Large Cap
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January 16, 2025
Joann Can Fund Speedy Ch. 11 Sale Plans With Cash On Hand
Joann Inc. is racing to find a going concern buyer before mid-February, or it will take an offer from a firm that plans to liquidate the 80-year-old national craft supply retailer, attorneys told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday, laying out the tight timeline proposed in its second Chapter 11 in less than a year.
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January 16, 2025
Facing Possible Liquidation, Joann Hopes For Ch. 11 Savior
Fabrics and crafts retailer Joann Inc. has returned to Chapter 11 for the second time in less than 12 months, with its future in the balance as it faces a potential liquidation if it can't find a buyer.
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January 16, 2025
Expert Witnesses Limited In J&J Talc Ch. 11 Dismissal Try
A Texas bankruptcy judge limited Thursday the number of expert witnesses that can provide testimony in an upcoming hearing on talc claimants' attempt to dismiss the Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's talc unit.
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January 16, 2025
Yellow Corp., Teamsters Debate WARN Suit Ahead Of Trial
Yellow Corp. and the unions representing many of the workers it laid off met in Delaware bankruptcy court Thursday to preview arguments they will deliver at a trial, set to start next week, that will determine whether the trucking company can escape some of the WARN Act claims it is facing after laying off 25,000 employees.
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January 16, 2025
Hearthside Proposes $30M In Ch. 11 Key Employee Bonuses
The bankrupt parent of snack maker Hearthside Food Solutions proposed a pair of retention and incentive payment plans that would provide up to $30 million in bonuses to key employees in the company's Texas Chapter 11 case.
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January 16, 2025
Womble Bond's New Delaware Leader Talks Growth, Visibility
A "proud and lifelong Delawarean," Jeffrey K. Simpson is excited to serve as the new managing partner of Womble Bond Dickinson's Wilmington office and help attract more talent by touting the benefits of practicing law in the First State.
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January 15, 2025
Amazon, FedEx, Anthem Blast Guo Ch. 11 Clawbacks
Amazon, Anthem and FedEx on Wednesday asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to toss millions in clawback claims against nearly 40 entities by Chinese exile Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee, saying during oral arguments that the trustee is misusing prior rulings that Guo's shell companies were his alter egos.
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January 15, 2025
When One Ch. 11 Doesn't Cut It: Recent 'Chapter 22s'
If there's something worse than bankruptcy, it's having to go through bankruptcy more than once. From exit loans that act more like a millstone than a launchpad, to unsuccessful attempts to shake off tort liability, to macroeconomic headwinds that just won't stop blowing, most Chapter 11 debtors show up to court more distressed the second time around.
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January 15, 2025
Madoff Feeder Fund Exec To Sell Home, Art In Trustee Deal
A co-founder of one of the earliest Bernie Madoff feeder funds and his wife have agreed to sell their Florida home and fine art collection, in addition to paying $550,000 to end a 14-year-old, $85 million clawback lawsuit from the Chapter 7 trustee liquidating Madoff's estate and defunct Ponzi investment firm.
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January 15, 2025
Calif. Resort Developer Seeks City Funding For Ch. 11
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave the owner of a California resort project another week to secure $11 million in municipal Chapter 11 financing, and similarly delayed a request by the U.S. Trustee's Office to dismiss the reorganization attempt, which the watchdog called hopeless.
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January 15, 2025
Judge OKs More Fees In Calif. Debt Relief Firm's Bankruptcy
A California bankruptcy judge has tentatively approved an additional $2.1 million in professional fees in the bankruptcy case of a troubled debt relief firm, despite the amount of professional fees already exceeding the amount paid out to creditors so far.
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January 15, 2025
Crafts Retailer Joann Hits Ch. 11 Again With $616M In Debt
Fabrics and crafts retailer Joann Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday with $615.7 million in debt and a plan to sell its assets, the company's second Chapter 11 filing in less than a year.
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January 14, 2025
Willkie Shouldn't Rep Franchise Group In Ch. 11, Says Trustee
The Office of the U.S. Trustee has objected to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP serving as co-counsel for debtor Franchise Group Inc. in its Chapter 11, saying the firm did prepetition work for Franchise's ex-CEO and affiliates on transactions that led to Franchise being indebted in the first place.
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January 14, 2025
Prospect Medical Beats Objection To $29M In Ch. 11 Funds
A Texas bankruptcy judge said Tuesday she would allow struggling hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. to borrow part of a $100 million financing package that prompted an objection from the company's landlord, saying the money was needed to ensure patients continue to receive care.
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January 14, 2025
Resort Developer Asks To Wind Up Chinese Co. In Bahamas
The developer of the Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas filed a petition Tuesday to liquidate a Chinese-owned construction firm that was hit with a $1.6 billion judgment last year by a New York court over its fraud tied to the construction of the resort project.
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January 14, 2025
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
California-based hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings filed for Chapter 11 in Texas with over $1 billion in debt. Joriki USA Inc. filed for Chapter 7 with $300 million in liabilities after its Canadian parent sought creditor protection and shut down a plant due to a listeria outbreak.
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January 14, 2025
Airline Workers' Attys Get $4.2M From ESOP Deal
A Delaware federal judge Tuesday awarded over $4.2 million in fees to class counsel in a suit over alleged mismanagement of the employee stock ownership plan at bankrupt cargo hauler Western Global Airlines that was settled in September for $14.5 million.
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January 13, 2025
Giuliani Held In Contempt Again, EPA Slams $535M Talc Deal
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was held in contempt for a second time, Johnson & Johnson's bankrupt spinoff called Brown Rudnick's bid to represent an official committee of talc claimants "an ethical violation," and the federal government objected to a $535 million settlement that bankrupt talc supplier Whittaker Clark & Daniels reached regarding talc claims in its New Jersey Chapter 11 case.
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January 13, 2025
Meet The Attorneys Advising Prospect Medical In Ch. 11
A team of attorneys from Sidley Austin LLP is representing California-based hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. in its Chapter 11 case in Texas, as the company aims to sell several facilities while refocusing on operations in its home state.
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January 13, 2025
Sen. Warren To Grill Treasury Pick On Trump's Tax Agenda
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., plans to ask Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday about President-elect Donald Trump's tax agenda and plans for the Internal Revenue Service, according to a letter she sent the nominee.
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January 13, 2025
Purdue Pharma Inks Draft Deal, Seeks Mediation Extension
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP has inked a 50-page term sheet and 75-page draft master settlement agreement that could resolve its more than 5-year-old bankruptcy case after its last plan was tossed out, it said in a New York court filing.
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January 13, 2025
Infowars Bidder Raises Offer As Attys Consider Auction
A failed bidder for conspiracy-monger Alex Jones' Infowars has more than doubled the amount it would pay to acquire the website, and the parent company of satirical news site The Onion is preparing to submit its own revised bid, counsel for the trustee in Jones' Chapter 7 case said at a hearing in Texas bankruptcy court Monday.
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January 13, 2025
Alex Jones Switches Conn. Attys In $1B Sandy Hook Appeal
A Randazza Legal Group attorney will represent Alex Jones in a Connecticut Supreme Court bid to erase the remainder of a $1.44 billion defamation judgment for Sandy Hook shooting victims after the Infowars host's now-former lawyer raised unspecified conflict concerns about a third attorney representing Jones in the Connecticut appeal.
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January 13, 2025
Yellow Corp. Says Pension Funds Set Liability Too High
Bankrupt trucking company Yellow Corp. told a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday that the administrators of its union pension funds have set the company's liability for ending its contributions too high.
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January 12, 2025
Hospital Operator Hits Ch. 11 With $1B-Plus Debt, Sale Plans
Listing more than $1 billion in debts, California-based hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. and several subsidiaries on Saturday filed a Chapter 11 petition in bankruptcy court in the Northern District of Texas, saying they intend to advance the planned sales of several facilities and refocus on operations in their home state.