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Sleep Number Cleared To Hold July Chapter 11 Auction

Mattress company Sleep Number Corp. can hold a mid-July Chapter 11 auction backed by a $415 million stalking horse offer after a New York bankruptcy judge signed off on its sale procedures Thursday.

Richards Layton Promotes 6 Attys To Directors, Counsel

Delaware-based Richards Layton & Finger has announced that three of its attorneys were elected to serve as directors of the firm and three others were elevated to counsel.

'I Would've Been Fired': FDIC Expert Pans SVB's Risk-Taking

The FDIC's banking expert testified in a California federal bench trial Wednesday that Silicon Valley Bank violated prudent banking standards by mismanaging assets before it collapsed, saying officers knew SVB... (more story)

Dish Ch. 11 Timeline Slowed After Tower Cos.' Objections

A Texas bankruptcy judge slowed down Wednesday the prepackaged Chapter 11 cases from video distribution entities owned by EchoStar Corp., including Dish TV and Sling TV, after cell tower companies and the U.S.... (more story)

TPI Composites Ch. 11 Liquidating Plan Confirmed In Texas

Wind turbine blade maker TPI Composites received approval Wednesday from a Texas bankruptcy judge for a liquidating Chapter 11 plan to distribute the proceeds of an asset sale and dispose of the debtor's remaining assets.

Linqto Can Sell $130M In Ripple Shares As It Preps Ch. 11 Exit

A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday agreed to let Linqto sell Ripple Labs equity for a total of $130 million, in transactions that counsel for the former investing platform said will help it exit Chapter 11 soon.

Genesis Beats JV Partner's Challenge To $1B Sale In Ch. 11

A Texas bankruptcy judge has rejected an objection to Genesis Healthcare's $1 billion sale of its 175 nursing homes, ruling that a joint venture partner cannot scuttle the deal by invoking a partnership agreem... (more story)

Troutman Adds Sidley Bankruptcy Pro In Dallas

Troutman Pepper Locke has strengthened its bankruptcy and restructuring practice with a seasoned Dallas-based partner who came aboard from Sidley Austin LLP.

Bankruptcy No Barrier To Running Self-Managed Super: Judge

A Federal Court judge in Sydney has allowed a bankrupt former construction company manager to continue managing his self-managed superannuation fund, finding relief from management disqualification is availabl... (more story)

Ex-SVB Exec Defends Bank's Risk Appetite In FDIC Trial

Silicon Valley Bank's ex-chief financial officer defended SVB's risk appetite during a California federal bench trial Tuesday over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s claims the bank's brass mismanaged its a... (more story)

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Bitcoin Depot Nets 5 Deals In Ch. 11 Asset Sale

Bitcoin Depot told a Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday that five buyers had prevailed in an auction this week for the cryptocurrency company's kiosks, business lines and other assets, offering a total of $1.4 million.

Float Alaska Asks To Modify Ch. 11 Plan After Missed Payment

Airline operator Float Alaska has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to modify its confirmed Chapter 11 plan and disclosure statement so that it can enter into a transaction with a backup bidder ... (more story)

Judge To Approve $40M Sale Of Texas A&M Data Center

A Texas bankruptcy judge said Wednesday that he would approve a sale of a data and research center affiliated with Texas A&M University, RELLIS Campus Data and Research Center LLC, to AI software company ThisW... (more story)

YesCare Can Use Lender Cash In Ch. 11 Amid Venue Fight

A Florida bankruptcy judge Wednesday allowed YesCare, the affiliate of prison healthcare company Tehum Care Services, to use lender cash and pay wages after adjourning a hearing on a motion to transfer the cas... (more story)

Puerto Rico Oversight Board Pitches $3B Bond Settlement

Puerto Rico's Financial Oversight and Management Board pitched a $3 billion settlement package to bondholders of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, with an eye to finishing the power authority's bankrup... (more story)

Medspa Owner Gets Ch. 11 Cash Collateral Deal With Lenders

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Tuesday she will grant a request by GVO Partners, a medical spa management and investment firm, to use cash collateral, agreeing with the debtor that it needs to fund its opera... (more story)

Pierson Ferdinand Adds Partners In 4 Of Its U.S. Offices

Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Tuesday that it has added four partners to its corporate, intellectual property and litigation departments to bolster its capacity to handle corporate litigation, patent, bankru... (more story)

FDIC, US Aiming to Settle $1.9M First Republic Tax Bill

The U.S. government and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are working to settle the government's case against the agency in its role as receiver for the defunct First Republic Bank over taxes that the govern... (more story)

Rhodium Seeks Sanctions Over Ch. 11 Patent Claim

Bankrupt bitcoin miner Rhodium Encore on Tuesday asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to impose sanctions on cooling technology firm Midas Green Technologies, saying it spent more than $6 million fighting over Midas... (more story)

Gordon Rees Adds 8 Partners In Northern California

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has expanded its offices in Northern California with eight new partners who have expertise in multiple practice areas, a firm spokesperson told Law360 Pulse on Tuesday.

Expert Analysis

Choral Singing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Singing in the New York City Bar Chorus — a hobby partly inspired by the late U.S. District Judge Richard Owen, wh... (more story)

Power To The Paralegals: Burnout As A Structural Problem

Law firm leadership can best retain their paralegals not by encouraging self-care, but by seeking top-down structu... (more story)

A Framework For Volume Dispute Damages In Oil, Gas M&A

With every major upstream oil and gas consolidation in recent years having resulted in minimum volume commitment d... (more story)