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A slew of recent objections to First Brands Group's Chapter 11 plan has put fresh attention on the company's bid to pay high-ranking administrative expenses from future litigation, a structure that experts told Law360 may contravene bankruptcy rules and spook vendors in future cases.
A restaurant chain operator and a car parts maker will both go before Texas bankruptcy judges seeking confirmation of their Chapter 11 plans, and an investment platform will seek to compel its liquidation trustee to perform the role's duties.
A New York judge told two law firms to hand privilege logs to Levona Holdings in a sanctions fight, Terraform's plan administrator asked a Delaware judge to toss an adversary suit, and a company deeply intertwined with a New Jersey real estate developer's Chapter 11 argued the case should be dismissed.
TGI Fridays won approval of its Chapter 11 liquidation plan, Spirit Airlines secured approval for the $58.5 million sale of LaGuardia gate slots to JetBlue, and CashCall received interim approval for Chapter 1... (more story)
A Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner wrapped up her testimony Monday in a Florida state malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc., telling the jury that the founder was willing to f... (more story)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired a mass tort restructuring duo from Jones Day in the Lone Star State, the firm announced Monday.
Fat Brands received confirmation Monday of its Chapter 11 plan after a Texas bankruptcy judge overruled remaining objections to the chain restaurant operator's post-sale wind-down plan.
Alkegen and dozens of affiliates filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 case in Texas bankruptcy court, where the specialty materials maker intends to cut the bulk of its $3.3 billion of funded debt obligations.
Republic National Distributing Co., a more than century-old alcohol distributor that struggled in recent years to handle an outsized debt load, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court w... (more story)
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday allowed GoldenPeaks Poland to send its Chapter 11 plan to a creditor vote, while cautioning the solar farm developer that it would need to provide evidence at plan confirmati... (more story)
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge has addressed families' concerns about the sale of a century-old New York sleep-away summer camp in the Chapter 11 case of SIMAD Holdings, telling parents their comments will be c... (more story)
Live Nation is pushing back after state enforcers told a New York federal court that a recent Second Circuit ruling in a case against Nielsen supports their antitrust claims, saying the ruling instead supports... (more story)
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP announced Friday that it had added the leader of Haynes Boone's U.S. Supreme Court practice, who joins the firm as co-lead focused on appellate work and the nation's highest court.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday declined to recuse himself from an adversary suit in the bankruptcy of Team Systems International, saying the request by former executives of the bankrupt government cont... (more story)
An entity used to renovate a century-old Long Beach, California, hotel reached an $80.8 million settlement with a New York lender in federal bankruptcy court after filing for Chapter 11 protection last fall.
Subprime lender CashCall Inc. can tap into a roughly $4 million Chapter 11 financing package, a California bankruptcy judge said Friday after the lender, which is owned by the debtor's CEO, agreed to remove a ... (more story)
Trajector Holdings LLC, a disability benefits company, has filed for Chapter 11 relief in Florida with around $65 million in liabilities, citing a governance dispute, class actions and regulatory challenges.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday conditionally approved the disclosure statement for microbiome treatment developer Finch Therapeutics' Chapter 11 plan, allowing it to solicit creditor votes.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has signed off on a deal resolving a $28.3 million claim by the buyer of defunct drug developer Akorn's assets, allowing an $18.5 million claim in the Chapter 7 case.
The casual dining chain TGI Friday's Inc. on Thursday won approval of its Chapter 11 liquidation plan to offload its remaining assets and eventually distribute them through a trust, after creditors voted overw... (more story)
Former executives of bankrupt government contractor Team Systems International asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to recuse himself from the contractor's Chapter 7 case and a $14 million clawback case against t... (more story)
Real estate company DAMIS Holdings, sister company to bankrupt summer camp operator SIMAD Holdings, on Thursday told a New Jersey bankruptcy judge it had secured an agreement from nearly all of its lenders on ... (more story)
A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising vehicle alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. told a Florida jury Thursday that he flagged deal terms that later became de... (more story)
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