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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.
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The Sixth Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a suit claiming former executives of Lordstown Motors Corp. misled investors about the state of a partnership with Foxconn Technology Group, finding leaders' optim... (more story)
Jewelry retailer Claire's urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday to confirm its Chapter 11 plan, saying its bankruptcy had been "remarkably successful," and it intends to resolve the only objection to its... (more story)
Purdue Pharma LP told a New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday it is concerned a recent objection to its Chapter 11 plan brought by the city of Baltimore could disrupt its case just weeks before the drugmaker ... (more story)
Subprime auto loan company PrimaLend Capital Partners LP filed for Chapter 11 in Texas bankruptcy court Wednesday, listing more than $100 million in debt and saying that it is pursuing a value-maximizing sale transaction.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has ordered an outside broker to pay almost $60,000 in commissions she earned back to the liquidating trustee for the Woodbridge Group of Cos., finding the transfers were made in fu... (more story)
Omnicare LLC, a CVS Health subsidiary that provides pharmacy services for long-term care facilities, received a Texas bankruptcy judge's permission Tuesday to reject leases for pharmacies and its former headqu... (more story)
Pharmaceutical titan Purdue Pharma heralded Tuesday that its newest Chapter 11 plan has almost total support from voting creditors, saying the proposal could pave the way to creditors receiving more than $7 bi... (more story)
Two affiliates of telecommunications financing provider Carriox Capital filed for Chapter 11 protection in a New York bankruptcy court with between $500 million and $1 billion in debt.
Cayman Islands-based Ambipar Emergency Response, which provides crisis management services for oil spills and fires, filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas, listing more than $1 billion of assets and $328.2 ... (more story)
Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims have pushed back against a bankruptcy trustee's attempt to relinquish equity interests in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Free Speech Systems LLC, tell... (more story)
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A Texas bankruptcy judge approved a $69 million going concern sale of assets for heavy-equipment rental company Worldwide Machinery Group on Wednesday after the proposed buyers increased their offer to avoid a... (more story)
Counsel for Stoli Group USA said the bankrupt vodka maker has exchanged term sheets with its secured lender Fifth Third Bank as it seeks to find a path toward an updated Chapter 11 plan following the rejection... (more story)
The liquidators for British Virgin Islands-based cryptocurrency investment firm JKL Digital Capital Ltd. have tapped attorneys from Seward & Kissel LLP to chart its route to Chapter 15 recognition in New York.
Las Vegas-based Electric Playhouse, a high-tech gaming and dining center inside the mall at the world-renowned Caesars Palace resort, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Nevada, facing a pending evic... (more story)
The Fifth Circuit revived an oil and gas producer's suit seeking coverage for a settlement it reached with a bankrupt oilfield services firm over faulty cement, saying a Texas federal court incorrectly tossed ... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday agreed to approve settlements between paper product company Royal Interco LLC and a number of its creditors as it moves to dismiss its case.
Bankrupt real estate development firm SilverRock Development Co. LLC received approval Tuesday from a Delaware judge for the $65 million sale of its resort project assets to affiliates of Turnbridge Equities, ... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge hopes to issue a decision quickly after arguments wrapped up Tuesday over the proposed Chapter 11 sale of the derivative rights of bankrupt movie producer Village Roadshow Entertain... (more story)
A unit of watch- and jewelry-maker Fossil Group Inc. has filed for Chapter 15 protection in Texas bankruptcy court seeking U.S. recognition of a plan proposed in the United Kingdom to restructure $150 million in debt.
Radio frequency filter maker Akoustis Technologies received bankruptcy court approval Tuesday in Delaware for a disclosure statement describing its Chapter 11 plan of liquidation that was presented without any objection.