October 02, 2025
A Connecticut judge threw out a challenge that an entity accused of acting as an alter ego for securities fraudster Miles Guo had brought to a bankruptcy court's orders, an angel investor with ties to FTX asked a bankruptcy judge to sanction the crypto empire's trust for opposing a donation he's seeking to make, and a software company announced a plan to cut most of its debt and net $50 million in capital.
September 29, 2025
Spirit Airlines reached a global settlement with its largest lessor, AerCap, clearing a major hurdle in its second Chapter 11 case. 23andMe received a Missouri bankruptcy court's approval to include up to $86.5 million in data breach settlements in its Chapter 11 plan. Dr. Phil defended layoffs at his joint venture with Trinity Broadcasting, saying the job cuts were necessary due to financial constraints. And FTX's recovery trust sued Genesis Digital Assets to reclaim more than $1 billion the cryptocurrency exchange invested in it before bankruptcy.
September 25, 2025
FTX's recovery trust announced plans to give creditors $1.6 billion in distributions, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff's fraudulent investment firm won a $6.4 million clawback fight with another firm, and fiber network developer Tilson asked for more time to file a Chapter 11 plan. These are some of the bankruptcy stories you may have missed in the past week.
September 23, 2025
The recovery trust created under FTX's Chapter 11 plan has filed a lawsuit in Delaware bankruptcy court that aims to claw back more than $1 billion that FTX's founder invested in Genesis Digital Assets Ltd., accusing the bitcoin mining firm of overinflating its value and projections to secure the funds.
September 11, 2025
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday partially denied investment firm SkyBridge Capital's bid to arbitrate most of FTX's $167 million lawsuit against it, while staying bankruptcy-specific portions to let an arbitrator first decide breach of contract claims.
September 04, 2025
FTX's recovery trust sued a former executive to recoup potential fraudulent transfers it alleged were used to buy Maryland real estate. A lender for two bankrupt sand mining companies in Texas asked for the debtors' cases to be moved from the Northern District of Texas to the state's western district. And the city of Pittsburgh raised red flags around the sale of an affordable housing complex through a bankruptcy sale it argued could be abetting fraud.
August 12, 2025
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a former FTX Trading Ltd. customer's nearly $700,000 claim, saying he failed to show that funds donated to the cryptocurrency platform's charity were later clawed back.
July 28, 2025
A New York federal judge ruled that bondholders of Puerto Rico's public electric utility cannot pursue claims against the commonwealth's government. Tilson Technology sued joint venture Gigapower in Texas, claiming a breached contract on major infrastructure work led to its bankruptcy. FTX agreed to drop six Delaware lawsuits seeking to recover $28.75 million in political donations, most of which went to Republican-aligned groups.
July 24, 2025
Fallen cryptocurrency exchange FTX has agreed to dismiss adversary proceedings in Delaware bankruptcy court against six political organizations, lawsuits that were aimed at recovering roughly $28.75 million in donations made to the groups prior to FTX's bankruptcy.
July 11, 2025
A recovery trust for the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed a Chapter 11 adversary proceeding in Delaware bankruptcy court seeking turnover of $1.3 million worth of $XION digital tokens that the debtor's subsidiaries purchased prior to the bankruptcy filing.