Meet The Team Helping Dr. Phil's Media Biz Through Ch. 11
A team of Sidley Austin LLP attorneys is helping a media company founded and partially controlled by the television personality known as Dr. Phil through Chapter 11 as it seeks to claw back a $25 million note from the company's Christian network co-owner.
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
Del Monte, a titan in the canned food industry, entered Chapter 11 in New Jersey. A media company partially controlled by Dr. Phil entered bankruptcy in Texas and began suing its joint venture partner. And a company that offers health care in The Villages retirement community hit bankruptcy in Florida with an initial bid for its assets.
Celsius Ends FTX Clawback Suit, Rite Aid Unit Sale OK'd
FTX's Bahamas unit and bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network reached a settlement resolving an adversary lawsuit seeking the return of around $517 million in pre-bankruptcy transfers. A New Jersey bankruptcy judge approved Rite Aid's roughly $19 million sale of an ice cream brand to a pair of billionaires behind Monster Energy. And insurers are challenging Avon's Chapter 11 plan, arguing it unfairly forces them to cover potentially invalid talc injury claims.
Meet The Team Helping Dr. Phil's Media Biz Through Ch. 11
A team of Sidley Austin LLP attorneys is helping a media company founded and partially controlled by the television personality known as Dr. Phil through Chapter 11 as it seeks to claw back a $25 million note from the company's Christian network co-owner.
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
Del Monte, a titan in the canned food industry, entered Chapter 11 in New Jersey. A media company partially controlled by Dr. Phil entered bankruptcy in Texas and began suing its joint venture partner. And a company that offers health care in The Villages retirement community hit bankruptcy in Florida with an initial bid for its assets.
Celsius Ends FTX Clawback Suit, Rite Aid Unit Sale OK'd
FTX's Bahamas unit and bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network reached a settlement resolving an adversary lawsuit seeking the return of around $517 million in pre-bankruptcy transfers. A New Jersey bankruptcy judge approved Rite Aid's roughly $19 million sale of an ice cream brand to a pair of billionaires behind Monster Energy. And insurers are challenging Avon's Chapter 11 plan, arguing it unfairly forces them to cover potentially invalid talc injury claims.
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