Bankruptcy Archive » June, 2019

Bankruptcy - June, 2019

216 articles

• Ex-Platinum CFO Cites Scant Evidence In Acquittal Bid
• High Court Census Ruling Could Escalate Rule Challenges
• Insurers Lose Bid To Lift Stay In J&J Talc Supplier Ch. 11
• Conservative Justices Cross Over To Create Unusual Lineups
• The Sharpest Dissents Of The Supreme Court Term
• SEC Accuses 4 Execs Of Masterminding Accounting Fraud
• Malpractice Time Bar Teed Up In 2 Texas High Court Cases
• Radio Giant IHeartMedia Drops IPO For Direct Listing
• Sotomayor, Breyer Vie For Chattiest High Court Justice
• Top 10 Techniques For Crafting A Dazzling Brief
• Weinstein Co. Conversion Fight Delayed For Deal Negotiations
• High Court Will Weigh Dispute Over Bank's $4M Tax Refund
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The New 'Roberts Court' Finds Its Footing
• Platinum CIO Says No Evidence Of Misdeeds In 'Bogus' Case
• Breaking Down The Vote: High Court Term In Review
• Orchids Creditors Want Limit On Houlihan Fees In Del. Ch. 11
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• J&J Gets Case Removal Extension In Talc Supplier's Ch. 11
• Fla. Man Can't Shield IRA In Bankruptcy, 11th Circ. Says
• Alvarez Gets $44M In Fees In Toys R Us Ch. 11 Case
• Circuit Split Widens On Bankruptcy Jurisdiction In SSA Claims
• 2nd Circ. Ponders Lehman 'Mistake' Claim In Safe Harbor Suit
• PG&E Wildfire Claims Must Be Filed By Oct. 21, Judge Says
• Indian Banks Can't Skirt $216M Clawback, Essar Trustee Says
• Feds Are Full Of Lies, Platinum Boss Tells Jury
• 6th Circ. Torn Over FERC's Power Deal Authority In Ch. 11
• Medical Device Co. Gets Access To $20M In Bankruptcy Loans
• Nelson Mullins Lures Transactions Pro To Boston Office
• BlueHippo Contempt Ruling Violated Automatic Stay: 2nd Circ.
• First Zohar Portfolio Entity Ch. 11 Sale To Net Up To $77M
• Debt Collector Sued Over Medical Provider Data Breach
• The Upside Of The Fastest Chapter 11 Confirmation Ever
• A Chat With Ballard Spahr Diversity Chief Virginia Essandoh
• Insurer Escapes $870K Med Mal Judgment On Appeal
• 'Superbug' Firm Gets Ch. 11 Sale OK'd, Will Sell More Assets
• Drilling Rig Maker Faces Heat Over Insider's Ch. 11 Roles
• Relativity Media Trustee Wants To Subpoena Ex-CEO, 3 Others
• Platinum Execs Told Flood Of Lies To Investors, Jury Hears
• PG&E Bondholders Propose $30B Ch. 11 Plan
• McKinsey Draws More Heat With New App In Coal Co. Ch. 11
• Air Bed Co. Wants Sears' Ch. 11 Stay Lifted For Patent Suit
• Big-Fish Investor Calls $50M Premium Point Loss 'Shocking'
• Judging A Book: McMahon Reviews 'Roosevelt For The Defense'
• Orchids Paper Ch. 11 Auction Can Proceed, Del. Judge Says
• Subcontractors Can't Get Maritime Lien, High Court Told
• Hospital Bed Maker Joerns Files Ch. 11 To Cut $320M In Debt
• FTD's Ch. 11 Sale Timeline, Employee Bonuses OK'd In Del.
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To Cy Pres Mechanism
• Borrowers Reach $12M Deal In 3 Tribe-Linked Loan Suits
• McKinsey Critic Denied Probe In SunEdison Ch. 11
• FTD Says Ch. 11 Bonus Plan Includes Difficult Benchmarks
• Takata Wants $7.5M From Airbag Part Supplier Over Defects
• Shearman & Sterling Adds Texas Bankruptcy Pro
• Hexion's $3.8B Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Settlement Battle
• Mine Owner Can't Escape $2M Tab For Cleanup At W.Va. Site
• Platinum Was On The Up-And-Up, Jury Told As Defense Wraps
• Orchids Paper Says Ch. 11 Sale Should Not Be 'Disrupted'
• Wholesaler Tara Jewels Files For Chapter 11
• Depositions Barred In $14B Maxus Bankruptcy Suit
• Schulte Let Off Hook In Cambridge Analytica Bankruptcy
• Platinum Affiliates Can't Duck All Of Liquidators' Claims
• Pa. Drill Rig Maker Hits Ch. 11, Citing Industry Downturn
• Justices Want SG's Take On Catholic Church Pension Fight
• High Court Passes On Argentina YPF Nationalization Fight
• High Court Passes On Bankrupt Coal Co. Benefits Case
• Unsecured Creditors Question Liens In Orchids Paper's Ch. 11
• Parent Co. Investor Can't Object To OGI's $2.6B Ch. 11 Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: China National Gold, Puma Energy, PG&E
• Mortgage Lender To Pay ResCap Trust $23M In Atty Fees
• Feds Say TridentUSA Can't Shed Medicare Obligations
• Trustee Objects To Bonus Metrics In Flower Co.'s Ch. 11 Case
• US Trustee Flags Ch. 11 Sale Restrictions In Bid For Aegerion
• Vale Fights BSGR Bid To Pause Enforcement Of $1.2B Award
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Energy Future Creditors' Bid For Larger Payout
• Retiree Benefits Committee OK'd In Sears Ch. 11
• Late QuadrigaCX Founder Mismanaged Crypto, Report Says
• Promise Healthcare's $10M Trim To Ch. 11 Sale Gets Tepid Nod
• Third Witness Implicates Fund CEO As Gov't Heaps Evidence
• Justices To Decide If Puerto Rico Oversight Board Is Legal
• 'Homeless' Company Says Former Exec Withheld Millions
• McKesson Lands Seat On Insys Creditors Committee
• Investors' OneJet Suit Is Grounded In Pa. Fed. Court
• Promise Healthcare Creditors Slam $10M Ch. 11 Deal Trim
• Young Conaway Picks Up New Partner In Del.
• US Trustee Names Investors Suing Elk To Ch. 11 Committee
• PHI Chops $70M Stock Offering From Ch. 11 Plan
• PG&E Wants Bankruptcy Court To Stop Securities Suit
• Hexion Floats $450M Debt Offering Ahead Of Bankruptcy Exit
• White Eagle Ch. 11 Plan, Lender Settlement Confirmed
• A Common Thread In High Court Bankruptcy Cases This Term
• TridentUSA Ch. 11 Plan Slammed For Risking 'Repeat Failure'
• $1B Deal Reached Over Claims PG&E's Gear Caused Wildfires
• One Aviation Floats Ch. 11 Sale To Lender After Plan Stalls
• Landlord Says Attys Can't Defend $110K Transfer To New Firm
• Debt Collection Co. Files Ch. 11 After Health Data Breach
• Fuse Ch. 11 Plan, Settlement OK'd Without New Creditor Vote
• Temporary 'Cease-Fire' Called In Elk Petroleum's Ch. 11
• 9th Circ. Judge Asks Litigants, 'What's Left To Fight Over?'
• PR's Management Board Announces Deal To Trim $35B Debt
• F+W Nets Almost $8M From Ch. 11 IP Asset Sales
• Cambrian Coal Seeks Buyer In Ch. 11 After Failed Expansion
• 5th Circ. Sinks $65M Stanford Insurance Scam Deal
• Oak Investment Can't Kill $11M Suit Over 'Fraudster' Partner
• Shearman Threatened With Ethics Referral In SunEdison MDL
• Insys Hit With Nationwide Opioid Class Claim In Ch. 11
• Platinum Judge Nixes Valuation Fraud Claims At Trial
• 5 Ways Law Firms Can Improve Their Job Interviews
• EdgeMarc Energy Gets Nod For $108M Bankruptcy Loan
• Sears Says It Had The Right To End Retiree Insurance Plan
• High Court Grounds Delta Pilots' Pension Appeal
• Lone Star Laterals: Munck Wilson, Thompson Knight, SEC
• ITT Tech Lending Arm To Forgive $168M In Student Loans
• Triangle Petroleum Breezes Through Ch. 11 Confirmation
• Elk Petroleum Investors Ask Court To Nix Ch. 11 Financing
• LeClairRyan Says Exec Can't Shift Blame For Legal Woes
• Coal Co., Essar Sue 'Rogue' CEO In Chancery Over Ch. 11
• Helicopter Leasing Co. Calls Ch. 11 Auction NDA Suit Baseless
• Legacy Reserves Strikes $1B Restructuring Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Willkie Asks For $15M For Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Work
• Judge OKs Lenders' $231M Deal In GM Clawback Suit
• McCarter & English Adds Former LeClair Bankruptcy Head
• Weinstein Buyers Must Fulfill Investment Deals, Court Told
• Orchids Paper DIP Punted As Possible Sale Battle Brews
• Crooked Fund CEO Demoted Me, Finance Pro Tells Jury
• Hastings Owner Must Face Ch. 11 Liquidating Trust Claims
• Cloud Peak Energy Stretches Out Ch. 11 Sale Schedule
• Tweaked Shopko Ch. 11 Plan Gets Nod After Initial Rejection
• Southcross Ch. 11 Sale Delayed By 'Overwhelming Response'
• Triangle Petroleum Makes Case For Ch. 11 Debt-Equity Swap
• Former Young Conaway Partner Joins Del. Bankruptcy Bench
• Elk Petroleum Lender Wants Ch. 11 Trustee To Take Over Case
• Puerto Rico Retirees, Oversight Board Unveil Pension Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Forever 21, T-Mobile, Church's Chicken
• Ex-Avenatti Partner Threatens Suit Of Other Attys Over $10M
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Fateful Phone Call
• Justices Setting New Standard For Discharged Debt Collection
• Law Firms Can Do Better With Their Mentoring Programs
• Chancery Sends Asbestos Injury Trust Audit Fight To Trial
• United Sporting's $15M Interim DIP Proposal Misses Target
• Westinghouse Wants $300M Nuclear Equip. Row Kept In NY
• TridentUSA, Silver Point Seek End To Refinancing Challenge
• Platinum Judge Won't Toss Case, May Limit Feds' Closings
• Insys Seeks Speedy Ch. 11 Sale As Liabilities Mount
• MoFo Tapped To Defend PG&E In Wildfire Investigations
• High Court Asked To Decide If Puerto Rico Fed Board Is Legal
• Blank Rome Taps Katten Quartet To Open New Chicago Office
• Legacy Eyes Prepackaged Ch. 11 To Cut $900M In Debt
• How To Discharge Student Debt: A Look At The Brunner Test
• FERC Rebuke Won't Be Last Word In PG&E Power Deals Fight
• Feds Slam Ex-Platinum Execs' Acquittal Bid In Fraud Case
• Creditors Say EdgeMarc Ch. 11 Sale Timeline Is Too Short
• F+W's $5.6M Ch. 11 Sale To Penguin Random House Gets Nod
• Sears Owes $20M For Hurricane-Damaged Store, Mall Says
• Witness Struggles To Put CEO At Heart Of $100M Fund Scam
• Platinum's Failure Skewed Trial, Ex-Union Chief Tells 2nd Circ.
• 'Rocket Docket' Justifies Its Name For 11th Straight Year
• Repsol Says Bankruptcy Court Can't Decide Maxus' $14B Suit
• United Sporting Opens $313M Del. Ch. 11 With Sale Plans
• Insys Hits Ch. 11 After $225M Kickback Settlement
• FERC Has No Say Over PG&E Contracts In Ch. 11, Judge Says
• Penguin Random House Wins Ch. 11 Auction For F+W Media
• Calif. Firm Will Ask Justices To Review CFPB Constitutionality
• Platinum Judge Grills Feds Over Central Fraud Claims
• Casino Investor Says No Skadden Conflict In $856M Ch. 11
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Sedgwick Strikes Clawback Deal With Former Equity Partners
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-SunEdison Employees' ERISA Suit
• J&J Talc Case Can Go Ahead In Fla. While Move To Del. Mulled
• DC Metro Contractor Wants Quick Win In $2.1M Bond Suit
• Oncology Co. Wants Noncompete Suit Paused For Ch. 11 Fight
• EXCO Creditors Fire Back At Ch. 11 Plan Challenge
• Westmoreland Coal Sells Last Mine For $300M Credit Bid
• Bankruptcy Tech Co.'s New Owner Kept Up Scam, Client Says
• Newbury Trustee Says Firm's Negligence Stoked $65M Fraud
• Platinum Jury Hears Of Exec's Dread, As Feds Wrap Up Case
• Woodbridge CEO's $1.3B Ponzi Trial Delayed To Late Summer
• Cancer Center Says It's Done Paying Ex-CEO's Legal Bills
• Kirkland Nabs $57M Fees In 'Hard-Fought' Toys R Us Ch. 11
• Settlement Moves Helicopter Co. Closer To End Of Ch. 11
• Profit Was Reverse Engineered At Fallen Fund, Jury Hears
• J&J Asbestos Suit Sent Back To Mass. State Court
• NJ Construction Co. Head Cops To Tax Evasion, Ch. 7 Fraud
• Robinson & Cole Adds Bankruptcy Partner To New Del. Office
• Measuring The Value Of A Law Firm's Social Media Efforts
• Sidley Austin Picks Up Gibson Dunn Restructuring Atty In LA
• Deal To End $367M White Eagle Lender Fight Gets Court Nod
• Longtime Boston Lawyer To Fill Bankruptcy Court Vacancy
• 'Honest' Fund Boss Tells Jury Ex-Employees Out To Get Him
• Fuse Ch. 11 Plan Hearing Delayed After Creditor Deal Cracks
• Jury Orders €18M Clawback From Real Estate Tycoon's Wife
• Vale Can't Enforce $1.2B Award In Mining Row, BSGR Says
• CEO Of Defunct IT Firm Gets 5 Years For $2.8M Fraud Scheme
• EXCO Noteholders Say Ch. 11 Plan Favors Insiders
• AusTex Oil Hits Ch. 11 Amid $32M Shareholder Suit
• Greenspoon Marder Adds NY Corporate And Business Partner
• Skadden Conflicted In $856M Bankruptcy Case, Trustee Says
• Ex-Health Co. Execs Want Out Of Roche Test Strip Fraud Suit
• Platinum Oil Co. Exec Tells Jury Of Downward Spiral
• A&P's Ch. 11 Doesn't Change Job Clause In Benefits Package
• Biofuel Co. Founders Push To Kill Ex-Partner's Ch. 11 Fee Bid
• Flower Co. Pulls Ch. 11 Motion Over Last Minute Stock Sale
• Subsidiary Bank Should Get $4M Tax Refund, Justices Told
• Homeowner Claims Ditech Collected Discharged Fees
• Jevic Lenders Sue In Del. To Recover $2M From Busted Deal
• Collateral Descriptions May Need More Specific Drafting
• Catholic Church Waiting On Word From High Court
• Cleary To Guide Lampert's Purchase of Sears Hometown
• National Events Trustee Seeks Millions From NFL's Cardinals
• King & Spalding Adds Finance Pros In NY, Chicago
• High Court Won't Review NJ Fraud Foreclosure Case
• Flower Co. Starts Ch. 11 With $220M Debt, Plans All-Asset Sale
• Fusion Files For Ch. 11 Following 'Overly Aggressive' Mergers
• Creditors Risk Contempt By Pursuing Invalid Debt: Justices