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Bankruptcy judges continued to grapple with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision barring nonconsensual third-party releases, as well as forum shopping both domestically and abroad, during a recent American Bankruptcy Institute event.
Spirit Airlines won approval to sell 27 aircraft for $668 million, while Florida's Brightline parent company pursued a restructuring of more than $1 billion in bond debt. Wendy's said one of its largest U.S. franchisees no longer has the right to operate 314 restaurants. Lugano Diamonds secured confirmation of its liquidation plan.
Three partners from McDonald Hopkins LLC are counseling Wendy's franchisee Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. in its bid at reorganization.
The Insolvency Service has launched an expanded taskforce to tackle abusive phoenixism as part of a wider strategy aiming to improve action against misconduct.
The U.S. Senate passed a House-approved bill that would bring back and make permanent higher debt limits for small businesses and individuals accessing streamlined restructuring processes.
Investment firm 777 Partners secured a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval Monday to borrow $10 million in Chapter 11 financing from Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, defeating an objection by an existing investo... (more story)
The Chinese real estate developer Logan Group Co. Ltd. on Monday asked a Texas bankruptcy court for U.S. recognition of an $11.9 billion debt restructuring scheme in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands.
The administrator for construction startup Katerra Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan has told a Texas bankruptcy court he reached a $560,000 settlement with Jackson Walker LLP over the fees the firm was awarded in the ca... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge granted his approval Monday to the bidding procedures proposed in the Chapter 11 case of a company that uses artificial intelligence to explore new uses for existing drugs.
A Texas bankruptcy judge Monday congratulated Genesis Healthcare on reaching a deal resolving its dispute with the winning bidder for its 175 nursing homes in the leadup to its confirmation hearing set for Oct. 6.
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC announced Monday that it has strengthened its bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency practice with an Austin-based partner who came aboard from Husch Blackwell LLP.
Spirit Airlines' flight attendants' union has told a New York bankruptcy judge that the bankrupt airline has reduced the amount of business data it's proposing to sell to Google for artificial intelligence tra... (more story)
The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a Connecticut bankruptcy court decision that folded a $7.25 million mansion into the Chapter 11 estate of convicted fraudster Miles Guo, turning away his wife's argument tha... (more story)
A company valuation expert testified Monday in the trial over Parler's 2021 ouster of its CEO that the company had little value at the time and that insider estimates in the hundreds of millions of dollars were "speculation."
Camp Mystic is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject a request by unsecured creditors to retain professionals but only pay them if the creditors choose to fight the bankrupt summer camp's proposed Chapter ... (more story)
Food kit service FreshRealm Inc. received approval from a New Jersey bankruptcy judge Monday for its Chapter 11 plan over the objections of the U.S. Trustee's Office concerning third-party releases and injunction provisions.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge terminated the litigation trustee appointed under the confirmed Chapter 11 plan of California resort developer SilverRock Development on Monday after hearing from creditors that mor... (more story)
An insurer for a San Francisco pharmaceutical company told a California federal court it owes no duty to defend the company in a suit from a creditor and shareholder alleging directors and officers mismanaged ... (more story)
An Australian coal mining company's secured creditor has first priority over a chunk of about AU$7.5 million ($5.3 million) in contested tax refunds compared with a company that purchased the refunds, the Supr... (more story)
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday gave Five Star Development permission to take out $177.5 million in new Chapter 11 financing and refinance part of its prebankruptcy debt after hearing the resort developer i... (more story)
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge has dismissed the Chapter 11 case of the company developing a 120-unit residential complex in the state, finding the creditor that made the request stood to be harmed more by the ... (more story)
The Financial Conduct Authority on Monday said it has secured a bankruptcy order against a Scotland-based insurance broker who is currently awaiting trial on embezzlement charges.
A Federal Court has ordered the collapsed Ralan Property group's liquidators to pay costs for a hearing cancelled after they served extensive document summaries on its former head of sales at short notice, but... (more story)
Keyonn Pope
As a child, I viewed bid whist as a family tradition and a source of friendly card game competition, but as a lawy... (more story)
Joshua Wurtzel
California’s first-in-the-nation act regulating how attorneys and arbitrators use generative artificial intelligen... (more story)
Michael Rosenblum and Jake Schwartz
As broader cannabis rescheduling awaits a recommended decision, cannabis companies continue to test the boundaries... (more story)