Bankruptcy Archive » August, 2021

Bankruptcy - August, 2021

174 articles

• 2nd Circ. Revives Madoff Trustee's Citi Clawback Action
• Santa Fe Resort Opens Ch. 11 With Plan To Finish Upgrades
• AeroCentury's Ch. 11 Plan Cleared For Landing
• What The Nondebtor Release Bill Means For Chapter 11 Filings
• 3rd Circ. Sets Strict Rule For Bankruptcy Bar Dates
• Supreme Court Lawyer Dan Geyser Joins Haynes And Boone
• Jessica Simpson Clothing Brand Owner Hits Ch. 11 In Del.
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
• What The Judiciary's Font Recommendations Can Teach Us
• The Days Of 'Eerie' Bankruptcy Silence Are Numbered
• How Firms Can Help Law Schools Leap Into The Future
• Vaccines, Tuition, Race: The Litigation On Law Schools' Radar
• 4 Ideas For Updating Law Schools Post-Pandemic
• Del. Judge Freezes Assets Tied To Hotel Ch. 11 Fraud Claim
• Maxus Energy Says No To $5.2M Fee For Insurance Consultant
• Highland Capital Investor Seeks Pause Amid Ch. 11 Appeal
• 3rd Circ. Keeps Renco On The Hook For $79M Pension Fee
• Investors Seek OK Of $66.4M CannTrust Deal
• Sacklers Agree To Forgo Non-Opioid Ch. 11 Releases
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-TWA Pilots Urge High Court to Review Seniority Suit
• J&J Won't Be Barred From 'Texas Two-Step' In Delaware Court
• Avenatti's Mistrial Win Will Likely Delay Prison In Nike Case
• Bouchard Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan, Wells Fargo Deal
• OneJet's Ex-Broker Wants To Keep CEO Out Of Investors' Suit
• Litigation Injunctions Extended In Mallinckrodt Ch. 11
• Girardi's Daughter Received Firm Client's Lottery Winnings
• Ex-Girardi Attys' Contempt Hearing Delayed For Now
• Bankrupt Mental Health Clinic Settles FCA Suit For $15M
• Bankrupt Kumtor Gold Wants Kyrgyzstan Fined $1M Per Day
• Purdue Ch. 11 Judge Says Sackler Releases Should Be Tighter
• Trustee Tells High Court Not To Review Revived $31M Suit
• Sugar Co.'s $291M Cuban Port Suit Too Grainy, For Now
• Mallinckrodt Says Letting Injunctions End Puts Ch. 11 At Risk
• American Pharoah Co. Must Turn Over Docs To Ch. 7 Trustee
• Biden Admin. Cracks Down On W.Va. Mine Reclamation
• Alpha Latam Files Ch. 11 Sale Plan With October Auction
• Girardi Keese Owes More Than $101M, Trustee Says
• L'Occitane's US Arm Gets Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed In NJ
• Avenatti Gains Edge As Feds Show Hand In Mistrial
• Trustee For Bankrupt NHL Player Seeks Cash-Property Swap
• Talc Users Seek Court Order To Bar J&J Liability Spinoff
• Imerys Gets OK For $6.2M Ch. 11 Property Acquisitions
• FERC OK'd For Direct 3rd Circ. Appeal In Del. Ch. 11 Dispute
• Key Lessons From Cayman Bank Liquidator Challenge
• Chesapeake Gets OK For $6.3M Settlement, $2.9M In Atty Fees
• 11th Circ. Suggests Lab Ignored Mintz Advice Over Fees
• Avenatti Wins Calif. Wire Fraud Mistrial Over Brady Violation
• How The 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar Through COVID
• No More Speeches, Settle This Ch. 11, Purdue Judge Urges
• Akerman Nabs McGuireWoods Bankruptcy Expert In DC
• Pot Co. IAnthus' Lenders Seek More Time To Close Debt Plan
• Airline Can't Duplicate Suit Claiming Feds Withheld Refund
• Ex-CEO's Trial Lawyer Calls Distraction Allegation False
• Texas Bankruptcy Courts' Virtual Hearings Benefit All Parties
• Boy Scouts Victim Attys Seek Probe Of $1.3B Insurer Liability
• US Trustee Opposes Ch. 11 Fees For MTE Service Providers
• Tom Girardi Disbarred From Central Calif. Federal Court
• Pandemic Tests Hospitality Industry At Midyear Point
• Crystallex Stockholders Battle In Del. For Ch. 15 Examiner
• How A New Law Changes Commercial Receiverships In Conn.
• Kossoff Wants To Challenge Chapter 7 Discovery Order
• 2nd Circ. Partially Upholds Tribune Advisers' MDL Dismissal
• Jeffer Mangels' Hospitality Chair Sees A Tale Of Two Cities
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Judge Urges Attention To Individual Stories In Purdue Ch. 11
• ArcelorMittal, Owed $1.4B, Targets Essar Over Alleged Fraud
• Boy Scouts Ch. 11 Judge OKs $850M Victims Settlement Pool
• Bank's Execs Admit Lying About Money In Asset-Shift Scheme
• Mayer Brown Adds Finance Partner From Katten In Chicago
• Why A Missed Email Could Cost You Your Case
• Office Space Renter RGN Group Wins Ch. 11 Plan Nod In Del.
• Avenatti Asks Fed Agent Why 'Nothing' Done To Find Key Data
• Venoco Tells High Court To Scrap Calif. Takings Suit Challenge
• 2nd Circ. Revives Upstate NY Superfund Cleanup Fight
• Millennium Tower Atty Expects Insurance Shifts After Surfside
• Shuttered Silicon Valley Hotel Wins Ch. 11 Plan OK
• Ex-Purdue Chair Denies Blame For Opioid Crisis
• Judge Pushes Surfside On Condo Collapse Site Zoning Plan
• Judge Won't Pause Suit Seeking $4.5M From NY Atty
• Avenatti Kicks Off Defense Calling Ex-Law Firm Colleague
• Sacklers Say They'll Fight Any Attempt To Foil Ch. 11 Releases
• Insurers Call Boy Scouts Del. Ch. 11 Schedules Unworkable
• Basic Energy Enters Ch. 11 To Sell Oil & Gas, Water Assets
• Consolidated Surfside Complaint Targets Condo Association
• 5th Circ. Says CEO Must Pay Wells Fargo, Trustmark $58.7M
• These Law Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• 7th Circ. Ruling Highlights ERISA Contradiction
• Insurer Warns Scouts' Del. Ch. 11 Deal Could Backfire Badly
• Court-Appointed Receivers Immune From Suits, 3rd Circ. Says
• Sackler Reps Say They Can't Sell Assets Without Releases
• Ex-Girardi Atty, Edelson Spar Over Contempt Testimony
• FTC Fights Frontier's Bid To Nix Suit Over Internet Speeds
• Tribal Loan Cos. Immune To Bankruptcy Suit, 1st Circ. Told
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• Avenatti Wove 'Spider Web' With Clients' Money, Jury Told
• Sacklers' Ch. 11 Releases Are Fair, Supporting States Say
• Robbins Geller To Lead Credit Suisse Investor Class Action
• Insurers Press Boy Scouts On Groups Left Out Of Ch. 11 Deal
• High Court Asked To Strike Down Bankrupt Lab's $31M Suit
• 5 Reasons Lawyers Often Fail To Secure Litigation Funding
• Russian Oligarch Can Keep UK Home Ahead Of £1.3B Trial
• YouTube Celeb 'Devastated' Avenatti Stole Her $4M, Jury Told
• Camera Co. Off Hook For Defunct Unit's Contract Breach
• Boy Scouts In Talks To Bring Troop Sponsors Into Ch. 11 Deal
• Purdue's Ch. 11 Trial Opens With Attacks On Sackler Releases
• NJ Law Firm Beats Bankruptcy Deal In Split 3rd Circ. Ruling
• Despite Giuliani's Assertion, Lawyers Cannot 'Throw A Fake'
• Unpaid Potter Anderson Cleared To Exit Ch. 11 Counsel Role
• It's Time To Upgrade Our Attorney Licensure Rules
• Buchanan Ingersoll Adds 2 Counsel In Miami
• Limetree Bay Gets OK For $10M DIP Draw, September Auction
• Insurers Want Access To Long Island Diocese's Ch. 11 Claims
• Mallinckrodt Asks For Another 3-Month Hold On Product Suits
• $95M Ch. 7 Suit Says Black Diamond Looted Bayou Steel
• CBL Gets Ch. 11 Confirmation Nod Over Equity Objections
• Avenatti Trial Delayed By Juror's Possible COVID-19 Exposure
• Data-Based Predictions On Case Timelines After Pandemic
• NY Bankruptcy Preemption Case Needs High Court Review
• Ex-Client Says Avenatti Gave 'Excuses' About Missing Millions
• Del. Justices Vacate Tonopah Solar Project Books Ruling
• Seadrill Days Drilling Contract Deal Moves Ch. 11 Forward
• Congress' Bankruptcy Bills May Be Too Clumsy To Work
• US Trustee Says 2nd Circ. Fee Ruling Needs En Banc Redo
• Girardi Says He Won't Talk At Lion Air Contempt Hearing
• Embracing ESG
• AeroCentury Says It Has Sponsors For Ch. 11 Reorganization
• Bryan Cave Adds Finance Partner From Vedder Price
• Judge Rebukes Limetree Bay DIP For Cutting $10M From Offer
• Retail Bond Committee Denied In Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
• Ponzi Investors Ink $54M Deal In Suit Against Comerica
• Alaska Oil Co. Furie Execs Hit With $100M Suit In Texas
• Long Island Diocese Says Sexual Abuse Claims Exceed 150
• Purdue Allotted 10 Days For Ch. 11 Confirmation Trial
• Retention Is Key To Meaningful Diversity At Law Firms
• Avenatti YouTuber Client's Millions Missing In 'Ether,' Jury Told
• 9th Circ. Won't Resurrect Malpractice Suit Against O'Melveny
• Suppliers Dispute Pipeline Foods' Ch. 11 Cash Protections
• Surfside Condo Victims Fear Repairs May Spoil Evidence
• Landslide Victims Want Ch. 11 Pause Of Ryan Homes Suit
• Washington Prime Cancels Auction For Lack Of Bids
• Purdue Pharma Says Sackler Releases Are Vital To Ch. 11 Plan
• Credit Suisse To Pay Out $400M More To Greensill Investors
• 8th Circ. Says Court Hastily Invoked Ch. 11 'Mootness' Rule
• Ex-Client Says Avenatti Stole $1M, Gave Him Fake Legal Docs
• Bankrupt Thai Budget Airline Gets Creditor OK For Rehab Plan
• Consultant's Insurers Sue To Deny Condo Collapse Coverage
• Bouchard Gets OK For $245M Oil Barge Fleet Sale
• Weinstein's Brother Can Keep His Profits From 'Scream 4'
• Avenatti Never Explained Client's Missing $4M, Atty Says
• Sale-Bound Alpha Latam Gets OK In Del. For $45M Ch. 11 DIP
• Kyrgyzstan Says Sovereign Immunity Nulls Ch. 11 Ruling
• Ex-Weinstein Chair Says Hearsay Used In Ch. 11 'Scream' Row
• Equity Holdouts Lose $18M Claim In Ruby Tuesday Ch. 11
• Avoiding Unauthorized Practice Of Law In Remote Work
• Greensill Moves Toward Finacity Sale Despite Terms Changes
• Avenatti Brings Ex-Client To Tears During Cross-Examination
• Alpha Latam's DIP Loan Near Collapse At 11th Hour
• Katerra Gets OK For $71M Ch. 11 Sale Of Manufacturing Plants
• Renovate America Files $750K Ch. 11 Deal With Former Officer
• Mallinckrodt Ch. 11 Creditor Blasts Proposed Payout Plan
• Willkie Hires Ex-PwC Pro For Tax Practice In NY
• Senate Bill Would Expand Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge
• California Pizza Kitchen Hits Insurer With Virus Coverage Suit
• Private Equity Affiliates Can't Pause $118M Judgment
• Ropes-Led SVPGlobal Nabs $5B For 5th Distressed Debt Fund
• Bankrupt Limetree Bay Set To Shut Down St. Croix Refinery
• Texas PUC Can't Quash Brazos Ch. 11 Document Demands
• Del. Judge OKs Avadim's $70M Ch. 11 Debt Takeback Sale
• Nine Point Ch. 11 Sale Upheld Over Caliber Appeal
• Ex-Astros Owner Asks Texas Justices To End Fraud Suit
• 5th Circ. Tosses $15M Award In Real Estate Investment Case
• McDermott Adds Ex-Foley Atty In Dallas, Eyes Austin Office
• Consumer Lender Says Accounting Errors Triggered Ch. 11