Large Cap
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October 17, 2024
A&O Shearman Taps Governance Veteran To Co-Lead Practice
A&O Shearman said Thursday that it has tapped a longtime partner to co-head the firm's compensation, employment, pensions and governance practice, bringing it under the joint leadership of alum from each of its two legacy firms after the merger between New York-based Shearman & Sterling and London-based legacy firm Allen & Overy became official last May.
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October 17, 2024
Boy Scouts Ch. 11 Runs Up $295M Professional Fee Bill In Q3
Boy Scouts of America has filed a post-confirmation report in its Chapter 11 case, reporting it has incurred $295 million in professional fees in the third quarter ending Sept. 30.
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October 16, 2024
True Value Hammered By Economy, Lenders' Tight Screws
The pull-forward effect of the COVID-19 pandemic claimed another victim when hardware wholesaler True Value Company LLC filed for bankruptcy on Monday, succumbing to the lull in demand for new drills, drywall and drains now that Americans have finished the home improvement projects that consumed them in the early days of that time.
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October 16, 2024
Profs Urge 3rd Circ. To Rethink Reopening Shipbuilder Ch. 11
A group of law professors have asked the Third Circuit to grant shipbuilder Bath Iron Works' request for a rehearing on its bid to reopen the Chapter 11 case of its former affiliate in order to allocate responsibility for a number of environmental remediation costs, saying it is of "central importance" a bankruptcy court and not a civil court adjudicate the issue.
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October 16, 2024
True Value Strikes Bridge Deal To Fund Ch. 11 Case With Cash
Hardware store supplier True Value Co. is "laser focused" on closing a $153 million sale, attorneys for the company Wednesday told a Delaware bankruptcy judge who agreed to approve a two-week deal the debtor struck with a lender to use cash on hand to fund the Chapter 11 case.
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October 16, 2024
Bally Sports Owner Seeks Court Approval Of FanDuel Rebrand
The parent company of Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge for permission to change naming rights partners, revealing it has a short-term deal in which fantasy sports and betting platform FanDuel would take over the sponsorship agreement.
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October 16, 2024
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
Several companies including True Value, Accuride and Jordan Health filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the past week, citing financial strains from inflation, supply-chain issues and market changes.
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October 16, 2024
Brazilian Electricity Biz Seeks US Ch. 15 Recognition
Light SA, parent to a major Brazilian electrical utility, has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to grant U.S. recognition of its foreign insolvency proceedings, saying a Brazilian court had approved a restructuring plan for the company to deal with roughly $2 billion in debt that has high creditor support.
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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.