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March 27, 2026
Two former Kirkland & Ellis LLP restructuring attorneys have joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as partners in the capital structure solutions practice.
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March 26, 2026
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Thursday said he wasn't ready to give final approval to a debt rollup proposed in Multi-Color Corp.'s Chapter 11 case, throwing into question one of the postpetition financing backers' willingness to fund the debtor's operations.
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March 26, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office and a group of creditors have urged a New York bankruptcy judge to reject mining company Vanderbilt Minerals' bid to retain Jones Day as counsel, arguing the law firm is conflicted because it represented the debtor's parent company prior to Vanderbilt's Chapter 11 case.
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March 26, 2026
A judge in the Eastern District of Texas denied a bid by cryptocurrency mining company Core Scientific Inc. to move a case accusing it of infringing cryptography patents to the Western District of Texas, saying Core had not shown that it was clearly a more convenient venue.
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March 26, 2026
Cryptocurrency firm BlockFills secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's permission Thursday to temporarily block a lawsuit from creditors alleging the company and three current and former executives failed to properly manage customer assets.
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March 26, 2026
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday stayed actions against the U.S. subsidiaries of Cannabist Company Holdings as the bankrupt Canadian company moves to sell its assets or wind them down.
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March 25, 2026
Investors in bankrupt electric vehicle company Arrival have gotten final approval for their nearly $13.3 million deal ending claims the company touted a purportedly profitable business plan as it went public via merger with a special purpose acquisition company only to scale back its projections within a year of the merger announcement.
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March 25, 2026
Two taxpayer groups and a tax counsel association urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a woman's appeal over liabilities triggered by a fraudulent preparer, arguing the Third Circuit decision in the case misread the fraud exception in the tax assessment statute.
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March 25, 2026
Former CEOs of bankrupt electric-truck maker Nikola Corp. can't hit pause on proposed investor class action claims they face while related claims against the company are stayed amid its bankruptcy proceedings, an Arizona federal judge has determined.
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March 25, 2026
Microbiome treatment developer Finch Therapeutics told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday that its lack of income or ability to collect on a patent judgment justified its Chapter 11 filing despite a lack of secured debts.
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March 25, 2026
Lenders to Serta Simmons Bedding presented closing arguments in Texas bankruptcy court Wednesday in a trial over damages that investors excluded from the mattress maker's 2020 "uptier" deal say they should be awarded, an issue which the presiding judge expects to decide on in the next few months.
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March 25, 2026
Ashurst LLP has announced the addition of a four-partner team in New York to expand its finance and restructuring capacities ahead of a proposed merger with Perkins Coie LLP.
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March 25, 2026
The foreign representative for Cannabist Company Holdings Inc., a purveyor of cannabis products, asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday to recognize the company's Canadian insolvency in U.S. courts as it seeks to sell operations it is running in the U.S.
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March 24, 2026
A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday said German research institute Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's delay in bringing a patent suit against SiriusXM was fatal to its claims, after the Federal Circuit previously said the judge must look closer at whether that delay was relied upon by Sirius.
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March 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether the Fifth Circuit erred in letting judicial estoppel bar a Chapter 13 debtor from pursuing tort litigation after failing to disclose the claim to a bankruptcy court, weighing whether to apply a holistic test to determine if the debtor's mistake was inadvertent.
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March 24, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a jury verdict finding a Chinese pool parts company liable for falsely advertising its products as made in the USA as part of a larger judgment favoring a North Carolina manufacturer that has since ballooned to over $17 million.
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March 24, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday gave Genesis Healthcare permission to pay up to $7.3 million in bonuses to executives and other employees, agreeing with the nursing home chain that the workers are needed to keep the business running until its Chapter 11 sale closes.
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March 24, 2026
Beasley Allen urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court's decision to disqualify it from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, arguing that the court's immediate review of the interlocutory order is "essential."
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March 24, 2026
First Brands has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to let the auto parts supplier wind down some of its remaining businesses, including several brake components brands and its Autolite spark plug unit.
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March 23, 2026
A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday ordered incarcerated FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to reveal how much, if any, attorney help he had in drafting his motion for a new trial, saying criminal defendants don't have the right to both represent themselves and be represented by counsel.
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March 23, 2026
The Fourth Circuit has declined to revive a debtor's lawsuit claiming his mortgage servicers violated bankruptcy protections, finding that none of the monthly account statements, payoff statements and tax statements the servicers sent him were related to debt collection.
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March 23, 2026
A hotel north of New York City that had agreed to provide long-term shelter for asylum-seekers, and was subsequently sued by a municipality for doing so, has filed for Chapter 11 protection, listing between $1 million and $10 million worth of assets and liabilities.
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March 23, 2026
Four groups of amici have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Johnson & Johnson's challenge to a Third Circuit decision allowing a securities class action over its talc products to proceed, warning the ruling could reshape how shareholder suits are litigated nationwide.
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March 23, 2026
North Carolina's highest court has upheld a six-figure unjust enrichment verdict favoring the founder of the organic supermarket chain Earth Fare in a split decision that set off a debate among the justices about what is required to prove a state Wage and Hour Act claim.
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March 23, 2026
A company that develops treatments to improve the health of the body's microbiome sought Chapter 11 protection, saying it had never generated a positive cash flow and faces unresolved litigation and a burdensome lease.