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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it,... (more story)

Lessons From Two New Year's Eve Uptier Exchange Decisions

On the last day of 2024, two different courts issued important decisions relating to non-pro rata uptier exchanges... (more story)

Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, ... (more story)

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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughou... (more story)

SEC Fines Crypto Giant DCG, Ex-Genesis CEO $38.5M

Crypto venture capital firm Digital Currency Group and the ex-CEO of its bankrupt lending subsidiary Genesis Global Capital LLC agreed to a combined $38.5 million civil penalty Friday to settle claims they mis... (more story)

FDIC Sues Ex-SVB Top Brass For 'Egregious Mismanagement'

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has sued Silicon Valley Bank's former CEO Gregory Becker and other top brass in California federal court in a bid to put them on the hook for the bank's costly 2023 failure,... (more story)

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

This past week in London has seen the family of the late chairman of Leicester City FC sue a helicopter manufacturer for £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion), Vivienne Westwood bring a copyright claim against the lat... (more story)

Litigators Make Up Half Of Ballard Spahr's Promotion Class

Ballard Spahr LLP unveiled five promotions to partner and seven to of counsel on Wednesday, elevating lawyers for four of its five departments in five cities.

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 ba... (more story)

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.

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... (more story)

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.

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 practi... (more story)

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Office Building PE Fund Fights To Confirm Chapter 11 Plan

The Aztec Fund Holding Inc., a bankrupt private equity group that invests in office buildings, defended its Chapter 11 plan during a Friday confirmation hearing in Texas against a lender that called it unreali... (more story)

NJ Hospital System's Ch. 11 Docs Need Work, Judge Says

A Delaware bankruptcy judge told a New Jersey-based hospital system Friday that its Chapter 11 plan disclosures lacked the necessary information for creditors to make an informed decision about the plan and en... (more story)

Judge Scolds Dormify For Founder Not Appearing In Court

A Delaware bankruptcy judge sharply criticized Dormify Inc. after its founder didn't appear at a hearing Friday, ordering a hearing on whether to dismiss the dorm-room decorating retailer's Chapter 11 case or ... (more story)

Lowenstein Sandler Can Pursue Trimmed Dispensary Fee Suit

A New Jersey state court judge dismissed part of Lowenstein Sandler LLP's $800,000 fee suit against a cannabis dispensary former client Thursday and told the firm it must give the former client the notice of i... (more story)

Travel App Maker Mondee Can Tap $1.4M Of Ch. 11 Financing

A Delaware bankruptcy judge agreed Thursday to grant interim approval of a request from Mondee, the developer of an app for travel agents, to access a portion of the bankruptcy financing it secured from its pr... (more story)

Creditors Push For Mississippi Casino Developer Ch. 7

Creditors for developer Diamondhead Casino Corp., which has been trying for years to build a casino in Mississippi near the Gulf Coast, pressed a Delaware bankruptcy judge to liquidate the company, saying it's... (more story)

Auto Financer Vroom Exits Ch. 11 Free Of Long-Term Debt

Bankrupt automotive finance company Vroom Inc. has emerged from bankruptcy free of $290.5 million in convertible note debt, it has announced.

Trust Of Retailer Fred's Can Claw Back Pre-Ch. 11 Transfers

A Delaware bankruptcy judge granted partial summary judgment to the liquidating trust for defunct retailer Fred's Inc. in its bid to recover more than $3 million it paid to logistics company C.H. Robinson Co. ... (more story)

Giuliani Settles NY Asset Turnover Case After Trial No-Show

Rudy Giuliani on Thursday settled claims that he must turn over assets to fund a $148 million judgment for defaming two Georgia poll workers, after his failure to show up in court delayed the start of a scheduled bench trial.

Chancery Awards $1.6M To Food Recycler In Trade Secret Fight

The former leaders of a now-defunct food waste company owe another company $1.6 million for misappropriating a process for turning waste into fertilizer and animal feed, a Delaware vice chancellor said in a de... (more story)