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Bankruptcy - January, 2024

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• Raymond James Can't Avoid Bankruptcy Trust's Bond Claims
• US Bid To Seize Assets In BlockFi Case Hits Another Snag
• Renewable Lumber Biz Can Tap $12M Of DIP For Ch. 11 Plan
• FTX Intends To Pay Customers In Full Under New Ch. 11 Plan
• FTX Can Estimate Digital Claims In US Dollars, Judge Says
• NYC Developer Gets OK To Seek Votes For Ch. 11 Plan
• Terraform Says Impending SEC Fine Proves It's In Distress
• Giuliani Seeks Ch. 11 Apartment Sale, Sets Cooperative Tone
• 5 Reasons Associates Shouldn't Take A Job Just For Money
• Calif. Says FDIC Owes Signature Bank's Unpaid Taxes
• SVB Cayman Unit Seeks FDIC Probe On Customer Deposits
• Lordstown Wants More Time To File Ch. 11 Plan
• Va. Appeals Court Says Med Mal Suit Not Lost In Bankruptcy
• Kwok Trustee Can Probe Law Firm Pick & Zabicki, Car Dealers
• Judge Nixes Cryptic Ch. 11 Disclosures For NY Diocese
• NRA GC Says LaPierre Sidestepped Some Legal Approvals
• US Trustee Opposes 'Backdoor' Releases In Genesis Ch. 11
• Trustee Sues Big Investors In Failed Calif. Debt Firm
• US Trustee Takes Aim At Syracuse Diocese Ch. 11 Releases
• Fennemore Craig Growing In Calif. With Sullivan Hill Merger
• Watchdog Wants Ch. 11 Fee Nixed Over Attorney-Judge Ties
• Terraform Will Use Ch. 11 To Craft Appeal Of SEC Crypto Case
• Playing Competitive Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Coffee Co. Says Ch. 11 Sale May Sort Nicaraguan Seizure Row
• Sustainable Logging Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $367M Debt
• Split Pa. Justices Let Bankrupt City's Receiver Keep Power
• Fruit Co.'s Ex-CEO Calls Ch. 11 Deal A 'Manipulation' Tactic
• US Trustee, Rite Aid Negotiate Revised Mediation Order
• Kidde-Fenwal Asks To Extend Ch. 11 Mediation Another Month
• LaPierre Takes Some Blame, Backing NRA's 'Victim' Defense
• The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Djerassi On Super Bowl 52
• FTX Strikes $16M Deal To End Donations Clawback Suit
• Yellow Corp. Calls Pension Arbitration Demand 'Nonsense'
• Reverse Merger Tips For Biotechs After SEC's Recent Actions
• Judge Might Screen Stimwave Ch. 11 Filings To Avoid 'Chaos'
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Shumaker Can't Get Double Fees For Appeal, Wilkes Says
• Paul Hastings Boosts Restructuring Growth With Kirkland Atty
• NY Guidelines Bring Clarity To Prepackaged Chapter 11 Cases
• ​​​​​​​China Evergrande Ordered In Hong Kong To Liquidate
• NRA Paid For Luxury Expenses, LaPierre Confirms
• TIAA Sues Ex-SVB Execs Over Losses From Bank's Failure
• Kirkland, Other Firms Seek $23M Fees In Cyxtera Ch. 11
• Unpaid Royalties Not Ch. 11 Estate Property, 3rd Circ. Says
• Pa. Judge OKs Stream TV Ch. 11 Trustee, Del. Debt Action
• Ebix Ch. 11 Financing Survives Challenge To $70M Roll Up
• Insurers Say Imerys' Mediation Request Cuts Them Out
• COVID-19 Sends Canadian '4D' Movie Co. To Ch. 15 In Del.
• Patent Manager IPwe Plans Ch. 11 Sale With Shareholder Bid
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2024 Editorial Boards
• Considerations For Lawyer Witnesses After FTX Trial
• Piper Aircraft Asks Fla. Court To Modify Claims Trust
• Marketing Co.'s Unsecured Creditors Blast Sale Proposal
• Bankrupt Water Gremlin Says It Wants To Survey Tort Claims
• Eye Care Tech Co. Gets Tentative OK For $8M DIP
• Insurer Can't Block Chapter 11 Asbestos Plan, Justices Told
• Gambling Biz Ch. 11 Approval Must Be Undone, Court Told
• US Fights Trustee's Demand Of Avenatti's Tax Return Info
• Service Snag Delays Hospital Operator's Ch. 11 Confirmation
• 6th Circ. Won't Reverse 'Willy-Nilly' For Investment Firm
• Aircraft Biz, Noteholders Spar Over Recap Deal In Ch. 11 Trial
• Patent Marketplace Co. IPwe Hits Ch. 11 In Del.
• Brazilian Airline GOL Files Ch. 11 With Over $1B Debt Load
• Glenn Beck Tries To Sink Canceled-Cruise Suit In Arkansas
• Employee Experience Strategy Can Boost Law Firm Success
• Latham Ducks Sanctions In Sorrento Ch. 11
• PG&E Judge Voices 'Frustration' At Atty Arguing Counsel Bid
• Chancery Taps Lampert For $18.3M After Unfair Sears Deal
• ​​​​​​​NRA Obscured Expenses With Ad Agency's Aid, Jury Hears
• ​​​​​​​Alex Jones Creditors Can Vote On Competing Ch. 11 Plans
• Ex-Workers Seek $69K Default Win In Celebrity Chef Suit
• Gas Tanker Co. Eletson Seeks Litigation Trust In Ch. 11
• Leaner SPAC Market Expected In Wake Of Tougher SEC Rules
• Puerto Rico Bank Sues Ex-Execs Over Legal Fee Approvals
• Amyris Says Claim Releases Needed For Post-Ch. 11 Success
• Del. Court Fine With Process For Kidde-Fenwal FCR Pick
• Fla. Atty Escapes Sanctions After Clients Penalized
• Medical Scrubs Co. Gets OK To Tap $125M Ch. 11 Financing
• Trader's Fraud Caused Broker-Dealer's Collapse, Jury Hears
• Texas Judge Orders SmileDirectClub To Convert To Ch. 7
• FTX Inches Toward Ch. 11 Examiner Appointment
• Seyfarth Starts Restructuring Practice, Adds 3 BCLP Partners
• Accused Fraudster Hurting Policyholders, NC Justices Told
• Competing In Triathlons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Stricter SEC Rules Raise The Bar For SPAC Offerings
• Oliver North Tells Jury Of Blowback In Pushing For NRA Audit
• 50 Cent Can Look At Ex-Liquor Boss's Assets For $7M Award
• Crypto VC Lenders Want Conn. Securities Suit Kept Alive
• PG&E Beats $2.5B Negligence Suit Over Blackouts At 9th Circ.
• Del. Judge Nixes Bidder Fees In Humanigen Ch. 11
• Ex-CEO's Counterclaims Not Allowed, Insys Trustee Says
• ​​​​​​​Ch. 11 Preference Claims Can Be Sold, 5th Circ. Says
• US Trustee Not Auditing Enough Debtor Filings, Report Says
• ​​​​​​​'Two-Step' Bankruptcies Abuse Law, AGs Tell Justices
• Data Co. Near Intelligence Taps Full $16M DIP Before Auction
• Where Justices Stand On Chevron Doctrine Post-Argument
• 4th Circ. Leery Of Mogul's Bid To Dodge $524 Award
• The Competing Goals Of Environmental And Bankruptcy Laws
• Proterra Told To Rework Shareholder Releases In Ch. 11 Plan
• Medical Scrubs Co. Enters Ch. 11 As COVID Biz Boost Slows
• 6 Practice Pointers For Pro Bono Immigration Practice
• Oliver North Was Shocked At NRA's Legal Fees, Jury Hears
• Mallinckrodt Trust Can Pursue Covidien Clawback Claims
• Electric Car SPAC Suit Still Has Charge, Chancery Says
• Alameda Drops Chancery Case Against Grayscale
• Medical Practice Execs Call Health Co. Suit 'Vendetta'
• Kwok Trustee Questions Timing Of Newest Stay Bid
• Medical Software Co. Eye Care Leaders OK'd For Joint Ch. 11
• Kidde-Fenwal Backs Pick For Future Claims Rep
• Skin Care Drug Co. Timber Gets OK For Ch. 11 Sale To Lender
• White & Case Can Be Special Counsel In Alpine Ch. 11 Action
• Oil Services Co. Seeks Refinery Pollution Coverage
• Lessons From Country Singer's Personal Service Saga
• Mall REIT's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd Without Creditor Claims Releases
• How Lease Obligations Can Affect Subchapter V Debt Cap
• Lewis Brisbois Faces DQ Bid In Scooter Injury Suit
• Crypto Software Developer Terraform Files For Ch. 11
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• McKesson Can't End A&P Creditors' $67M Clawback Suit
• NYC Sues FDIC Over $2.1M In Tax Claims Against SVB
• Mich. Judge Ends Class Action Bid In Takings Case
• Kwok Daughter Says Trustee Can't Bill Her For Taking The 5th
• UpHealth's 'Full Pay' Ch. 11 Plan On Horizon, Committee Says
• NRA Silenced Board Member After Ch. 11 Motion, Jury Told
• Off The Bench: Dolan Sued, Bally-Amazon Deal, NIL Hearing
• Giuliani Gets Ch. 11 OK To Seek Redo Of $148M Penalty
• Ex-Judge Not Immune In Secret Relationship Suit, Court Told
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SVB Cayman Unit Files Ch. 15 To Obtain Info About Deposits
• 3rd Circ. Sides With US Trustee In Battle For FTX Examiner
• SmileDirectClub Pushes Ch. 11 Wind-Down, Fights Ch. 7 Bids
• Kirkland Seeks $78M As Debtors' Counsel To Celsius Network
• Stimwave's Ex-CEO Wants Bankruptcy Case Stayed
• Ga. Poll Workers Blast Giuliani's Bid To Appeal $148M Award
• Genesis Says Gemini's $800M Collateral Claim Not Secured
• Kwok Trustee Says 'Shell Game' Is Foiling Clawback Timeline
• Bang Energy Trustee Tags Ex-CEO In Clawback Suit
• SEC, US Trustee Object To Releases In Amyris' Ch. 11 Plan
• US Trustee Balks At Kidde-Fenwal Pick For Future Claims Rep
• Cybersecurity Biz IronNet's Equity Swap Ch. 11 Plan OK'd
• 2 Kramer Levin NY Attys To Lead Distressed Investing Team
• Quinn Emanuel Says Judge Is Right To Block Subpoena
• US Trustee Opposes Mall Owner's Ch. 11 Plan Over Releases
• Madoff Trustee Slams Katten's Bid To Pull Out As AIA Counsel
• Clothier Anne Fontaine Hits Ch. 11 After Pandemic Slump
• Eye Care Software Co. Seeks Ch. 11 With Up To $1B Debt
• SmileDirect Defends Ch. 11 Deal After US Trustee's Objection
• FTX, IRS Clash Over Burden Of Proof In Tax Fight
• 2nd Circ. Vacates Social Media Ownership Order In Bridal Suit
• Fruit Grower Gets OK For $22M DIP To Wrap Up Ch. 11
• Alex Jones Spars With Creditors Over Competing Ch. 11 Plans
• Rite Aid Ch. 11 Stay Doesn't Apply To Execs, Investors Say
• NY CRE Lenders Need Clarity On Foreclosure Standing
• Pa. Panel Rules Sears Ch. 11 Stay Prevented Case Dismissal
• Bally Sports Parent Strikes Ch. 11 Plan Deal With Amazon
• Amazon Brand Buyer Gets OK To Exit Ch. 11 With Debt Swap
• Baking Bread Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Software Co. Ebix Can Pay Bonuses In Ch. 11
• Judge Says NY Diocese Must Explain Its Ch. 11 Plan Better
• Texas Judge Orders Compliance With GenesisCare's Ch. 11
• Aircraft Parts Co. Must Face Contract Claims In Ch. 11 Suit
• Credit One Bank Wants Class Nixed In Consumer Bankruptcy
• Stimwave Trustee Seeks To Sanction Founders In Del. Ch. 11
• Embattled Burger Chain Not Paying Property Taxes, Suit Says
• Fruit Producer's Prepetition Lenders Object To $22M DIP Loan
• Canadian Newspaper Co. Pursues Sale With Ch. 15 Relief
• Reverse Mortgage Co. Seeks Ch. 7 After Money Runs Out
• SBF's Parents Blast FTX's 'Threadbare' Adversary Proceeding
• Alex Jones, Creditors To Present Ch. 11 Plans Next Week
• BlockFi Borrower Says Predatory Loans Justify $10M Claim
• Crypto Miner Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Cutting $400M Debt
• Federal Courts And AI Standing Orders: Safety Or Overkill?
• ​​​​​​​24 Hour Fitness Asks To Keep COVID Coverage Claims Alive
• O'Melveny Adds Bankruptcy Ace From Buchalter In LA
• Produce Co. Asks Why Bankruptcy Doesn't Bar $1.3M Suit
• Bill Could Pave Path To 'Safer' Banking For Cannabis Industry
• Entertainment Finance Pro Jumps To Moore & Van Allen
• 11 More Rite Aid Locations Up For Sale In Ch. 11
• NRA Jury Hears Of Ex-CFO's Perks, Payments To Ex-Girlfriend
• Asbestos Claimants Seek Appeal On Aldrich Ch. 11 Dismissal
• Chinese Builder Logan Group Reaches $6.6B Debt Deal
• Vyera Ch. 11 Trustee Wants To Claw Back $10M From Supplier
• DirecTV Blasts Bally's Bid To Recoup Cut MLB TV Payments
• 7 E-Discovery Predictions For 2024 And Beyond
• Jackson Walker, Kirkland Sued Over Ex-Judge's Relationship
• Yellow Corp. Gets OK For $82M In Truck Terminal Sales
• Canadian Green Building Co. Nexii Files Ch. 15 In Delaware
• Aircraft Parts Supplier Incora Can Solicit Votes For Ch. 11 Plan
• Solar Co. Seeks To Halt Conn. AG's Lawsuit After Ch. 7 Filing
• In Pitch For Fees, Celsius Creditors Say They Were Ch. 11 Key
• First Citizens Gets 2nd Shot At 'Confusing' SVB Secrets Suit
• Retiring NY Bankruptcy Judge Will Stay On Bench For 2024
• Instant Brands Cleared For New Ch. 11 Exec Bonus Metrics
• Judge Moves $1.59M From Co. That Funded Kwok's Lifestyle
• NY Marketing Co. Can Take Acquisition Dispute To Mediation
• Developer China Aoyuan Gets Go-Ahead For Ch. 15 In NY
• Linklaters Guides Reuters On $627M Payments Co. Buy-Up
• Teamsters Fund Wants $5B Plan Withdrawal Fight Arbitrated
• AmeriFirst Backs Lender In Creditors' $10.3M Clawback Bid
• NY Marketing Co. Wants To Mediate Acquisition Dispute
• US Trustee Calls SmileDirect Ch. 11 Deal An Improper Plan
• Celsius Insurers Seek OK To Pay Execs' Defense Costs
• NYC Condo Complex Gets Interim OK To Use Cash In Ch. 11
• Bankrupt Co. Asks Court To Reject Gulfstream Supply Deal
• Recycling Co. Gets OK For Debt-Equity Swap In Ch. 11
• Fla. Resort Debtors File For Ch. 7 After Soured $102M Sale
• Kwok Daughter Should Cover Discovery Fee, Trustee Says
• Sanitizer Co.'s Ch. 11 Agent Faces Jackson Walker Fee Depo
• 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2024
• Key Issues When Navigating A Tenant's Bankruptcy
• Ex-Platinum Exec Avoids Prison For Bond Fraud Conviction
• SBF Brings Aboard Marc Mukasey Ahead Of Likely Appeal
• Insurer Asks NC Justices To Help Secure $524M Judgment
• Fruit Grower Seeks $22M DIP To Fund Ch. 11
• Justices Examine Proposed Retroactive US Trustee Fee Fixes
• NRA Calls Itself A 'Victim' Of LaPierre In NY Trial Opening
• Creditor Brings Law Firm Fraud Payout Fight To 3rd Circ.
• Amyris Fights Claims In Cannabis IP Row By Defining 'Under'
• Oakland Diocese, Creditors And Insurers To Hold Plan Talks
• NYC Developer's Final DIP OK'd, Paving Path For Ch. 11 Plan
• Kwok Pleads 'Absolutely Not Guilty' To Racketeering Charges
• Ex-Troutman Pepper Bankruptcy Head Joining ArentFox Schiff
• Scooter-Sharing Co. Wants Injury Suit Paused For Ch. 11
• Dentons Adds Bankruptcy Pro In Dallas From Bonds Ellis
• Vacuum-Pump Biz Owner Defends $59.7M Transfers Pre-Ch. 7
• Rite Aid Gets OK For $575M Sale Of Pharma Benefits Program
• Supreme Court Is Suddenly Embroiled In A Term For The Ages
• Audacy Advances Ch. 11 Prepack To Slash $1.6B In Debt
• Invictus Global Moves Chancery Fee Suit To Federal Court
• Ex-NRA Chief Created 'Culture Of Secrecy,' NY AG Tells Jury
• Celsius' Pro Se Creditors Say They Deserve Expense Awards
• Covington Nabs 2 Bankruptcy Vets From Mintz
• SmileDirect Hit With WARN Act Suit After Failed Ch. 11 Sale
• DC Couple Urge Justices To OK 'Manufactured' Finality
• Humanigen Gets Access To New Cash For Ch. 11 Process
• Troubled RV Conversion Co. Pivots To Liquidation
• Proterra To Sell Electric-Bus Business For $10M In Ch. 11
• Instant Brands Gets OK For Creditor Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
• Biofuel Co. Ryze Gets OK On Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan
• DOJ Wants Federal Rule Barring 'Judge Shopping'
• NYC Condo Complex Owned By Chinese Developer Hits Ch. 11
• Justices Reject Ch. 7 Trustee Bid For Ponzi Case Clawback
• Justices Won't Take Up Venezuela Debt Challenge
• Radio Broadcaster Audacy Hits Ch. 11 With $2B Debt
• Girardi '​​​​​​​Exaggerating His Symptoms,' Unsealed Order Says
• SEC Says Ex-FTX Auditor Shouldn't Dodge Independence Suit
• Taser Secures $8M IP Win Due To Discovery Sanctions
• Up Next At High Court: Court Notices, Fees & No Fly List
• Kwok Renews Ch. 11 Halt Bid After New Racketeering Charge
• Opioid Trust Isn't For Care Claims Trader, Trustee Argues
• Fed. Circ. Ruling Seemingly Offers PTAB Deadline Immunity
• HSBC Unit Can't Duck $124M Madoff Suit In New York
• Securing Financial Transparency In Chapter 11 Reporting
• Giuliani Seeks Bankruptcy Court OK To Appeal $148M Verdict
• Bankrupt Coal Co. Execs Settle 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• Irish Landowner Asks High Court To Review €18M Clawback
• 4 Legal Ethics Considerations For The New Year
• Latham Denies Exploiting Texas Judge Scandal For Fees
• FTX Seeks OK To Sell Off $222M In Bahamas Real Estate
• Off The Bench: FIFA Brawl, Bally NHL Deal, Cheer Settlements
• Barretts Minerals To Mediate Ch. 11 Talc Liability
• Biggest Personal Injury And Med Mal Court Decisions In 2023
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Puerto Rico Utility Wants To Drop Union Contracts, Pension
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Revival Of Nine West Fraud Claims
• Prosecutors Add Racketeering Charges To Ho Wan Kwok Case
• Humanigen Hits Ch. 11 After COVID Drug Denied Authorization
• Kwok Trustee, Feds Get OK To Divvy Up $26M Mansion
• Securities Question Stands After Contradicting Crypto Rulings
• Judge Won't Set Deadline For Duet Group Founder Asset Sale
• St. Louis Bankruptcy Atty Denies Defrauding State, Lenders
• Ex-BakerHostetler Atty Returns After Lordstown Bankruptcy
• Kidde-Fenwal Proposes Future Claims Rep In Ch. 11 Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cigna, Bain Capital, Amazon
• What The Law Firm Of The Future Will Look Like
• Celsius Owes $8M For Contract Breach, Crypto Co. Says
• Celsius Fights Borrower Group's $1M Atty Fee Bid
• California Catholic Friars File Ch. 11 Over Sex Abuse Claims
• Madoff Ch. 7 Trustee Waived $234M Clawback, Investor Says
• Bally Sports Parent Gets New NHL Deal Approved In Ch. 11
• 4 PR Pointers When Your Case Is In The News
• 3 Pointers From Tilton Case To Help Win Advancement Suits
• Bridal Dressmaker's Ch. 11 Plan Would Protect Shareholders
• Trustees For Duet Group Founder Fight Bid To Rein Them In
• Chilean Wind Power Co. Gets OK For Prepack Reorg Plan
• Feds Plan To Drop 2nd Trial Against Bankman-Fried
• Cole Schotz Names 6 Attys As Members In 3 US States
• Cullen And Dykman Adds Ch. 7-Focused Bankruptcy Partner
• Instant Brands To Tweak Bonuses After Failed Ch. 11 Sale
• Core Scientific Seeks OK For $10M Deal With Sphere, Gryphon
• Solar Installer Retreats To Ch. 7 With More Than $100M In Debt
• Recycling Company's Ch. 11 Plan Draws Regulator Objection
• US Trustee Urges Judge To Reject Lordstown's Ch. 11 Plan
• Girardi Competent To Face Criminal Charges, Judge Rules
• Car Parts Platform Gets OK To Tap $18.3M Ch. 11 Financing
• Former Bankruptcy Judge Claims Immunity From Ethics Suit
• NY REIT Plans Wind-Down After $1.25B In Investment Losses
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