November 04, 2021
Puerto Rico's fiscal oversight board declared Thursday that it will move ahead with confirmation hearings next week on an eighth amended bankruptcy reorganization plan that eliminates modifications or cuts to the pensions of active or retired commonwealth employees, heading off major opposition.
November 01, 2021
Puerto Rico's Financial Oversight and Management Board told a New York federal judge Monday it would be sending out updated notices to commonwealth employees and retirees, explaining the impact on their pensions of a bond authorization act passed by the island's Legislature last week.
October 25, 2021
The judge overseeing Puerto Rico's debt restructuring told the island's financial oversight board and its elected officials on Monday that dismissal of the case is on the table if they can't resolve their differences over pension language in a bond authorization bill.
October 22, 2021
The judge overseeing Puerto Rico's debt restructuring Friday called for an urgent status conference after reports that a bond issue needed to make the plan proposed by the island's fiscal oversight board work failed to pass the commonwealth's upper house.
October 20, 2021
Bondholders, bond underwriters, teachers and credit unions are among those who have registered their objections to Puerto Rico's proposed restructuring of the island's debt as the plan heads toward its confirmation hearing in three weeks.
October 18, 2021
The Service Employees International Union has told a federal bankruptcy judge that the Puerto Rican government cannot be affirmatively required to enact certain legislation currently called for as part of a proposed plan to restructure some $70 billion in debt carried by the territory.
October 06, 2021
The federal judge overseeing Puerto Rico's financial restructuring Wednesday ruled that she will be the one to make the final call on whether the restructuring proposed by the island's fiscal oversight board is consistent with the board's future fiscal plan.
August 09, 2021
A bondholder lost his battle for the appointment of an official committee of retail bondholders in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's bankruptcy case when the presiding judge ruled Monday that the interests of small investors have been adequately represented.
July 20, 2021
Puerto Rico's financial management board is asking the judge overseeing the commonwealth's bankruptcy case to reject a call for a committee to represent "retail" bondholders, saying they have been adequately represented in the case.
July 16, 2021
Though the pace of new bankruptcy cases slowed in the first half of 2021, the proceedings of large and complex cases continue to wind their way through the nation's insolvency courts. Here, Law360 gives a preview of what to expect for the remainder of 2021 in significant pending cases.