankruptcy ownership of the company had no legal existence and therefore no right to counsel.
Calif. Wildfire, Debt Burden Led Image Locations To Ch. 11
A California wildfire in January, the shutdown of filming during the COVID-19 pandemic, two historic entertainment industry strikes by writers and actors, and the burden of high-interest merchant cash advances combined to lead Image Locations Inc. to file for small-business Chapter 11 protection this month.
Meet The Attys Advising First Brands' Creditors Committee
The official committee of unsecured creditors in car parts group First Brands' Chapter 11 has retained a dozen attorneys from Cole Schotz PC and Brown Rudnick LLP to represent it in the case.
LifeScan To Cut $1.7B Debt, Reed Smith DQ'd From Eletson
A bankruptcy trust for Rite Aid went after Walmart to defray the costs of defending opioid lawsuits. A blood glucose monitor manufacturer fought for confirmation of a reorganization plan that would cut $1.7 billion in debt. The long saga of the Eletson bankruptcy continued after a district court found the prebankruptcy ownership of the company had no legal existence and therefore no right to counsel.
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