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October 16, 2024
Ex-Judge Aims To Shield Bank Records In Romance Probe
A former U.S. bankruptcy judge is hoping to sink a subpoena from the U.S. Trustee's Office for his banking records in connection with its inquiry into his concealed romantic relationship with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner who appeared before him in a number of cases.
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October 16, 2024
Big Lots Protections For $760M Bid Draw US Trustee Protest
The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog has objected to Big Lots' proposed protections for the prospective buyer of the bankrupt retailer's assets, saying a break-up fee and expense repayments aren't justified as part of the $760 million deal.
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October 16, 2024
Jenner & Block Grows Restructuring Team In NYC, Chicago
Jenner & Block LLP announced Wednesday an expansion of its bankruptcy and restructuring practice in New York and Chicago with the addition of two partners from Mayer Brown LLP, including a former co-leader of that firm's restructuring group in New York.
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October 15, 2024
Exec's $77M WeWork Offer Was Stupid, Not Fraud, Jury Told
Counsel for the former CEO of real estate investment firm Arciterra told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday his client was a fool for making what prosecutors described as a fake $77 million tender offer for a controlling stake in WeWork before its bankruptcy, but he wasn't trying to falsely pump up the coworking company's stock price.
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October 15, 2024
J&J Stays In Texas, True Value Files, Bally Sports Docs OK'd
The latest bankruptcy case of a Johnson & Johnson talc unit survived a motion to transfer the proceedings to New Jersey, decades-old hardware store chain True Value commenced a Chapter 11 case and the update plan disclosure statement for the parent of Bally Sports regional sports networks were approved by a Texas judge. This is the week in bankruptcy.
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October 15, 2024
Meet The Attorneys Behind Wheel-Maker Accuride's Ch. 11
Wheel manufacturer Accuride Corp., which blamed supply-chain snarls and a rise in the cost of parts for its entry into Chapter 11 on Oct. 9, is being guided through the bankruptcy process by attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP.
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October 15, 2024
Sacklers Say Opioid Claims Can't Undo Purdue Transfers
The family that owns bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma LP is challenging an effort by creditors to claw back billions of dollars transferred by the company to Sackler trusts, telling a New York federal judge that opioid claims fail and can't be used to prove that Purdue made the distributions knowing it was insolvent.
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October 15, 2024
Law Firms Diverge As Anti-ESG Pushback Continues
A continuing onslaught of legislation and litigation opposing corporate environmental, social and governance actions has created a fork in the road for law firms, with some choosing to scale back efforts and others pushing ahead with their internal ESG and diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
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October 15, 2024
The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
Check out our Social Impact Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their engagement with social responsibility and commitment to pro bono service.
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October 15, 2024
Wheel Pros Gets OK For $1.4B Equity-Swap Ch. 11 Plan
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved automotive wheel company Wheel Pros LLC's prepackaged Chapter 11 plan to swap $1.4 billion in senior secured debt for controlling equity in the company.
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October 15, 2024
True Value Hardware Hits Ch. 11 With $153M Asset Sale Plan
The 75-year-old hardware retailer True Value Co. LLC filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court, with its plan to sell all assets to industry rival Do It Best Corp.
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October 11, 2024
FTX Creditor Returns Are Impressive, But Not For Everyone
The fact that former customers of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX will recover their full claims, plus interest, does not mean they are happy about it, showing that even the best-case outcome in an impossibly complicated bankruptcy can still leave creditors feeling bruised.
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October 11, 2024
Electric Vehicle Maker Fisker Cleared To Exit Chapter 11
Electric car maker Fisker Inc. is set to exit Chapter 11 after a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday ruled that opt-out forms sent during plan voting showed creditor consent for third-party releases, but that shareholders who didn't vote on the plan hadn't agreed to the releases.
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October 11, 2024
Judge Doubts FTX Alum Needs Further Dog Bite Recovery
A Manhattan federal judge has denied a bid from former FTX executive Ryan Salame to further postpone the start of his 7½-year prison sentence, saying he had already benefited from "extremely generous" delays, and agreeing with prosecutors that Salame appeared to have largely recovered from a dog bite that he said he suffered in June.
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October 11, 2024
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
A group of secured lenders to food giant Del Monte have asked Delaware's Chancery Court to find a liability management transaction was an event of default for an original loan, insurers are hoping two seasoned mediators will be able to iron out a long-running dispute with a bankrupt New York diocese, and lawyers for cancer patients say a bankrupt talc miner's Chapter 11 plan would result in uneven recoveries for personal injury claimants.
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October 11, 2024
Wheel-Maker Can Tap $20M Of $103M Ch. 11 Funding
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday agreed to allow wheel manufacturer Accuride Corp. to tap into up to $20 million of a $103 million debtor-in-possession financing package from its lenders as an interim measure, along with a slate of customary first-day requests.
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October 11, 2024
Kramer Levin Formalizes Its Private Credit Practice
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has formalized a private credit practice co-led by partners David Berg and Yasho Lahiri, putting a name to the work the firm has already been doing in the space.
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October 10, 2024
Attys For Voyager Digital Users Get $1.3M After Earn Deal
Attorneys representing a proposed class of users of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency firm Voyager Digital Holdings will receive $1.3 million in fees after brokering the settlement of claims the company "aggressively marketed" unregistered securities.
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October 10, 2024
J&J's Latest Ch. 11 Case To Stay In Texas After Challenge
Johnson & Johnson's most-recent attempt to handle its legacy talc liability through bankruptcy will remain in the Lone Star State after a Texas judge ruled Thursday that he is able to handle the proceedings fairly and efficiently and wants to get the case rolling as quickly as possible, denying multiple motions to send the case to New Jersey where two previous bankruptcies have been administered.
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October 10, 2024
4 Things To Know Now About FTX's Chapter 11 Plan
This week, FTX Trading Ltd. won confirmation of its bankruptcy plan that clears a path for it to start repaying as much as $16.5 billion to creditors, including former customers who had cryptocurrency at the exchange when it unraveled in 2022 under the weight of founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud.
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October 10, 2024
Atty For McElroy Deutsch's Ex-CFO Wants Out Of Theft Case
An attorney representing McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer — who is behind bars on charges of stealing from the firm — has asked to be relieved as counsel in the firm's New Jersey suit against the former CFO because he has not paid his legal bills.
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October 10, 2024
Morris Nichols Welcomes 3 Recent Law Clerks To Its Roster
Delaware firm Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP announced Thursday that it had hired three attorneys who recently completed judicial clerkships.
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October 10, 2024
Wheel-Maker Accuride Hits Ch. 11 Again With Up To $1B Debt
Wheel manufacturer Accuride Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court with up to $1 billion of debt and an agreement to restructure its U.S. business, saying supply chain snarls and a rise in the cost of parts have cut into profits.
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October 09, 2024
Timeline Of FTX's Historic Bankruptcy
From the beginning, the bankruptcy of FTX seemed like it would go down in Chapter 11 history as among the most difficult to resolve. Atop a heap of new cryptocurrency companies, it unraveled quickly and dragged down other firms with it as the full scope of founder Sam Bankman-Fried's criminality was revealed.
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October 09, 2024
EV Maker Fisker Hits Speed Bumps On Ch. 11 Exit Path
Electric-car manufacturer Fisker Inc. met strong resistance Wednesday as it argued for confirmation of its plan to liquidate through bankruptcy, with two federal agencies and a buyer of the company's vehicles voicing objections to its Chapter 11 proposal during a hearing in Delaware's bankruptcy court.