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September 04, 2025
San Francisco Archdiocese Claimants Must Refile Affiliate Suit
A California bankruptcy judge on Thursday told the unsecured creditors committee in the Chapter 11 of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to refile a complaint seeking to declare parish assets estate property, saying the "substance" of the arguments was enough to go forward to trial.
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September 04, 2025
Solar Co. Meyer Burger Unit Gets OK For $29M Ch. 11 Sale
The U.S. unit of Swiss solar-panel maker Meyer Burger secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval Thursday to sell its assets for $28.7 million in Chapter 11, defeating an objection to the deal from unsecured creditors who charged that it benefits secured creditors but no one else.
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September 04, 2025
Solar Co. Mosaic Gets OK For Debt-For-Equity Ch. 11 Plan
A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday approved residential solar panel financing firm Mosaic's plan to reorganize and hand ownership of its loan servicing business to its secured lender, after no buyers came forward at a Chapter 11 auction.
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September 04, 2025
NJ Judge Greenlights Ch. 11 Plan For Real Estate Firm
A New Jersey federal judge said Thursday he will approve a Chapter 11 plan for a troubled real estate investment firm that includes selling an affordable housing complex in Pittsburgh and creating a litigation trust to recover hundreds of millions allegedly stolen by the company's now-imprisoned founder.
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September 04, 2025
Purdue Pharma Approved For $17.5M In Ch. 11 Bonus Plans
Bankrupt pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP received approval from a New York judge Thursday to pay more than $17.5 million in employee bonuses, mirroring the bonus structures of the last few years since the company commenced its Chapter 11 case.
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September 03, 2025
FINRA Targets Ex-Synapse Officers Over Supervisory Failures
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has filed an enforcement action against two former executives of a subsidiary of bankrupt fintech company Synapse, alleging that they failed to properly supervise the subsidiary's cash management program ahead of the middleware provider's collapse.
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September 03, 2025
3rd Circ. Says Preclusion Ends NJ Foreclosure Fight
The Third Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order allowing Nationstar Mortgage to proceed with a home foreclosure sale, finding that the homeowner was trying to relitigate the exact same issues she had already lost in state court.
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September 03, 2025
Silvergate's $37.5M Investor Settlement Gets Final OK
Investors of failed, cryptocurrency-focused Silvergate Bank secured a California federal judge's final approval Wednesday for their $37.5 million settlement of claims alleging the bank misrepresented its safeguards against onboarding customers like the collapsed, fraud-ridden crypto exchange FTX.
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September 03, 2025
Quinn Emanuel Looks To Shut Down Mexican Doc Bid
Quinn Emanuel has asked a Miami federal court to end a Mexican oil company's request for documents relating to three criminal proceedings and in one bankruptcy action, all pending in Mexico, arguing that the requested discovery may be conducted without the aid of U.S. courts.
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September 03, 2025
SilverRock Gets More Time To Control Its Ch. 11 Case
Bankrupt California resort developer SilverRock Development received approval to extend the exclusive control window in its Chapter 11 case for four months, with a Delaware judge saying the debtor has made enough progress in the complex proceedings to warrant the extension.
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September 03, 2025
Liberace Piano Dispute Returns To 1st Circ. After Gibson Win
A Massachusetts music shop took its campaign to hold onto Liberace's rhinestone-encrusted piano to the First Circuit for the second time Wednesday, telling the appellate court that Gibson Guitars should never have been allowed to ask a jury for its return.
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September 03, 2025
Nationwide Unit Needn't Cover Restaurateur In Fraud Disputes
The former co-manager of a defunct Colorado restaurant venture cannot get coverage for a suit alleging he defrauded a lender and a separate bankruptcy proceeding, a New York federal court ruled, finding a Nationwide unit has no duty to defend him under a policy issued to the entity he partnered with.
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September 03, 2025
Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Ex-Asst. To The Solicitor General
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former assistant to the solicitor general whose wealth of appellate experience includes six arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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September 02, 2025
Lowenstein Sandler Fights To Keep Fee Battle With Firm Alive
Lowenstein Sandler LLP urged a New Jersey state court to reject a bid seeking to trim its lawsuit against Trif & Modugno LLC in a legal battle over allegedly unpaid legal services rendered to a cannabis dispensary, saying its claims against the firm are over dishonest business practices and not legal malpractice.
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September 02, 2025
Ex-Crypto Platform Cred Execs Sentenced For $150M Scheme
The former CEO and former chief financial officer behind bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Cred Inc. will serve four years and three years, respectively, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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September 02, 2025
Girardi Co-Attys Can't Revive Elder Abuse, Fiduciary Claims
A California state appeals court has found that claims of financial elder abuse and aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty brought by two of Tom Girardi's co-counsel against his son-in-law were correctly dismissed, as was an aiding and abetting claim against a company run by Girardi's estranged wife.
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September 02, 2025
Spirit Airlines Promises Aggressive Cuts In Second Ch. 11
Spirit Airlines kicked off its second Chapter 11 case in under a year on Tuesday by emphasizing it will more aggressively use the tools of bankruptcy to transform itself into a leaner business with dozens fewer jets, telling a New York federal judge that the case in effect will be the budget air carrier's "first Chapter 11."
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September 02, 2025
Post-Ch. 11 Teligent 'Caremark' Suit Moves Forward In Del.
In a rare decision, Delaware's chancellor on Tuesday kept alive "Caremark" duty of oversight claims against most former officers and directors of a generic-drug maker previously known as Teligent.
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September 02, 2025
Dr. Phil's Media Co. Says It Has Reached Ch. 11 Funding Deal
Attorneys for Merit Street Media, the bankrupt broadcasting group co-founded by Dr. Phil, told a Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday it reached deals to drum up additional Chapter 11 funding and create recoveries for unsecured creditors.
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August 29, 2025
Spirit Airlines Lands In Ch. 11 Again To Rightsize Operations
Less than six months after emerging from a previous Chapter 11 filing, budget air carrier Spirit Airlines landed back in bankruptcy Friday, this time focusing on streamlining its operations following a debt-for-equity swap earlier this year that wiped $795 million of debt off its books.
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August 29, 2025
Quinn Emanuel, Nano Dimension Debate $30M Fee Spat Venue
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has urged a Massachusetts federal court to send a dispute over $30 million in legal fees allegedly owed by former client Desktop Metal back to state court to hash out claims with its parent company Nano Dimension, while Nano says the dispute belongs in Texas bankruptcy court.
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August 29, 2025
DOJ Names Acting Director Of US Trustee's Office
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that Ramona D. Elliott, deputy director of the U.S. Trustee Program, was appointed its acting director, filling a leadership position that had been vacant since President Donald Trump fired the office's previous director in March.
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August 29, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Prosecco DOC Consortium bring an intellectual property claim against a distributor, the Serious Fraud Office bring a civil recovery claim against the ex-wife of a solicitor jailed over a £19.5 million fraud scheme, and law firm Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP sue its former client, the bankrupt Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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August 29, 2025
Furniture Co. Walker Edison Hits Ch. 11 With Quick Sale Plans
Online furniture retailer Walker Edison filed for bankruptcy in Delaware to hold a swift Chapter 11 auction and press on with litigation alleging its former owners saddled it with unsustainable debt to fund a dividend.
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August 28, 2025
Singapore Arbitration Org Begins Ethics, Insolvency Programs
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre has announced it is kicking off two major initiatives with the launch of an ethics institute, as well as a new mechanism through which parties can seek resolution of restructuring and insolvency-related disputes.
Expert Analysis
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Series
Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.
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23andMe Case Highlights Privacy Complexities In Ch. 11
Attorneys at Pryor Cashman discuss the interplay between a sale of personally identifiable information and bankruptcy law in light of genetics and health company 23andMe's recent filing for Chapter 11 relief.
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Series
Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.
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Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield
Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.
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Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind
As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.
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How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence
As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.
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Series
Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer
With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.