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Bankruptcy - July, 2021

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• Avenatti Lied About $3M NBA Player Deal, Ex-Client Testifies
• CFPB Scraps Proposal To Delay Debt Collection Rules
• 2nd Circ. Discovery Order Defies DOJ Stance, Court Hears
• Ch. 11 Trustee Tells 2nd Circ. Church Sale Was Valid
• Judge Tells Wholesaler GBG To Revamp Ch. 11 Loan Docs
• Ashby & Geddes' Appeal In Del. Bankruptcy Fee Row Tossed
• Congressional Bill Would Impair Ch. 11 Mass Tort Resolution
• Judge Sends LATAM Plane Deal Dispute To Mediation
• Imerys Ch. 11 Tort Group Delays J&J Talc Claim Spinoff Fight
• Avenatti Was 'Anxious' To Get NBA Player's $3M, Atty Testifies
• Purdue Pharma Gets OK For $22M Worker Bonus Program
• 'Mixed Bag' Chancery Ruling Keeps Utah Mine Suit Alive
• Battery Venture Ends With $9M Judgment Against Owner
• Puerto Rico Restructuring Plan Heads For Creditor Vote
• Boy Scouts' Ch. 11 Settlement Clouded By Claimant Atty Issue
• Victoria's Secret Gets Green Light For UK Liquidation
• Wholesaler GBG USA Hits Ch. 11 With More Than $1B In Debt
• 7th Circ. Revives Stock Suit Against Ex-Appvion Execs
• Avenatti Made Ex-Paralegal 'Scapegoat' In Scheme, Jury Told
• Corporations Are Cherry-Picking Ch. 11 Judges, House Told
• Dems Unveil Bill Targeting Bankruptcy Releases Like Sacklers'
• Blank Rome Slammed Over Platinum Arbitration Confusion
• House Subcommittee Asks J&J About Talc Bankruptcy Plans
• Law Firms, Know Who's Responsible For Your Cloud Security
• How Purchasers, Debtors Can Navigate CBAs In Bankruptcy
• Imerys Seeks Talc Indemnification From Johnson & Johnson
• California Wants High Court To Toss Venoco Takings Suit
• Avenatti Decided Where Client Funds Went, Ex-Employee Says
• Limetree Bay Seeks Ch. 11 Asset Sale By Mid-October
• No Discovery Stay For YPF Appeal Of White & Case DQ Denial
• Benefits For Law Firms Venturing Into New Services
• Puerto Rico Fiscal Board Strikes $260M Bond Insurer Deal
• Remington Offers To Pay Sandy Hook Victims' Families $33M
• Bankruptcy Ruling Highlights Growing Use Of Chapter 15
• Zayat's Bankruptcy Attys Want Out Over Unpaid Fees
• Purdue Pharma Reports Glowing Vote Results For Ch. 11 Plan
• Erika Girardi Claims Atty's Harassment 'Significantly Worse'
• After Girardi, Calif. Bar Eyes Random Trust Account Audits
• Calif. Environmental Agency Loses Exide Ch. 11 Plan Appeal
• NJ Judge Vacates $29M Judgment Over Co.'s Defaulted Loans
• DC Hotel Owner In Ch. 11 Sues Marriott Seeking $7M Clawback
• Embracing ESG: Exelon GC Talks Diversity Initiatives
• Girardi Ch. 7 Trustee Must Give Discovery In Contempt Fight
• Where Have All The Associates Gone?
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• Spyglass Fires Back At Weinstein Brother's Demand For Pay
• Ex-Bouchard CEO Says Info Lacking On Oil Barge Fleet Sale
• Lender Loses Appeal In Lord & Taylor Ch. 11 Rent Battle
• Claimants, Insurers, Others Blast Boy Scout Abuse Deal
• Condo Collapse Litigation Leaders Talk Of Coming Challenges
• Pa. Court Upholds Temporary Closure Of Anti-Mask Diner
• 'I Trusted Michael': Ex-Client Says Avenatti Never Paid Him
• Miami Hotel Hits Chapter 11 To Duck 'Aggressive' Foreclosure
• Ex-LeClairRyan GC Cops To Obstructing Embezzlement Probe
• Forever 21 To Liquidate After Ch. 11 Plan Falls Through
• Ch. 11 Auction Nets $152M Buyer For Wardman Park Hotel
• Kossoff Can't Plead The 5th As Bankrupt Law Firm Rep
• Philly Hospitals To Mediate Owner Issues In Ch. 11 Case
• Pot Greenhouse Co.'s Investors Seek OK Of $1.5M Deal
• Office Space Renter's Ch. 11 Plan Sent Out For Creditor Vote
• Revamping Law Firm Marketing Lists — With Partner Buy-In
• NRA Slams NY AG's 'Nakedly Political' Shutdown Bid
• Avenatti Stole Client Funds To Buy Jet, Pay Bills, Jury Told
• Nationwide Unit Beats Bad-Faith Claim In D&O Coverage Fight
• Frontier Says FTC Suit Sidesteps Justices' Restitution Ruling
• Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty To Calif. Rape Charges
• Seadrill Says Creditor Can't Force Offshore Oil Rig Auction
• Boy Scouts Keep At Mediation In Hope Of Broader Ch. 11 Deal
• Some Surfside Condo Owners Ask For Chance To Rebuild
• As Girardi Scandal Deepens, Lawmakers And Bar Trade Blame
• Propane Co., ESOP Trustee Drop Hostile Takeover Suit
• Office Space Renter To Liquidate 8 Locations In Ch. 11
• Harvey Weinstein Extradited To California Ahead Of LA Trial
• The Murky World Of Legal Rankings Gets Some Clarity In NJ
• Examiner Clears Sacklers Of Influencing Purdue's Board
• Girardi Investigations Fizzled Amid Watchdog's 'Mistakes'
• Puerto Rico Fiscal Board Says New Bond Group Is Not Needed
• UnitedLex Must Face Conspiracy Suit Over LeClairRyan Deal
• Rayburn Cooper's Bid To Escape Del. Malpractice Suit Denied
• Drug Distributors Strike $1.1B Opioid Deal, Exit NY Trial
• Winston & Strawn Nabs New Global Bankruptcy Group Leader
• US Trustee Flags Sacklers' Release, Atty Fees In Purdue Plan
• Ex-Girardi Keese Attys Can't Duck Stolen Settlement Claims
• Talc Plaintiffs' Attys Fume At Idea J&J Might Use Ch. 11 Tactic
• Ex-BigLaw Atty, SEC Reach Deal In Securities Fraud Suit
• Accor Says Calif. Hotel Can't Have More Time For Ch. 11 Plan
• Zohar Gets OK To Send Noteholders Financial Info
• Biden Admin. Dropping Appeal In Corinthian Tuition Suit
• Procedural Concerns Block Kumtor Gold's Ch. 11 Injunction
• How Girardi Lowered The Bar
• Girardi Warning Signs Slipped Through Legal Loopholes
• Embracing ESG: Cigna Counsel Talks Employee Wellness
• Emailed Service Good Enough In $600M Utah Mine Suit
• Fla. Condo Collapse Suits Get 'Right Judge At The Right Time'
• Bankruptcy Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2021
• Canadian Pot Co. CannTrust Gets Court OK Of Reorg Plan
• Irish Developer's Clawback Case Ends With $23M Judgment
• Lawmakers Revive Bill To Ban Insider Trading Amid '8-K Gaps'
• Hybrid Work Models Are Key To Gender Parity In Law Firms
• Accountant Says Celebrity Chef Workers Sued Wrong People
• Fla. Court Names Lead Attys In Surfside Condo Collapse Suits
• Conn. Catholic Diocese Hits Ch. 11 Over School Abuse Suits
• Ex-LeClairRyan GC Hit With Criminal Obstruction Charge
• Litigation Funder Says DQ'd NFL Concussion Firm Owes $30M
• 2nd Circ. Deals Blow To Navient's Student Loan Collections
• NYC's Russian Samovar Leaves Ch. 11 To Seek COVID Aid
• Accor Impeded Ch. 11 Case, Calif. Hotel Says
• Kumtor Gold Tries To Bar Kyrgyzstan From Ending Ch. 11
• Ex-XFL Commish 'Evading' Answers In Firing Suit, Court Told
• Girardi Firm Directed Fee Payments To His Wife, Trustee Says
• Pipeline Foods Kicks Off Ch. 11 Case With Buyer Interest
• Parish Finances Fair Game In Long Island Diocese Ch. 11
• Crypto Trader Can't File For Bankruptcy Amid SEC Suit
• Oil Rig Deal Hurt Brazilian Conglomerate, Creditors Say
• Puerto Rico Plan Vote Ruling Waiting On Bond Insurer Deal
• 3 Keys To Winning Your Next Oral Argument
• Justices Should Have Resolved Student Loan Discharge Issue
• Tribal Immunity 'Irrelevant' In Calif. Usury Suit, Judge Says
• Judge Plans To Move Quickly On Sale Of Surfside Property
• US Trustee Rips Forever 21's Ch. 11 Voting Procedures
• Ch. 7 Trustee Objects To OneJet Investors' Settlement
• Puerto Rico Fiscal Board Seeks OK For Bankruptcy Plan Vote
• TECT Aerospace Approved For $13M Ch. 11 Sale To Boeing
• Keys To Efficient And Accurate Doc Review For E-Discovery
• Financier Fights Bankruptcy In €40M Santander HQ Loan Saga
• Avoiding Independent Director Challenges In Ch. 11 Litigation
• Idled St. Croix Refinery Hits Ch. 11 After Regulatory Issues
• Feds Back Off Kossoff As Manhattan DA's Probe Proceeds
• US Trustee Calls For Hold On $29M In Purdue Bonuses
• Katerra Approved For Ch. 11 Loan Deadline Extension
• Finance Partner Heads To Sheppard Mullin In Chicago
• Embracing ESG: Raytheon GC Talks Climate Change
• Liquidator Can't Use Insurers' Assets To Exceed Benefit Caps
• Humanigen, Savant Dispute Over Drug Development Narrowed
• NextEra Asks For 2 Months To Produce Energy Future Docs
• Creditors Can't Claim Tribal Gambling Revenue In Ch. 7
• Restructuring Uncertainty To Continue Through 2021
• Aeromexico Says Shareholders Will Buy New Ch. 11 Equity
• Kyrgyzstan Says Sullivan & Cromwell Can't Rep Gold Mine
• First Wrongful Death Suits Filed After Fla. Condo Collapse
• Minnesota Organic Seed, Food Distributor Hits Ch. 11
• MatlinPatterson Gets Ch. 11 Stay Order To Halt Foreign Cases
• Unions Say Wardman Hotel Can't Ditch Contracts In Sale
• Greensill Says Ch. 11 Finacity Sale Resolves $20M Liability
• States Dismiss 'True Lender' Suit After Congressional Repeal
• US Tobacco Cooperative Hits Ch. 11 With $100M Debt
• Rochester Diocese Defends $35M Deal To Cover Abuse Claims
• Fox Rothschild Adds Financial Bankruptcy Partner In NJ
• 15 States Sign On To $4.5B Opioid Deal With Purdue
• Griddy's Ch. 11 Customer Release Plan Approved In Texas
• High Court Onboards Big ERISA Suit, Leaves Others Behind
• Still No Consensus On Abuse Claims In Boy Scouts Ch. 11
• NYC Atty Faces $2M Default Judgment In Escrow Row
• Funds Can't Intervene In Proposed Luckin Coffee Settlement
• Condo Collapse A 'Wake-Up Call' For Fla. Regulatory Overhaul
• Davis Polk Promotes 9 New Partners, 8 In NY
• EHT Gets OK To Retroactively Reject Queen Mary Lease
• Mass. Ruling A Cautionary Tale For Attorneys Changing Firms
• MatlinPatterson Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Wind Up Funds
• Tom Girardi Victims OK'd To Go After Erika Girardi For Funds
• Grouped Cases Tainted $12M Extortion Trial, 3rd Circ. Told
• The Term Finale: A 'Kumbaya Court'? Not So Fast
• Weinstein Accuser Can Recover Costs Of Ch. 11 Mediation
• Venoco Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks OK For $852M Spill Settlement
• Preparing For Contract Disputes Over Environmental Credits
• Leaky Sub, Rejection Dispute Roils Eagle Hospitality Ch. 11
• Financial Board Sues To Stop New Puerto Rico Pension Plan
• 8th Circ. Affirms Reopening Of Ch. 7 To Avoid $256K Lien
• What Post-COVID Health Provider M&A Could Look Like
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• Returning To Open Court: Excitement, Nerves And Extra Prep
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Medley Creditors Want To File Ch. 11 Plan Of Their Own
• Boy Scouts Oppose Delay In Ch. 11 Doc Approval Hearing
• Top Bankruptcy Cases Of 2021: A Midyear Report
• Justices Seemed Above The Political Fray, Until The Last Day
• Settlement Ends Neiman Marcus' Texas Defamation Fight
• How To Avert Media Narrative And Get A Fair High-Stakes Trial
• Boy Scouts Ink Deal Worth Up To $850M With Abuse Victims
• Weinstein Accuser Defends Bid For Ch. 11 Expenses
• Wells Fargo Sues Hertz Over Ch. 11 Early Note Payoff Charge
• Creditor Can Argue Unjust Enrichment Claim In Coal Co. Fight
• McGuireWoods Lures Restructuring Partner From Thompson
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review