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September 27, 2024
J&J Has An Uphill Battle To Keep Newest Ch. 11 In Texas
Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is facing significant pushback for filing its third bankruptcy in yet another new venue as it seeks to address tens of thousands of talc liability claims, with experts saying it may be a hard sell to keep the case in Texas when the facts haven't changed since two earlier gambits filed in other states were dismissed.
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September 27, 2024
Puerto Rico Utility Creditors Seek OK For Bond Claims Suit
Representatives of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's unsecured creditors are asking a New York federal judge to allow them to contest what they say is the wrongful lumping of $8.4 billion in bondholder claims with their own claims against the utility.
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September 27, 2024
Del. Judge To Mediate Incora Ch. 11 Plan Disputes
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brendan L. Shannon of Delaware said Friday he would oversee the mediation of a dispute in Texas bankruptcy court that involves aircraft parts supplier Incora and two rival groups of creditors, as the parties seek a settlement clearing Incora to exit bankruptcy.
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September 27, 2024
Rate Cuts Offer Balm For Companies Teetering On Bankruptcy
The Federal Reserve's jumbo interest rate cut last week has lifted hopes that cheaper debt and a potential soft landing will let companies on the brink of bankruptcy avoid insolvency, a welcome reprieve for distressed borrowers at a moment when Chapter 11 filings are at the highest levels in years.
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September 26, 2024
Judge Says Avon Should Hold Off On Deal With Parent Co.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge told cosmetics giant Avon Products Inc. on Thursday that it needs to give creditors more time to investigate its dealings with its Brazilian parent company before he can approve a proposed settlement of claims against the parent.
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September 26, 2024
NY Diocese Reaches $323M Settlement With Abuse Survivors
Long Island's bankrupt Roman Catholic diocese has agreed to a nearly $323 million deal with hundreds of survivors of sexual abuse, a historic settlement that will bring to a close after four years the church's Chapter 11 case, according to a statement issued Thursday.
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September 26, 2024
WR Grace Asbestos Ch. 11 Spanned Legal Generation
Chemical manufacturer W.R. Grace is seeking to put an end to its 2001 asbestos-driven bankruptcy case in a legal landscape that may mean courts will never see an asbestos bankruptcy of this length and complexity again.
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September 26, 2024
Del. Bankruptcy Judge Says Purdue Limits Opt-Out Releases
A Delaware bankruptcy judge says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Purdue Pharma LP barring nonconsensual third-party releases does not allow a kind of oft-used opt-out waiver for voters who don't return ballots.
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September 26, 2024
J&J Is 'Forum-Shopping' In New Spinoff Ch. 11, Trustee Says
The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog has asked a judge to send the latest Johnson & Johnson talc-liability spinoff bankruptcy to New Jersey, saying Thursday that J&J subsidiary Red River Talc's Chapter 11 petition in the Southern District of Texas is an "assault on the very integrity of the bankruptcy system" and amounts to forum-shopping.
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September 26, 2024
Atty Can't Shield Bank Records In Judge Romance Probe
A former Jackson Walker LLP lawyer on Thursday lost her bid to torpedo a subpoena from the U.S. Trustee's Office seeking her bank records in connection with an inquiry into her secret relationship with a former Texas federal bankruptcy judge, court records show.
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September 26, 2024
FTX Strikes Deal With MDL Counsel For Ch. 11 Plan Support
FTX Trading Ltd. has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to enact a settlement with plaintiffs and counsel it's facing in multidistrict litigation in Florida, saying the proposed deal would prevent potentially costly legal tussles and bring the plaintiffs on board to support FTX's Chapter 11 plan.
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September 26, 2024
Stinson Adds Restructuring, Sports Atty From GrayRobinson
Stinson LLP has picked up an experienced of counsel from GrayRobinson PA, who joins its bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice and sports and recreation practice in both Tampa and Wilmington, Delaware.
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September 26, 2024
Meet The Attorneys In Wheel Pros' Ch. 11
Denver-based specialty tire and car accessory producer Wheel Pros has retained teams from Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP as it plans to hand control of the company to lenders.
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September 25, 2024
Sullivan & Cromwell Didn't Ignore FTX 'Red Flags,' Report Says
The Chapter 11 examiner appointed in the bankruptcy case of fallen cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading determined Wednesday that debtor law firm Sullivan & Cromwell didn't ignore any "red flags" about FTX's misconduct related to a $500 million purchase of stock in financial service and digital trading platform Robinhood Markets Inc.
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September 25, 2024
8th Circ. Told Student Debt Relief Should Remain Blocked
Seven Republican-led states are asking the Eighth Circuit to finalize its court order blocking the Biden administration from implementing its second attempt at student loan forgiveness, accusing the White House of "hiding the ball" on the true cost of the plan.
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September 25, 2024
Mining Cos. Say $505M J&J Deal Would Benefit Talc Claimants
A pair of talc producers defended their proposed $505 million liability settlement with Johnson & Johnson at a hearing in Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday, arguing that an objection from a group of insurers shouldn't derail an agreement that they believe would benefit claimants who alleged they were exposed to asbestos-contaminated talc.
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September 25, 2024
NYSE Cancels Proposal To Extend SPAC Merger Deadlines
The New York Stock Exchange has pulled a proposal that would have provided special purpose acquisition companies with more time to complete mergers while remaining listed, several months after it sought regulatory approval for the extension.
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September 25, 2024
4 Things To Know About J&J's Latest Talc Bankruptcy
Johnson & Johnson moved a newly created talc unit into Chapter 11 in Texas last week, renewing its efforts to address billions of dollars in potential liability tied to its talc products through bankruptcy.
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September 25, 2024
Tupperware OK'd To Temporarily Use Cash To Fund Ch. 11
Iconic food storage and kitchenware brand Tupperware received a Delaware bankruptcy judge's signoff on Wednesday to use cash on hand to fund its operations and Chapter 11 case for the next two and a half weeks after the debtor and a group of secured lenders reached a bridge agreement to allow Tupperware to use cash collateral until mid-October.
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September 25, 2024
Fuel Refiner Vertex Hits Ch. 11 With $422M Debt, Lender Deal
Oil refiner Vertex Energy filed for Chapter 11 protection with $422.5 million in debt and plans to pursue a sale under a prenegotiated restructuring agreement.
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September 24, 2024
J&J Talc Claims Paused, Silvergate Parent Files For Ch. 11
A Texas bankruptcy judge has put on hold certain talc-related personal injury lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, and Silvergate Capital has filed for Chapter 11 to liquidate assets following client losses tied to the FTX collapse. This is the week in bankruptcy.
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September 24, 2024
Revlon Talc Claimants Can Appeal Directly To 2nd Circ.
A New York bankruptcy judge has found the Second Circuit can review his decision to reject 42 asbestos-tainted talc exposure claims against Revlon as having come too late because the claimants' appeal presents questions new and significant enough to justify skipping the district court.
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September 24, 2024
Yellow Corp. Can Depose Teamsters President In Ch. 11 Suit
Bankrupt trucking firm Yellow Corp. can move forward with a deposition of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien, after a Delaware bankruptcy judge declined Tuesday to stay the discovery tied to lawsuits that were filed against the debtor over mass layoffs.
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September 24, 2024
Star Witness Against Bankman-Fried Gets 2 Years In FTX Case
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced former cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison to two years in prison Tuesday, crediting her decision to testify against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried but saying the $11.2 billion fraud was too big to warrant a "get out of jail free card."
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September 24, 2024
NJ Judge Leaves J&J Ch. 11 Venue Change To Texas Judge
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Tuesday declined the U.S. trustee's request to move Johnson & Johnson's latest talc-unit Chapter 11 from Texas to the Garden State, saying the issue could be as ably decided by a Texas court while avoiding a thorny issue of authority.