Bankruptcy Archive » December, 2017

Bankruptcy - December, 2017

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• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Articles Of 2017
• Physiotherapy Ex-Owners Denied Appeal In $250M Fraud Suit
• Landlord Issues Punted In Vitamin World's $28M Sale Order
• Chipmaker Gets Nod On 3rd-Party Releases In Ch. 11 Prepack
• Walter Investment's Automatic Stay Extended To Nondebtors
• SEC Calls For Receiver In Del. Ch. 11, Citing Ponzi Claim
• Spoliation Scrutiny: Disparate Standards For Distinct Mediums
• EU Gives Conditional OK To Lufthansa Air Berlin Assets Buy
• NM, Hawaii, Virgin Islands Move Forward With Takata Suits
• SEC Charges Calif. Businessman In $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• Armstrong Creditors Want More Info On Suspect Transfers
• Puerto Rico Pension Fund To Resume Bond Interest Payments
• News Advertising Co. Creditors Fight Ch. 11 Plan Releases
• Ex-LeClairRyan Atty Stays As Ch. 11 Trustee Despite Conflict
• Ciber's Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed Over Cash-Out Objection
• Pre-Ch. 11 GM Ignition Claims From Eight States Can Proceed
• Clothing Retailer The Limited Gets Final Del. Ch. 11 OK
• Del. Court OKs $1M Ch. 11 Deal For Key Maurice Employees
• Oilfield Servicer Expro Gets Access To $65M In DIP Financing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, Japan Display, Oi SA
• Performance Sports Wins OK For Ch. 11 Plan After $575M Sale
• Cobalt, Angolan Oil Co. Reach $500M Deal For Drilling Blocks
• Hearing The Need For More Women's Voices In The Courtroom
• Bankruptcy Court Wrestles With Enforcing Unsigned GM Deal
• Woodbridge Ch. 11 Hits Noteholder, Trustee Resistance
• Big Banks' Living Wills Pass Muster With The Feds
• Charney May Owe Standard General $19.5M, Judge Says
• Aquion Energy Wins OK For Ch. 11 Plan After $9M Sale
• Meningitis Outbreak MDL, $200M Settlement Fund Near End
• M&G Seeks OK For $850K In Ch. 11 Employee Bonuses
• Probe Initiated After $6B Puerto Rico Gov't Stash Revealed
• Rentech Files Voluntary Petition For Relief Under Ch. 11
• Vitamin World Designates Stalking Horse As Top Ch. 11 Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: CJ HealthCare, Vitamin World, Time Warner
• My Strangest Day In Court
• GM Fights To Kill $1B Ignition Switch Claims Settlement
• Semiconductor Co. Files Ch. 11 Prepack To Rework $1.1B Debt
• EFH Unsecured Creditors Demand Seat On $560M Fee Panel
• Adams Resources Sails Through Ch. 11 Confirmation Hearing
• Exelon's $60M Bid Only Ch. 11 Offer For ExGen Power Plant
• Trustee Ready To Distribute $584M To Madoff Customers
• Paragon Offshore Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks $1.7B Del. Clawback
• Dentons Predecessor To Pay Bulk Of $12.2M USAE Deal
• MVP: Jones Day's Heather Lennox
• SunEdison Yieldco Settles Investor MDL For $57M
• Mass. Man Ordered To Stop Unauthorized Practice Of Law
• How 2 Devices And 1 Domain Changed My Practice In 2017
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2017
• Aeropostale Files Ch. 11 Plan, Says Lenders Are On Board
• Avaya Shortens Contract For Soccer Stadium Naming Rights
• Texas Justices Keep Noble On The Hook For $63M Indemnity
• Xceligent Goes Down, To Liquidate In Bankruptcy
• Midland Insurance Claims Sale Can't Be Secret, Judge Says
• A Chat With Orrick COO Laura Saklad
• MVP: Proskauer's Martin Bienenstock
• Alternative Fees: My Experience At Bartlit Beck
• Soupman Goes Into Ch. 7 Liquidation With Judge's Blessing
• Why Venezuela's Bondholders Must Litigate, Not Arbitrate
• Jurors Should Have An Active Role In Trials
• Ex-Radnor CEO Wants 3rd Circ. To Rethink Skadden Win
• Boston Herald Seeks Speedy Ch. 11 Sale To GateHouse
• JPMorgan Dodges Suit Alleging Aid To $3.7B Ponzi Scheme
• Crane Heyman Says Trustee Can't Pursue Malpractice Claims
• Cobalt Hits Ch. 11, Seeks To Stall Securities Litigation
• Milbank Tweed Requests $5.8M For Takata Committee Work
• Meat Co. Rupari's Ch. 11 Windup Plan Confirmed In Del.
• Stanford Receiver Can't Renew Fight Over $88M Clawback
• Observation Wheel Builder Reaches Deal On Interim DIP Cash
• Bankrupt Coal Co. Asks To Pay Bonuses To Retain Workers
• MVP: Kirkland's Nicole Greenblatt
• Why Information Governance Is More Important Than Ever
• BigLaw Is Behind The Automation Curve
• Charming Charlie's DIP Plans Get Interim OK In Delaware
• Westinghouse Gets 3-Month Extension To File Ch. 11 Plan
• JG Wentworth Sets Jan. Confirmation For Day-Old Ch. 11
• Macaroni Grill Ch. 11 Plan Disclosure OK'd Without Valuation
• Gizmodo, Deadspin Defamation Suit Hits Major Snag
• New York Wheel Design Firm Files Ch. 11 Amid Contract Fight
• A&P Creditors Hit Snapple Maker, Distributor With Clawbacks
• Cancer Treatment Chain Looks To Wipe FCA Claims In Ch. 11
• Lufthansa Backs Off Air Berlin As EasyJet Takes Some Routes
• MVP: Weil's Matt Barr
• Ex-RadioShack Employees Seek Class Cert. In Ch. 11 Case
• Odebrecht Oil & Gas Secures US Bankruptcy Protections
• JG Wentworth Files Ch. 11 Seeking $450M Debt-Equity Swap
• NJ Atty Suspended After 'Brazen Deception' Toward Tribunals
• FXCM Owner Files Ch. 11 Prepack To Restructure Notes
• Maurice Breakup Fee, Sale Plan Approved In Ch. 11 Case
• $100M M&G DIP Cleared Over Lienholder, Trustee Objections
• Big Apple Circus Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan
• Class Treatment Sought In IRS Row Over Late-Filed Returns
• Gawker, Deadspin Libel Suit Set For Feb. 14 Trial
• MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andy Dietderich
• Judging A Book: Cooke Reviews 'Constance Baker Motley'
• Keeping Your Law Library Relevant In The Age Of Google
• M&G Final DIP Loan Decision Postponed For One Day
• GenOn Seeks OK Of Ch. 11 Plan As Gov't Raises Concerns
• 6 Things You Need To Know About Millennial Jurors
• What Your Colleagues Think Of Litigation Finance
• Why Investors Are Taking The Leap To 3rd-Party Funding
• Has Litigation Finance Shed Its Stigma?
• Exelco's Del. Ch. 11 Tossed In Favor Of Belgian Proceeding
• Dunmore Owner Must Cough Up $16M In Travelers Bond Row
• Nestle Unit Loses Bid To Shed Contractor's Claim In Ch. 11
• EFH Judge Won't Halt Axing Of $275M NextEra Breakup Fee
• Ex-Gawker Workers Launch Crowdfunding Drive To Buy Site
• MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman
• 21st Century To Pay $28M Over Gov't FCA Claims, Data Breach
• Kirkland Wins As Top Fees Earner In Caesars Ch. 11
• Another Page In The Issuer-Bondholder Playbook
• When Product Liability Claims Are Hidden From Bankruptcy
• The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms
• Cancer Center In Ch. 11 To Shell Out $26M In FCA Deal
• DC Circ. Doesn't Think Treasury Must Provide Privileged Docs
• Boston Herald Files For Ch. 11 With Planned Sale In Place
• Vitamin World Cleared For Ch. 11 Auction With $28M Floor
• Trustee Balks At Sporting Goods Co.'s Ch. 11 Bonus Plan
• Judge Won't Hold Order To Kill Climate Suit Against Peabody
• Court Wrongly Disallows Lender's Post-Bankruptcy Legal Fee
• EU Antitrust Chief Cites Deep Worries About Lufthansa Deal
• Newbury Common Trustee Says $70M Fraud Was Avoidable
• Nextera Seeks Hold On $275M For EFH Ch. 11 Sale Fee Appeal
• Heller Ehrman's BigLaw Fee Fight Hits Calif. High Court
• US, Hedge Funds Spar Over Puerto Rico Oversight Law
• M&G Creditors Say $100M DIP Loan Could 'Cripple' Case
• Slater And Gordon Dodges Insolvency After Shareholder Vote
• SEC Wants Bankrupt Woodbridge Sanctioned Over Emails
• SM Energy Seeks Reopening Of Boomerang Tube Ch.11 Case
• SEC Closes The Book On Sam Wyly Case With $198M Paid
• Vitamin World Landlords Object To Ch.11 Asset Sale
• Toys R Us' $90M Worker Incentive Plan Gets Judge's OK
• Bankrupt Ryckman Creek Allowed To Switch To New Buyer
• Bankrupt Real Estate Firm Gets SEC Suit Halted
• Aerogroup Inc. Narrows Ch. 11 Strategy To Asset Sale Track
• Rent-A-Wreck Founder Questions Need For Bankruptcy Filing
• ChinaCast Settles With Creditors, Ch. 11 Plan OK'd
• Westinghouse, Creditors Spar Over Extension For Ch. 11 Plan
• Takata, Buyer, Creditors Agree On Ch. 11 Sale Protections
• SEC 'Extremely Concerned' About Woodbridge Ch. 11 Case
• Rent-A-Wreck Defends Ch. 11 Strategy Against Dismissal Bid
• ITT Educational Execs Can't Ditch Investor Fraud Row: SEC
• Dodd-Frank Rollback Bill Moves Out Of Committee Unchanged
• Lienholders And Debtors Spar In M&G Ch. 11 Case
• Why Stock Prices Of Insolvent Firms Can Still Be Positive
• Toys R Us Defends Updated $21M Exec Bonus Proposals
• Fisker Judge Won't Ax Suit Over Ch. 11 Spinoff Stock Sale
• NY Solar Co. Hits Bankruptcy After Abrupt Layoffs
• Blasingame Burch Freed From Ex-Client's Pelvic Mesh Suit
• Walter Investment Gets OK To Tap $1.9B DIP Loan
• Shareholder Attys Liable For Firm's $1.3M Unremitted Tax
• Developer Woodbridge Hits Ch. 11 Amid SEC Probe
• Justices Won't Review Widow's Fraud Suit Against GM
• Citibank Reaches Deal To Exit Lehman's $1B Clawback Fight
• Law Firm Challenges CFPB's Constitutionality At 9th Circ.
• Walter Investment To Cut Debt By $800M With Ch. 11 Prepack
• CIBER Creditors Warn Of Uneven Recoveries In Del. Ch. 11
• Exelco Ch. 15 Reps Join Calls To Throw Out Ch. 11 Case
• Bankrupt Construction Co. Fights To Preserve $26M Contract
• Aman Resorts' Ch. 11 Case Tossed In 'Déjà Vu' Moment
• Chancery Allows Tilton Ouster From Boards In Zohar Fight
• Lufthansa Offers Concessions For €210M Air Berlin Buy
• EDMC Seeks End To Marblegate's New Suit Over $15M Debt
• A Secured Creditor's Guide To Navigating Chapter 11