Large Cap

  • December 02, 2024

    Jackson Walker 'Extinguished' Privilege Over Judge Romance

    An Oregon federal judge has said Holland & Knight LLP lawyers must turn over documents regarding their advice to Jackson Walker LLP on how to handle the "debacle" of a former firm partner's intimate relationship with a former bankruptcy judge, finding Jackson Walker has "utterly extinguished" any claim to attorney-client privilege.

  • December 02, 2024

    Bankrupt Dental Co. To Repay Customers $4.8M, NY AG Says

    Dental telehealth company SmileDirectClub has agreed to pay $4.8 million in refunds to customers who were improperly charged after the company went bankrupt and shut down in 2023, according to a settlement announced Monday by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

  • December 02, 2024

    Long Island Diocese Ch. 11 Plan Sparks US Trustee Protest

    The U.S. Trustee's Office has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to reject confirmation of a Long Island-based Roman Catholic diocese's Chapter 11 plan that some 99% of sexual abuse survivors support, arguing the deal violates a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision by proposing to shield third parties from abuse claims.

  • November 27, 2024

    Special Master In Citgo Sale Suit Goes Back To Drawing Board

    The special master overseeing the sale of Citgo's parent company in a proceeding aimed at satisfying billions of dollars in Venezuelan debt has agreed to abandon his proposed sales plan after it became clear how little support it had garnered from creditors, he told a Delaware judge on Tuesday.

  • November 27, 2024

    Byju's Unit Trustee Seeks Sanctions For Ch. 11 Stay Violations

    The Chapter 11 trustee for three U.S.-based subsidiaries of Indian educational technology giant Byju's has urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to sanction a handful of parties that she alleged have violated an automatic stay by interfering with the Byju's units' property.

  • November 27, 2024

    Meet The Attorneys Directing CareMax's Ch. 11

    A team of lawyers from Sidley Austin LLP is guiding medical services company CareMax Inc. as it plans to sell its assets during its Chapter 11 case in Delaware.

  • November 27, 2024

    Compass NJ Tapped To Sell $33M Miles Guo Mansion In Ch. 11

    The trustee handling the Chapter 11 of exiled Chinese businessman and convicted fraudster Miles Guo asked the Connecticut bankruptcy court to let him hire four agents with residential real estate firm Compass to sell a historic 58-room mansion in Mahwah, New Jersey.

  • November 27, 2024

    Up Next At The High Court: Transgender Care, Holocaust Art

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for its December arguments session, which will include blockbuster questions about the constitutionality of state laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors and whether Hungary can be held liable for property stolen during World War II.

  • November 27, 2024

    Tech Co. Afiniti Gets Ch. 15 Recognition Of Bermuda Reorg

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge said she would recognize the Bermuda insolvency proceedings of software company Afiniti Ltd. as it seeks to restructure more than $500 million in debt.

  • November 26, 2024

    Mexican Lender Seeks US Recognition Of UK Reorg

    The England and Wales-based subsidiary of a Mexican industrial equipment leasing and financing group has asked a New York bankruptcy court to grant Chapter 15 recognition of insolvency proceedings it launched in the U.K. to deal with about $351 million of debt.

  • November 26, 2024

    Purdue Wins Shortened Extension Of Ch. 11 Deal Talks

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday granted Purdue Pharma LP more time to negotiate a new settlement with certain members of the Sackler family who own the bankrupt OxyContin maker, as mediators say they have ironed out a term sheet and are getting ever closer to finalizing a deal.

  • November 26, 2024

    Beasley Allen Escapes Sanctions For J&J Deposition No Show

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday laid ground rules for documents and communications to be shared in a messy discovery phase of the Chapter 11 of Red River Talc, Johnson & Johnson's latest liability spinoff, while also saying he wouldn't sanction a Beasley Allen attorney who didn't appear at a deposition last week. 

  • November 26, 2024

    Meet The New US Trustee For Northern And Eastern Texas

    The incoming U.S. trustee for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas is known as a stalwart defender of the bankruptcy process, a trait that helped her win the dismissal of the National Rifle Association's controversial Chapter 11 case.

  • November 26, 2024

    Spirit Airlines Gets Nod On Initial Jet Sales In $519M Deal

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday blessed the sale of five Spirit Airlines planes to aerospace company GA Telesis as part of a larger $518.9 million deal for 23 of Spirit's Airbus jets.

  • November 26, 2024

    Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action

    Swedish electric vehicle battery maker Northvolt AB and snack maker Hearthside Food Solutions filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief, while former natural gas driller Ursa Operating Company LLC and e-commerce company Grocery Shopii sought Chapter 7 liquidations. A United Kingdom affiliate of Mexican leasing and lending group Mega, the parent company of Canadian charter bus company Bus.com and Canadian utility services provider Rokstad Holdings Corp. each sought recognition of their foreign insolvency proceedings.

  • November 26, 2024

    X Corp. Says InfoWars Social Media Accounts Can't Be Sold

    The parent company that owns X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, told a Texas bankruptcy judge that the Chapter 7 trustee in the case of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones can't sell X accounts tied to Jones and his InfoWars business because they are the property of the social media company.

  • November 26, 2024

    99 Cents Only Says Plan Imminent After Noteholder Deal

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a settlement under which holders of notes issued by bankrupt discount retail chain 99 Cents Only agreed to resolve a challenge to their liens by taking a $297 million haircut in a soon-to-be-filed Chapter 11 plan.

  • November 25, 2024

    Judge Eyes Dec. Hearing To Sort Out Onion's Bid For Infowars

    A Texas judge asked the Chapter 7 trustee in right-wing fabulist Alex Jones' bankruptcy to preserve the status quo until a sale hearing sometime in December that will determine whether the parent company of satirical news publisher The Onion was correctly chosen as the winning bidder in the auction for Jones' Infowars program.

  • November 25, 2024

    Tuna Price-Fixing MDL Lead Attys Awarded $86M In Fees

    A California federal judge has agreed to award a combined total of $86 million in fees and costs to lead counsel representing two classes of canned tuna buyers who reached settlements in recent months with StarKist, Dongwon Industries and Lion Capital in a decadelong price-fixing case.

  • November 25, 2024

    Lampert, Sears Stockholders Set Appraisal Share Faceoff

    Delaware's Court of Chancery has teed up an argument on how to handle class member claims of former Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. stockholders whose share appraisal demand was torpedoed by the company's bankruptcy in 2022.

  • November 25, 2024

    Spirit's Cayman Units To Hit Ch. 11 As Airline Eyes Swift Reorg

    Four Spirit Airlines subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands were expected to file for bankruptcy protection Monday and ask a New York federal court to join the company's main Chapter 11 case, a move that Spirit says will help keep the debtor on course to confirm a reorganization plan.

  • November 25, 2024

    Hearthside Owner Seeking Debt Swap Approval By Late March

    The bankrupt owner of packaged food maker Hearthside Food Solutions told a Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday it is seeking to implement a debt-for-equity swap with its senior creditors by the end of March, obtaining initial approval for several aspects of its restructuring.

  • November 25, 2024

    Alex Jones Blasts Onion Bid, FTX Tech Deputy Avoids Prison

    Alex Jones and a backup bidder linked to his Chapter 7 are challenging the sale of his Infowars website to The Onion, alleging flaws in the auction process. A former FTX's tech deputy can avoid prison time for assisting the FTX fraud case by exposing programming flaws; attorneys who have represented Purdue Pharma can receive $21.2 million in fees for its work during summer. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  • November 25, 2024

    Madoff Trustee Inks Deal To End $21M Clawback Against ZCM

    The trustee liquidating the assets of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff has agreed to settle its $21.2 million clawback suit against ZCM Asset Holding Co. for $10.6 million, it said in filing in New York bankruptcy court Friday.

  • November 25, 2024

    Pitney Bowes E-Commerce Arm Confirms Ch. 11 Wind-Down

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday gave DRF Logistics, the former online delivery arm of shipping and logistics group Pitney Bowes, the all clear to move forward on plans to wind down in Chapter 11 with a recently inked global settlement with the committee of unsecured creditors.

Expert Analysis

  • Navigating Discovery Of Generative AI Information

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    As generative artificial intelligence tools become increasingly ubiquitous, companies must make sure to preserve generative AI data when there is reasonable expectation of litigation, and to include transcripts in litigation hold notices, as they may be relevant to discovery requests, say Nick Peterson and Corey Hauser at Wiley.

  • Finding Focus: Strategies For Attorneys With ADHD

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    Given the prevalence of ADHD among attorneys, it is imperative that the legal community gain a better understanding of how ADHD affects well-being, and that resources and strategies exist for attorneys with this disability to manage their symptoms and achieve success, say Casey Dixon at Dixon Life Coaching and Krista Larson at Stinson.

  • A Look At DOJ's New Nationwide Investment Fraud Approach

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    Investment fraud charges are increasingly being brought in unlikely venues across the country, and the rationale behind the U.S. Department of Justice's approach could well be the heightened legal standards in connection with prosecuting investment fraud, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • Decoding The Digital Asset Landscape In Bankruptcy

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    Recent cases show the explosion of cryptocurrency as an asset class has created new challenges for debtors-in-possession, bankruptcy trustees, and federal and state receivers, and fiduciaries will have to consider a number of legal and practical considerations when determining how to manage these assets in insolvency, say David Castleman at Otterbourg and Anthony Facciano at Stretto.

  • How Fla. Bankruptcy Ruling May Affect Equity Owners

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    A Florida bankruptcy court’s recent ruling in Vital Pharmaceuticals — which rejected the Third Circuit’s Majestic Star decision that determined a bankrupt corporation’s flow-through status was not protected by the automatic stay — may significantly affect how equity owners can mitigate the impact of flow-through structures in bankruptcy, say Eric Behl-Remijan and Natasha Hwangpo at Ropes & Gray.

  • Calif. Ruling May Open Bankruptcy Trustees To Tort Liability

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    In Martin v. Gladstone, a recent California appellate court decision, the application of tort concepts to bankruptcy trustees could pose a new concern for trustees and federal receivers when controlling and maintaining commercial property, says Jarrett Osborne-Revis at Buchalter.

  • Co. Directors Must Beware Dangers Of Reverse Factoring

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    New accounting requirements governing the disclosure of so-called reverse-factoring programs have revealed billions of dollars worth of hidden liabilities on companies’ ledgers, and directors of corporate boards should review their companies’ books for this hidden danger, say Garland Kelley at Looper Goodwine, Amin Al-Sarraf at Locke Lord and Jill Basinger at Discovery Land.

  • Attorneys, Law Schools Must Adapt To New Era Of Evidence

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    Technological advancements mean more direct evidence is being created than ever before, and attorneys as well as law schools must modify their methods to account for new challenges in how this evidence is collected and used to try cases, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Why 7th Circ. Libel Ruling Is Crucial For The Media

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    As more defamation plaintiffs attorneys argue that allowing a published statement to remain online after additional evidence of falsity emerges equates to actual malice, the Seventh Circuit's recent National Police Association v. Gannett opinion should be lauded by the media and online publishers as a favorable decision, say attorneys at Vedder Price.

  • Tips For Litigating Against Pro Se Parties In Complex Disputes

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    Litigating against self-represented parties in complex cases can pose unique challenges for attorneys, but for the most part, it requires the same skills that are useful in other cases — from documenting everything to understanding one’s ethical duties, says Bryan Ketroser at Alto Litigation.

  • 3 Cases Show Tensions Between Arbitration And Insolvency

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    The intersection of international arbitration and insolvency may influence the formulation of litigation strategy on a global scale, and several recent cases illustrate the need for counsel to understand how courts are varying in their approaches, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Air Ambulance Ch. 11s Show Dispute Program Must Resume

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    Air Methods’ recent bankruptcy filing highlights the urgent need to reopen the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution program for air ambulances, whose shutdown benefits insurance companies and hurts providers, says Adam Schramek at Norton Rose.

  • Pro Bono Work Is Powerful Self-Help For Attorneys

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    Oct. 22-28 is Pro Bono Week, serving as a useful reminder that offering free legal help to the public can help attorneys expand their legal toolbox, forge community relationships and create human connections, despite the challenges of this kind of work, says Orlando Lopez at Culhane Meadows.

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