
Exela Pulled Into Ch. 11 By Stiff Competition, Pandemic Woes
Competing businesses, a ratings downgrade in 2019, impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and a 2022 network outage led automation service business Exela Technologies to seek bankruptcy protection in early March this year, with a prearranged Chapter 11 reorganization that will be funded by noteholders.

Meet The Attys Helping 23AndMe Through Ch. 11
DNA testing company 23andMe Holding Co. enlisted a group of attorneys from Carmody MacDonald PC and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to help it address $214 million in debt as it tries to sell its business through Chapter 11.

Ligado Files Plan To Erase Debt, Exit Ch. 11 With New Owners
Satellite communications company Ligado Networks has outlined a plan to emerge from bankruptcy by shedding close to $8 billion of debt and transferring ownership of the business to its lenders.
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Creditors of the Archdiocese of San Francisco will have access to records of the archdiocese's independent review board after a California bankruptcy judge said production of the documents serve a valid purpos... (more story)
Troubled hospital operator Steward Health battled against a group of healthcare providers in a Texas bankruptcy court Wednesday and Thursday for control of a pair of delayed compensation trusts worth $60 milli... (more story)
A Delaware federal judge has upheld a bankruptcy court order that childhood sexual abuse survivors who accidentally opted in for a quicker, smaller payment over their claims could not undo that mistake in the ... (more story)
The mediator in the bankruptcy of talc miner Barretts Minerals Inc. has told a Texas bankruptcy court that Chapter 11 plan talks reached an impasse, saying the unsecured creditors in the case have not shown an... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday confirmed the liquidation plan of American Tire Distributors Inc. after it completed a roughly $835 million sale of its business to a lender group.
The Chapter 11 trustee handling convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo's estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to approve 10 clawback settlements with Hodgson Russ LLP, BakerHostetler, luxury retailer Ver... (more story)
The new owners of reorganized international shipping group Eletson and a creditor-turned-affiliate have urged the Second Circuit to nix Reed Smith LLP's emergency motion for a stay in a lawsuit seeking to enfo... (more story)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy pr... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge agreed Wednesday to delay his decision on $6 billion of contested claims in Yellow Corp.'s Chapter 11 after attorneys for the defunct trucking group said they reached a plan settlement.
In response to changing operational needs, including a decreased need for physical storage and a greater need for collaborative spaces, Butler Snow LLP recently moved to a new office in Nashville's historic Ge... (more story)
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The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog selected a landlord and a movie production consultant to make up the unsecured creditors committee in Village Roadshow Entertainment Group's Delaware Chapter 11.
Popular New York-area chicken restaurant chain Sticky's has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to enter deals with a Southern-style restaurant chain and an investment firm in a last-ditch attempt... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved Exactech Inc.'s contentious bid to solicit votes from creditors on its Chapter 11 plan after the implant maker agreed to include a statement from a committee of... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a nearly $200 million sale of assets by artificial intelligence-powered travel app company Mondee Holdings, overruling objections from a shareholder and saying ... (more story)
A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved the sale of assets of bankrupt Corsa Coal Corp. for $23.5 million, overriding arguments against including litigation claims in the sale and for earmarking p... (more story)
Landscape plant grower TreeSap Farms LLC received a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval to tap the final branch of its $51 million debtor-in-possession loan as it looks to sell itself in Chapter 11.
Texas-based gastropub chain Bar Louie filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, listing nearly $70 million of debt, about five years after the chain sold itself to creditors in a previous bankruptcy.
DNA testing company 23andMe Inc.'s customer data will be protected in Chapter 11, its attorneys told a Missouri bankruptcy judge Wednesday as it argued that the appointment of a consumer privacy ombudsman is not required.
California resort developer SilverRock Development Co. filed an adversary complaint in its Chapter 11 case Tuesday asking a Delaware court to unwind a pre-bankruptcy securitization transaction that converted p... (more story)
Bankrupt travel app company Mondee Holdings Inc. on Wednesday defended its plan to sell its assets for about $200 million to its stalking-horse bidder, asking a Delaware judge to overrule a shareholder's objec... (more story)