February 17, 2026
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland and representatives for sexual abuse claimants told a California bankruptcy judge on Tuesday they will be filing competing versions of a plan to settle hundreds of abuse claims against the diocese.
December 22, 2025
A New York federal grand jury indicted former executives of Tricolor Holdings on fraud charges, while Spirit Airlines lined up an additional $100 million in financing. Akoustis Technologies won court approval to carry out its Chapter 11 liquidation plan, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, California, and abuse claimants agreed to continue talks toward a reorganization plan.
December 18, 2025
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland and representatives of sexual abuse claimants told a California bankruptcy judge Thursday they are ready for another month of talks to try and reach an agreement on a Chapter 11 plan for the diocese.
December 12, 2025
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland Thursday submitted a term sheet for a plan to create a $242 million settlement trust for sexual abuse claims ahead of a deadline that could have seen the dismissal of the diocese's three-and-a-half-year-old Chapter 11 case.
December 04, 2025
A California bankruptcy judge gave a Catholic diocese more time to propose a plan to end its Chapter 11 case, a Beijing-based real estate developer asked to have its involuntary bankruptcy case dismissed, and noteholders in subprime auto lender Tricolor's Chapter 7 sought discovery powers.
November 24, 2025
A California bankruptcy judge has told the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland it has until the end of the day Wednesday to submit a term sheet for a plan to settle with childhood sexual abuse claimants and end its Chapter 11 case.
November 12, 2025
A California bankruptcy judge agreed Wednesday to postpone dismissing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland's Chapter 11 case for two more weeks, after a mediator overseeing plan discussions said there was a "light at the end of the tunnel."
November 03, 2025
A judge agreed to switch the bankruptcy of a media company tied to talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw to a Chapter 7 case, Claire's obtained approval for its Chapter 11 exit plan and Spirit Airlines got the final sign-off for more than $1 billion in postpetition financing.
October 29, 2025
A California bankruptcy judge said Wednesday he will grant a request by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland to bow out of a Chapter 11 case it started two years ago by mid-November, but rejected calls from creditors to rule the bankruptcy had been filed in bad faith.
September 15, 2025
The Third Circuit determined that the board of directors for former talc supplier Whittaker Clark & Daniels had the power to put it into bankruptcy, despite the appointment of a receiver for its assets. The Catholic diocese for Oakland, California, has asked to end its Chapter 11, saying it has little hope for reaching a settlement with creditors. And debtors across the country secured confirmation of Chapter 11 plans.