November 01, 2023
A Delaware bankruptcy judge allowed former employees of a Hertz subsidiary to keep pursuing their $60 million wage theft claim, saying that there was no need for each worker allegedly affected to have filed separately and that she did not want the case to be duked out in her courtroom.
July 21, 2022
A group of Hertz customers seeking false arrest damages are asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject a protective order proposed by the company's post-Chapter 11 successor, calling it an attempt to force them to switch counsel in their state court cases.
June 22, 2022
A Delaware bankruptcy judge declined on Wednesday to rule that public notices in the Hertz car rental company's Chapter 11 violated bankruptcy rules to the detriment of some customers now seeking false arrest damages for allegedly bogus late return or car theft claims.
June 07, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a law raising U.S. Trustee's Office fees, podcast conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is dropping Infowars' Chapter 11 case, and the Carolina Panthers' owner moved a real estate development venture into bankruptcy. This is the week in bankruptcy.
June 02, 2022
A Delaware bankruptcy judge acknowledged Thursday that "systemic" problems could justify a finding that wrongly arrested Hertz auto rental customers were entitled to actual notice of the company's bankruptcy, but the judge balked at immediately approving expanded discovery by victim attorneys.
February 18, 2022
An attorney sanctioned for ethical lapses may temporarily practice in Delaware over the objections of the Hertz Corp. bankruptcy estate, a judge ruled Friday, warning against "hair-splitting" or courtroom "antics" that would quickly get his pro hac vice status revoked.
February 15, 2022
A group of rental car customers alleging Hertz filed false police reports against them told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that an effort by Hertz to disqualify their out-of-state counsel is the company's latest attempt to discourage them from pursuing their claims.