Bankruptcy Archive » April, 2019

Bankruptcy - April, 2019

196 articles

• Air Regulator's $80M Claim Barred In Exide Ch. 11
• Platinum COO Gives Mixed Reasons For Leaving Hedge Fund
• Insurers Breached Duty To Cover Schorsch, Other Execs
• Great Eastern Energy Gets OK On $7.5M Ch. 11 Credit Sale
• TransCare Ch. 7 Trial Claims Against Tilton Pared Down
• Helicopter Co.'s Creditors Seek Suit Over Pre-Ch.11 Loans
• Duane Morris Adds Mayer Brown Atty To Bankruptcy Group
• Nassar Accusers Seek To Subpoena US Olympic Committee
• NJ Atty Who Ditched Practice To 'Play Jazz' Is Disbarred
• Ex-Platinum COO Tells Jury Execs Were In On Investor Fraud
• Verizon's $95M Settlement Coverage Fight Will Stay In Del.
• Trustee Says Z Gallerie's Ch. 11 Docs Lack Needed Detail
• Brazilian Commodities Giant Gets Ch. 15 Relief For US Assets
• Bankrupt Sizmek OK'd To Quickly Sell Ad Platforms For $33M
• McKinsey Fights Rival's Investigation Bid In SunEdison Ch. 11
• Hexion Creditors Want More Protections In $700M DIP Plan
• NextEra's Cert. Bid Over $275M Deal Fee Nixed By High Court
• CRS Trustee Settles Wells Fargo Clawback Suit For $5M
• Filing For Bankruptcy To Manage Opioid Suits Is No Magic Pill
• A Chat With Cleary Chief Talent Officer Hy Pomerance
• Proskauer Adds Restructuring Pro From Schulte Roth
• J&J Talc Supplier Argues For Its Future Claims Rep Choice
• Ex-AG Mukasey Won't Testify At Platinum Founder's Trial
• Dallas Pumps Up Claim For $5.6M Water Bill In EFH Ch. 11
• Stats Key As American Airlines Ch. 11 Merger Trial Closes
• Unsecured Creditors Find Red Flags In Orchids Paper Ch. 11
• Forced Arbitration Is A Far Worse 'Product' Than Jury Trials
• Preet Bharara On The Human Factor In The Justice System
• Platinum Execs Press Investor Over Fund's Riskiness
• TridentUSA Ch. 11 Plan Faces Early, Multipronged Opposition
• Oncology Co. Says Ch. 11 Plan Defeats Noncompete Suit
• Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Data Should Stay Private
• Ditech Borrower Files Class Action In Ch. 11 Case
• Shopko Creditors Say Retailer Should Liquidate
• Justices Mull Limiting Contempt For Pursuing Invalid Debts
• GE Mortgage Unit Will Address Last Subprime Claim In Ch. 11
• Ex-Platinum CFO Says Investors Knew Of Fund's Cash Woes
• US Trustee Rips Bid Protections In Orchids Paper Ch. 11
• 'Housewives' Star Fights Vineyard Vines' Bid To Seize Pay
• Media Firm Fuse Plans Quick Ch. 11 As Contract Row Looms
• Black Diamond Asks 2nd Circ. To Restore Reduced Award
• 'Deception And Greed' Drove Platinum Fraud, Jury Hears
• PG&E's $350M Worker Bonus Plan OK'd Over Objections
• Jury Trials, Though In Decline, Are Well Worth Preserving
• Puerto Rico Fed Board Wants High Court Take On Its Makeup
• Platinum Affiliates Say 'Wagoner' Kills Liquidators' Claims
• 2nd Circ. Presses Pause On Madoff Foreign Clawback Ruling
• Aerogroup Judge Grows Impatient With Settlement Bickering
• Synergy Pharmaceuticals Wins Ch. 11 Plan Approval
• Katten Muchin Draws Trio Of Akin Gump Attorneys
• A Broader View Of The US Supreme Court Bar
• Multicultural Media Firm Fuse Opens $242M Ch. 11 In Del.
• Fla. Oncologists Try To Save Antitrust Suit Over Noncompetes
• GE Mortgage Unit Opens Ch. 11 To Wrap Up Subprime Claims
• 6th Circ. Remands Casino Case After High Court Ruling
• M&G Mexican Units Seek Ch. 15 Protection From PBGC Filing
• Creditors' Effort To Sue On Puerto Rico's Behalf Rebuffed
• Mortgage Borrowers Push For Committee In Ditech Ch. 11
• Avenatti's Former Law Partner Wins Atty Fees In Contract Row
• Insurers Seek To Lift Stay Amid J&J Talc Injury Suits
• Justices Skip Challenge To McKinsey Filing In Coal Co. Ch. 11
• US Trustee Fights Bid To Seal Worker Info In 'Superbug' Ch. 11
• J&J Says 2,400 Talc Suits Belong In Del. Federal Court
• Sizmek Lines Up $33M Ch. 11 Sale Of Ad Business Platforms
• Argentina Seeks To End Hedge Fund's $84M Bond Suit
• Madoff Trustee Fights Bid To Pause Foreign Clawback Ruling
• Brazilian Sugar, Ethanol Giant Seeks Ch. 15 With $1.1B In Debt
• Burr & Forman Adds Partner To Commercial Litigation Group
• 5 Times Lawyers Settled During The Big Show
• NY Court Upholds Insurer's Setback In Asarco Asbestos Row
• PG&E Using Ch. 11 To Elude Rate-Gouging Claims, City Says
• Sears Sues Ex-CEO For Siphoning Billions As It Struggled
• Weinstein, But Not His Film Cos., To Face Sex Trafficking Case
• Ditech Employee Bonus Program Gets Ch. 11 Court Approval
• Hogan Lovells Picks Up Another Weil Partner In Silicon Valley
• Restaurant Supplier's Debt-Slashing Ch. 11 Plan OK'd In Del.
• The Big Picture: How #MeToo Is Changing The Legal Industry
• Jury Trials Are In Decline For Good Reason
• AutoMedx Says Zoll's $5.4M Suit Is Barred By Bankruptcy
• Upstart Football League Files For Ch. 7 After Abrupt Shutdown
• Escape Hatch Remains For Judges Accused Of Misconduct
• Benesch Taps First Bankruptcy Atty For Chicago Office
• Imperial Tobacco's US Assets Covered Amid Canada Reorg
• Alane A. Becket Named American Bankruptcy Institute Prez
• Sears Should Face $381M Clawback In Canada, Trustee Says
• LBI Ch. 11 Plan Nod Ends Bitter Fight With Junior Creditors
• Federal Courts' #MeToo Response Is A Guide For State Courts
• Fyre Fest Trustee Eyes Netflix, Hulu Footage In Ch. 7 Probe
• PG&E Fights Judge's Plan To Extend Probation
• 'Superbug' Pharma Firm Seeks Quick OK On Ch. 11 Bonuses
• Riding #MeToo Wave, State Courts Get Their Ships In Order
• EEOC's Lipnic On Sexual Harassment In The Courthouse
• 21st Century Oncology Ch. 11 Reopened For Noncompete Suit
• McKinsey Clears Deck For $15M Ch. 11 Disclosure Settlement
• Windstream Gets Greenlight For $1B In DIP Funding
• Obama 'Car Czar' Defends Auto Bailout In Dealers' $1B Suit
• Bankrupt F+W Reaches Deals On DIP Loan, Bonus Plans
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Circuitous Path To The Law
• PG&E Creditors' Banker Has Murky Connections, Trustee Says
• Sears Fights Lenders' Bid To Cut Off Ch. 11 Cash Collateral
• Medical Courier Firm Nets $8.3M In Pair Of Ch. 11 Asset Sales
• Zoll Says Ex-Partners Can't Escape $5M Arbitration Award
• 10th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Seized Bank's Due Process Claims
• Windstream Ch. 11 Judge Halts Charter's Misleading Ads
• Wall Of Secrecy Surrounds Sexual Harassment In State Courts
• Discipline Rare For State Judges In Sexual Misconduct Cases
• SDNY Bench Split On Ch. 11 Release Consent Issues
• Jeans Maker Diesel Gets Ch. 11 Refit Plan Confirmed
• Releases Snipped From NY Wheel Builder's Ch. 11 Plan
• Judging A Book: Conrad Reviews 'The Jury Crisis'
• 'Superbug'-Fighting Pharma Firm Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Plans
• Holland & Knight Adds Bankruptcy Atty To Chicago Office
• Potter Anderson Adds Ex-Whiteford & Taylor Bankruptcy Attys
• Sports Authority Consignment Cash Must Go Back To Lender
• Charter Says 'Misleading' Ads Used Windstream's Own Words
• Madoff Victims' Atty Conflict Suit Should Stay Put, Judge Says
• Croatia Doesn't Owe PE Firm $60M Over Bankrupt Postal Co.
• Sierra Pacific Looks To Ditch Price-Fixing Kickback Suit
• US Trustee Says White Eagle Can't Keep Fee Bids Sealed
• Fired Sizmek Employee Files Class Action In Ch. 11 Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Revamping Your Approach To Client Development
• Will The Newest Charges Against Avenatti End His Career?
• U.S. Trustee Takes Aim At Imerys' Ch. 11 Asbestos Claims Rep
• Ditech Seeking Ch. 11 Sale As It Negotiates With Creditors
• Jefferies Urges Court To End Investors' Suit, Sanction Attys
• Ex-Woodbridge Directors Charged Over $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• M&G USA Lienholders Seek $1.6M Fee For Aid To Del. Ch. 11
• Bankruptcy Institute Wants To Relax Student Loan Debt Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: National Enquirer, Vanke, Sberbank
• What Lawyers Must Know Before Acting As Escrow Agents
• Bonuses, Debt Claims Probe OK'd In TridentUSA Ch. 11
• Fairway Energy OK'd For $77.5M Sale To Creditor
• Shopko Seeks Green Light To Sell Optical Business
• FERC Fights For Oversight Of PG&E's $42B Power Deals
• Great Eastern Energy Wants Quick Sale Of Energy Credits
• McKinsey Foe Asks To Lead Probe Into Consulting Giant
• NextEra Says High Court Can Fix EFH Breakup Fee Tension
• Bayard Gets Green Light To Pull Out Of Weinstein Ch. 11
• Gordon Brothers Hires Ex-Caterpillar Atty As General Counsel
• Former 'Ebony,' 'Jet' Magazine Publisher Files For Chapter 7
• Muni Market Anxiety Teed Up In 1st Circ. Puerto Rico Appeal
• LBI Junior Noteholders Say No To Ch. 11 Extension
• Suniva Ch. 11 Plan, DIP Lender Deal Confirmed In Del.
• Del. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross To Retire In March 2020
• Delta Retirees Want High Court To Review Battle With PBGC
• Freelance Attorneys Are An Asset To In-House Legal Teams
• 21st Century Oncology Blasts Noncompete Antitrust Suit
• Synergy Shareholders End Ch. 11 Objections For $1.4M
• Auto Bailout Cheated Car Dealers Out Of $1B, Judge Hears
• Luxury Brand LK Bennett May Close All US Stores In Ch. 11
• Ch. 11 Trustee Takes The Wheel At IPS Worldwide
• Fee Fight Stalls Rehab Firm EBH Topco's Ch. 11 Wind-Down
• SunEdison Trustee Looks To Recoup $17M From Logistics Co.
• Ditech Ch. 11 Releases Lack Transparency, US Trustee Says
• Westinghouse Sues To Recover SC Nuke Plant Equipment
• Lampert's $16M Bid For Sears Hometown Rejected
• Enron Investors Strike Deal With Ex-CEO To End 16-Year Saga
• GM, Chrysler Dealers Seek $1B For Scuttled Franchise Deals
• F+W Lenders 'Hopeful' Fee Hike Helps Resolve DIP Dispute
• FirstEnergy Owner Can't Avoid Cleanup Liability: Ch. 11 Judge
• FTC, BlueHippo Exec Clash Over $13.4M Sanction In 2nd Circ.
• NY Developer Gets 6 Years For $58M Investment Fraud
• Windstream Says Charter Mounted False Ch. 11 Ad Campaign
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• TridentUSA Creditors Clash In Pre-Bankruptcy Debt Probes
• Jones Energy Lenders To Take The Reins In Ch. 11 Sale
• Ditech Mortgage Holders Object To Planned Bonuses In Ch. 11
• Jumio Investor Agrees Ch. 11 Plan Bars Chancery Claims
• Macquarie Says Helicopter Leasing Co. Flouted NDA
• F-Squared Trustee Seeks $7.7M Insurance Payout At 1st Circ.
• 'Big Tech' Questions Echo Early Days Of US Corporate Law
• Sizmek Can Pay Workers As It Fields Ch. 11 Purchase Bids
• Judge Says Ex-NFLer's Concussion Deal Protected In Ch. 7
• Unsecured Creditors See Lender Grab In $8M F+W Ch. 11 Loan
• Kirkland To Steer IHeartMedia's Post-Bankruptcy IPO
• Orchids Paper To Tap $4M Of Ch. 11 Loan To Pursue Sale
• McKinsey Critic's Standing Key In SunEdison Ch. 11 Fight
• PG&E Must Trim Trees Before Paying Investors, Judge Says
• Trump Taps Investigations Firm GC For Georgia Bench
• Hexion Gets OK To Use Most Of 'Unusual' $700M DIP Loan
• Sears Buyer Defends Hold Of $15M In Credit Card Reserves
• Weinstein Co. Buyer Not On Hook For Movie Investment Deals
• Madoff Trustee Defends $26M Clawback Suit Against Fund
• Bankrupt Southcross Gets OK To Tap $255M DIP Loan
• Samuels Jewelers Pivots To Ch. 7 After Failed Sale Effort
• Helicopter Firm PHI Floats $630M Debt Swap In Ch. 11 Plan
• 7th Circ. Slams Suspended Wis. Atty For 'Serial' Misconduct
• Peregrine Investors' Loss Suit Tossed As Time-Barred
• Duro Dyne, Asbestos Claimants Say DOJ Attack On Rep Unfair
• Zohar Wants To Slow Down $6M Litigation Rights Battle
• Southcross Energy Enters Ch. 11 With Eye Toward Sale
• Orchids Paper Hits Ch. 11 In Delaware With $175M Sale Plan
• Ad Firm Sizmek Hits Ch. 11 After Lender Cuts Off Funds
• Orrick Atty Accused Of Creating Phony Bills For SunEdison
• Polymer Giant Hexion Hits Ch. 11 With $3.8B In Debt