Bankruptcy Archive » April, 2020

Bankruptcy - April, 2020

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• United Cannabis Says It Filed Ch. 11 To Stop Takeover
• NY AG Slams Sacklers' Tepid Financial Info Disclosures
• Ill. Industrial Plant Agrees To $1M Penalty Over Air Emissions
• Modi And 2 Diamond Execs Say No Grounds For Ch. 11 Suit
• Alsup Tells PG&E To Hire Inspectors After Tree-Trimming Fails
• Retrieval-Masters Approved For Ch. 11 Wind Down Deal
• Unprecedented Pandemic Keeps Modell's Ch. 11 On Ice
• Relief For Ginnie Mae Servicers Comes With Strings Attached
• Pandemic May Prompt Legislative Action On Court Deadlines
• Keys To Defending A Bankrupt Insured In A Civil Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charlotte Tilbury, Arctos Sports, Aurora
• County Says Mallinckrodt Shouldn't Get Separate Opioid Trial
• Bardin Hill Inks 2nd Ch. 11 Deal For Dura Assets
• Bankrupt Cosi Loses Bid To Seek Small-Business Virus Funds
• Investor Wants Denver Dispensary Forced Into Receivership
• Southland Gets Nod For San Juan Basin Asset Sale Plan
• 3rd Circ. Won't Stop 'Real Housewives' Star's Deportation
• CraftWorks Says Ch. 11 Asset Sale May Be Imminent
• Vermont Tribal Payday Lending Suit Sent To Texas
• Pillsbury Adds DLA, Reed Smith Attys To Restructuring Team
• Ravn Air Sticks To June Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Date
• OneWeb Gets OK For $300M Financing And July Sale
• 11 Good Ideas For Retail Bankruptcy Reform During Pandemic
• Modell's Urges Landlords To Endure 'Short-Term' Virus Pain
• Bankrupt AI Startup Wave Seeks $28M DIP Loan Over Protests
• Judging A Book: Richardson Reviews 'Criminal Dissent'
• Puerto Rico Floats Plan For $66M In Local Pension Repayment
• Windstream Must Hand Charter More Info In False Ad Trial
• COVID-19 Lands JetSuite Charter Affiliate In Ch. 11
• $13.5B PG&E Bankruptcy Deal Shorts Fire Victims, Judge Told
• Hair Cuttery Parent Moves Forward With Ch. 11 Sale Plans
• Cosi Says Ch. 11 At Risk From 'Discriminatory' Virus Relief
• Tips For Minimizing Law Firm Liability During COVID-19
• Suppliers Should Prep For Price Discrimination Claim Surge
• Lack Of Government Aid Dooms Ravn Air's Ch. 11 Plans
• SEC Settles Fraud Claims Over $25.5M Charter School Bonds
• The Perils Of Ignoring Contractual Forum Selection Clauses
• NJ Justices Skeptical Past Suit Bars Bank's 3rd Circ. Case
• Latham Adds Ex-O'Melveny US Restructuring Practice Chair
• GM's $120M Deal To End Driver Ignition Claims Gets Initial OK
• Florida-Based Theater Chain Hits Ch. 11 After Scuttled Deal
• Charter Can't Delay Windstream Ch. 11 False Ad Trial
• Modell's Utilities Decry Unpaid Bills As Attys Pocket Fees
• A Proposed Technology-Assisted Review Framework
• Out Of Jail, Avenatti Calls In To Calif. Status Conference
• Diamond Offshore Enters Ch. 11 To Restructure $2.6B In Debt
• Libyan Wealth Fund Wins Battle To Bankrupt Developer
• ClubCorp Member Sues Over Fees Charged During COVID-19
• SunEdison, MF Global Lose Suits Over Ch. 11 Trustee Fees
• SBA Says No COVID-19 Loans For Bankrupt Businesses
• Navigating Loan Doc Implications Of Pandemic Disruption
• UpRight's Fee-Splitting Win A Boon For 'Virtual' Firm Model
• How Lawyers Can Find Equanimity In Crisis
• Art Van Ch. 7 Trustee Flags Eviction Bid Amid Outbreak
• Apex Parks Can Move Forward With Quick Ch. 11 Sale Plans
• Greka Must Pay $100M Bill In UBS Suit Over Default
• Philly Refinery's Ch. 11 Deal Trims Railroad Claims By $291M
• Landlord Says Bankrupt Modell's Rent Due, Pandemic Or Not
• Macau Casino Investment Fund Proposes $856M Debt Swap
• Small Biz Bankruptcy Rules Come Just In Time For Many
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 4 Key Developments As Coronavirus Deaths Near 50,000
• True Religion Landlords Balk At Bid To Defer Rent In Ch. 11
• Northwest Minority Owner Says Ch. 11 Filing Is Invalid
• United Cannabis Must Explain Ch. 11, Given Pot Industry Ties
• The Divide Between Courts On Ch. 11 Trustee Fees
• Boy Scouts Reach Deal To Keep Girl Scouts' TM Suit At Bay
• Market Decline Will Have Diverse Repercussions For Cos.
• Maurice Sporting Goods Gets OK On Ch. 11 Dismissal Plan
• Arent Fox Adds Burns & Levinson Corporate Atty In Boston
• GM Closes In On $120M Deal To End Driver Ignition Claims
• Oil Price Wars Drive Speedcast To Ch. 11 With $690M Debt
• Courts Should Look To 3 Bar Exam Alternatives During Crisis
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nintendo, Neiman Marcus, Saudi Aramco
• Sears Gets Nod On $154M Ch. 11 Deal With Canadian Unit
• Insys Exec Tells 1st Circ. Weil Conflict Should Delay Jail Term
• Chancery Rejects $40M Fresenius Fee Shift In Akorn Suit
• 1st Circ. Rejects Call For Puerto Rico Pension Trustee
• McConnell Signals Support For State Bankruptcy Protections
• Paul Hastings Woos Back Blank Rome Restructuring Atty
• Decision To Include Purdue In NY Opioid Trial Not Yet Ripe
• Are Litigation Funding Documents Protected From Discovery?
• XFL Floats Mid-July Goal Line For Ch. 11 Asset Sale Process
• United Cannabis Bankruptcy Halts Historic CBD Patent Fight
• United Cannabis Corp. Files For Ch. 11 In Colo.
• New York Accuses Mallinckrodt Of Opioid Insurance Fraud
• Calif. Agency Seeks $2B Fine, PG&E Bankruptcy Plan Tweaks
• Kentucky Hemp Processor Hits Ch. 11 After Receivership
• $4M Refund Goes To Bank's Bankruptcy Estate, 10th Circ. Told
• Former XFL Commish Sues Vince McMahon Over Termination
• Tilton Calls Dura Creditors' Bid For Ch. 11 Suit 'Waste Of Time'
• Zohar, Tilton Urged To Cooperate On New Manager Picks
• Tax Agencies Should Show Mercy To Fix State Budgets
• Antitrust Tools For Dealmakers Preparing For Better Times
• How COVID-19 Might Uproot Centuries Of Litigation Traditions
• Windstream Says It's Close To Tying Up Uniti Lease Deal
• Murray Energy Ch. 11 Plan Now Has Sufficient Information
• High Court Won't Review Slashed Damages In Ocwen Case
• Modell's Seeks To Extend Ch. 11 Pause As Virus Closes Stores
• Uber Says It Won't Help Levandowski Pay $180M To Google
• Oil Prices Go Negative For 1st Time As Slump Worsens
• Texas Oil & Gas Operators Face Partner Co-Tenancy Risk
• Consider Legal Ramifications Before Recording Video Calls
• Jeweler Gets Go-Ahead To Sue Firestar Over License Deal
• Key Tax Implications Of Debt Restructuring During COVID-19
• Norwegian Air Units Grounded In Bankruptcy By COVID-19
• COVID-19 Hastens Sports Blanket Maker Into Bankruptcy
• Wilmington Trust Sues Taiwanese Shipping Magnate For $79M
• COVID-19 Highlights Access Injustice In Personal Bankruptcy
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Bankruptcy Partner In Chicago
• Judge OKs Fees For 'Unconventional' Bankruptcy Firm
• KPMG's Arbitration Bid Nixed In $1.8B Drug Test Co. Fight
• 3 Tips For Deposing Difficult Witnesses Remotely
• GM Trusts Clash Over Ignition Switch Settlement
• Laminates Maker API Americas Reaches Ch. 11 Creditor Deal
• We Need To Fast-Track Chapter 11
• Frontier Communications Says Ch. 11 Puts Lawsuit On Hold
• Winston & Strawn Picks Up UK Partner From Lehman
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FERC Tosses San Francisco's PG&E Rate-Gouging Complaint
• Dura Creditors Seek OK To Sue Tilton, Patriarch In Del. Ch. 11
• Purdue Says Ch. 11 Stay Can't Be Lifted For NY Opioid Trial
• Judge Hears 'Preview' Objections To Frontier DIP Plan
• 2 McClatchy Creditors Offer $263M Credit Bid For Co.
• Debt Buyback And Liability Management During The Pandemic
• Investors Seek OK Of $44M Settlement With ER Operator
• Illinois Courts May Increasingly Embrace Equity Receiverships
• How 'Mothballed' Ch. 11 Cases Will Affect Vendors, Landlords
• Oil Driller Yuma Energy To Liquidate In Chapter 11
• Tilton Seeks Del. Court Nod For Limited Patriarch Comeback
• Celadon Urged To Mediate $6.2M Receivables Fight In Ch. 11
• Ch. 11 Refunds Delayed For XFL Season Ticket Holders
• JC Penney Skips Payment As Possible Bankruptcy Looms
• Puerto Rico Oversight Board Can Block Benefts Law
• Boy Scouts Get More Time To Try To Stall Girl Scouts' TM Suit
• Feds Say Medicare Dispute Invalidates True Health Ch. 11 Plan
• Tenn. Hospital Bankruptcy May Be The First Of Many
• Performance Sports Execs Must Face Securities Fraud Suit
• Akin Gump Gets Kirkland Debt Finance Atty In Houston
• Longview Power Clears First Hurdles In Fast-Moving Ch. 11
• New Jersey's Plan For 2020 Law Grads Is Brilliant
• Frontier Communications Seeks To Trim $10B Debt In Ch. 11
• Madoff Aide Loses Virus-Based Bid For Early Prison Release
• Rudy's Barbershop Ch. 11 Sale Timeline Extended By Court
• Windstream Creditors Say Uniti Deal 'Unraveling'
• Forever 21 Landlords Balk At Liquidation Changes In Outbreak
• Equity Holders Threaten Pace Industries' Ch. 11 Case
• Apex Parks OK'd For $11.5M Ch. 11 Loan Despite Debt Payoff
• PG&E Gets OK On Manslaughter Plea Deal For Paradise Fire
• Fairway Market Gets OK For $82M In Store Sales
• CFTC Eyes Changes To Commodity Broker Bankruptcy Rules
• Managing E-Discovery Providers In Times Of Crisis
• Witness Preparation Tips For Your Next Video Deposition
• How To Mollify Auditor Doubts Over A Co.'s Viability
• Longview Power Hits Ch. 11 Seeking $355M Debt-Equity Swap
• PG&E Nears OK Of Deal Over Deadly Wildfire In Paradise
• Former ITT Students Launch RICO Suit Over 'Predatory' Loans
• COVID-19 Sends Jeans Retailer True Religion Back To Ch. 11
• US Trustee Changes Bankruptcy Rules In COVID-19 Response
• DOJ Backs $3B Madoff Fund Clawback From Overseas Banks
• XFL Files For Ch. 11 After COVID-19 Shuts Down League
• Modell's Calls Appeal Of COVID-19 Ch. 11 Pause 'Frivolous'
• In Defense Of Virtual Mediation
• FoodFirst Global To Kick Off Ch. 11 By Trying To Shed Leases
• Printer LSC Communications Hits Ch. 11 With $972M Debt
• Die-Casting Giant Opens Ch. 11 After COVID-19 Disruption
• Avenatti Gets Temporary Release From Jail Over Virus Risk
• Expect More Malpractice Claims After COVID-Fueled Slump
• Sanchez Energy Submits $2.4B Equity Swap To Creditors
• Investor Says 'Cannabis King' Ran Off With Millions
• In The COVID-19 Wave Of Bankruptcies, Creativity Is Key
• McDermott Adds Restructuring Attorney To Wilmington Office
• Hygea Creditors Seek Docs For Ch. 11 Fraud Probe
• 1st Circ. Needs Proof To OK Ch. 11 Train Derailment Claim
• A Call To Action For The Coming Insurance Litigation Siege
• How A Small Law Firm Adapts To Remote Work
• Don't Just Delay The Bar Exam — Cancel It Forever
• Prepackaged Ch. 11s Will Be Tough Sell For Oil And Gas
• Fairway Markets Says COVID-19 Crisis Justifies Exec Bonuses
• Quorum Health OK'd For Fast-Paced $1.3B Ch. 11 Schedule
• Real Estate Rumors: Waterbridge, Soon-Shiong, Weiss
• Noble Can't Appeal Paragon Ch. 11 Clawback Case Yet
• 8th Circ. Ruling Highlights Benefits Of Out-Of-Court Workouts
• Singapore Court Sends $170M Debt Dispute To Arbitration
• PG&E Touts Erin Brockovich's Support Of Reorganization Plan
• Don't Forget Firm Culture When Adapting To Remote Work
• Beer Tycoon Delays Bankruptcy As Bank Fight Turns To India
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Shuttered Apex Parks Chain Opens Ch. 11 Hoping To Sell
• Quorum Health Hopes For Quick Ch. 11 Exit
• PG&E Tort Claimants Object To How Utility Plans To Pay Fine
• Retailer Fred's Reaches Deal With Wholesaler On $15M Claim
• Pandemic May Spur Better Protection For Auto Supply Chains
• NY AG Seeks Additional Sackler Family Financial Info
• Lenders Must Prepare For Real Estate Bankruptcy Cramdowns
• How To Prepare Clients For Ponzi Schemes Amid COVID-19
• London's Jewish Chronicle Folds Under COVID-19 Pressure
• Cahill Gordon Suspends 2020 Summer Associate Program
• Alaska Airline's Ch. 11 Loan Rocked By Plane Seizure Threat
• PG&E Judge Won't OK COVID-19 Letter Co. Atty Called 'Silly'
• Hogan Lovells Cross-Trains Attys To Boost Bankruptcy Ranks
• Puerto Rico Board Says COVID-19 Test Kit Orders Broke Law
• Minimizing Lender Risk In Health Care Finance
• A New, Better Way To Form Creditors Committees
• Oil And Gas Cos. Must Prepare For Counterparty Bankruptcies
• COVID-19 Kicks Owens-Illinois Ch. 11 Probe Back A Month
• Conducting Court Hearings Remotely: 12 Considerations
• Quorum Health Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Cut $500M Of Debt
• Firm Cost-Cutting Has GCs Watchful But Not Worried — Yet
• Feds Blast Avenatti's Release Bid As 'Wasting' Resources
• Tribal Casino Bankruptcy Suit Settles Before High Court Look
• Lloyd's Wants Boy Scouts' Arbitration Approval Reconsidered
• McKinsey Trial In Westmoreland Case To Remain On Hold
• $13.5B PG&E Deal With Wildfire Victims Loses Some Support
• COVID-19 Crisis Leads Art Van Furniture To Convert To Ch. 7
• The Era Of Video Mediation Is Here — Or Is It?
• COVID-19 Highlights BigLaw Need For Emotional Intelligence
• UK's Debenhams To Weather Virus In Insolvency Protection
• COVID-19 Outbreak Grounds Regional Alaska Airline In Ch. 11
• Coronavirus Q&A: O'Melveny's Health Practice Chair
• Melinta's Ch. 11 Exculpation Runs To Plan Date, Court Rules
• Judicial Shaming Of Attys Is Troubling Even During Pandemic
• Green Growth Brands Puts CBD Business In Receivership
• COVID-19 Drives Art Van To Seek Ch. 7 Conversion Next Week
• What It's Like To Join A Law Firm In The COVID-19 Era
• Don't Be Social Media Distancing: LinkedIn Tips For Lawyers
• Supreme Court Postpones April Argument Session
• Seattle Barbershop Chain Hits Ch. 11 Amid COVID-19 Closures
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• COVID-19 Forces VIP Cinema To Shut Down, Scrap Ch. 11 Plan
• As Bankruptcy Storm Brews, Legal Pros Say Save Cash
• Weinstein Suit's Bankruptcy Link Ties It To SDNY, Court Told
• You Watched 'Tiger King.' Now Read All The Legal Docs
• O'Melveny Escapes Bankruptcy Claims After Arbitration Win
• Level Solar Principal Says Faber Secretly Entrenched CEO
• United Sporting Trustee Says Wellspring Drove It To Ch. 11
• LTC Properties Wraps Up $78M Sale Ahead Of Schedule
• Melinta Gets OK For Ch. 11 Equity Swap Plan With Creditor
• Kroger Sued For Dipping Out Of Lucky's Market Investment
• Remote Depositions: Coming To A Home Office Near You
• Ways Lawyers Can Support The Most Vulnerable Right Now
• COVID-19 Forces German Eatery Vapiano Into Bankruptcy
• Canadian Cannabis Grower To Restructure With $2.8M Loan
• Boy Scouts Say Fighting Girl Scouts' IP Suit Would Hurt Ch. 11
• Borrowing Report Forecasts Oil Lending Bloodbath
• Confronting The Challenges Of Virtual Mediation
• COVID-19 Shutdown Sends Ailing USA Rugby Into Bankruptcy
• How US Trustees Can Deter Chapter 11 Proxy Abuses
• Akorn Says Credit Default Brings It To Brink Of Bankruptcy
• Upscale NY Grocery Chain Plans Restart With Ch. 11 Case
• Whiting Petroleum Files Ch. 11 With $2.2B Reorg Plan