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What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week
Over the coming week, Delaware judges will hear arguments on the Chapter 11 plans of medical device maker Exactech, app developer Creativemass and nursing facility operator Petersen Health Care, while biofuel company Global Clean Energy asks a Texas judge to send its plan out for a creditor vote and a New York judge ponders if government technology contractor Sysorex belongs in his court.
Meet The Attys Guiding Canadian Geothermal Co. STS' Ch. 15
The foreign representative of Toronto-based geothermal energy company STS in its Delaware Chapter 15 case has enlisted a team of lawyers from Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP to help the company secure U.S. court recognition of its bankruptcy filing in Canada.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
Biotech company Molecular Templates defended its Chapter 11 plan against opposition from the U.S. Trustee's Office, paper product maker Royal Interco said its Chapter 11 asset auction has secured a $180 million bid, and insurers for a New Jersey Catholic diocese fought a bid from abuse victims and the diocese to lift a stay to reinvigorate settlement discussions. Here are the bankruptcy stories you may have missed this week.
What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week
Over the coming week, Delaware judges will hear arguments on the Chapter 11 plans of medical device maker Exactech, app developer Creativemass and nursing facility operator Petersen Health Care, while biofuel company Global Clean Energy asks a Texas judge to send its plan out for a creditor vote and a New York judge ponders if government technology contractor Sysorex belongs in his court.
Meet The Attys Guiding Canadian Geothermal Co. STS' Ch. 15
The foreign representative of Toronto-based geothermal energy company STS in its Delaware Chapter 15 case has enlisted a team of lawyers from Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP to help the company secure U.S. court recognition of its bankruptcy filing in Canada.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
Biotech company Molecular Templates defended its Chapter 11 plan against opposition from the U.S. Trustee's Office, paper product maker Royal Interco said its Chapter 11 asset auction has secured a $180 million bid, and insurers for a New Jersey Catholic diocese fought a bid from abuse victims and the diocese to lift a stay to reinvigorate settlement discussions. Here are the bankruptcy stories you may have missed this week.
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