The liquidators of Culligan Ltd., a now-defunct affiliate of the global water treatment brand, asked a New York bankruptcy judge to recognize a Bermuda settlement ending a 14-year "nuisance" derivative shareholder lawsuit, while the plaintiffs in the suit argued the settlement violates the U.S. Supreme Court's Purdue Pharma decision barring nonconsensual releases.
Two restaurant chains hit bankruptcy, saying they were casualties of an erratic economy. A hospice care provider and an operator of mental health facilities filed for bankruptcy protection. And a real estate developer entered bankruptcy court after a dispute involving tribal law.
The Ninth Circuit has named a longtime bankruptcy partner at the firm Downey Brand LLP to the bankruptcy bench in the Eastern District of California, the appellate court has announced.