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  • September 30, 2025

    Auto Parts Maker First Brands Probes Invoice Deals

    First Brands, an automotive parts producer that recently launched a Chapter 11 case with more than $10 billion of debt, has said it launched an investigation into transactions the company entered to secure liquidity.

  • September 30, 2025

    Spirit Airlines Brass Face Investor Suit Over Pre-Ch. 11 Claims

    The CEO and chief financial officer of embattled budget airline Spirit face proposed shareholder class action claims that they misled investors about the company's prospects after its emergence from bankruptcy in March, only to announce months later that it had sought Chapter 11 protection once again.

  • September 30, 2025

    HSBC Gets $324M Claims Tossed In Row With Madoff Trustee

    A New York bankruptcy judge has thrown out $324 million of claims against London-based HSBC and its affiliates that were brought by the trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff's bankruptcy estate, finding the claims in an amended complaint do not relate back to claims in an earlier complaint.

  • September 30, 2025

    Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action

    An auto parts maker commenced a Chapter 11 case with more than $10 billion of debt. An educational technology company is seeking to sell its assets in bankruptcy to cover more than $1 billion in obligations. And two single-asset real estate firms filed for bankruptcy protection as they faced foreclosure or default actions from lenders.

  • September 30, 2025

    Spirit Lines Up $475M DIP, Expects $150M From AerCap Deal

    Spirit Airlines has lined up $475 million in Chapter 11 financing, its attorney told a New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday at a hearing in which he also shared that its largest lessor, AerCap, would be giving the debtor $150 million in cash as part of a recently announced deal.

  • September 30, 2025

    Meet The New Acting US Trustee For Indiana, Illinois

    Monica Kindt has been named by Attorney General Pamela Bondi as the acting U.S. Trustee for Indiana and for the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, Region 10, succeeding Nancy J. Gargula, who retired after more than two decades of service to the U.S. Trustee Program.

  • September 30, 2025

    Education Tech Co. Anthology Hits Ch. 11 With Over $1B Debt

    Anthology Inc., a software company in the educational technology space, filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $1 billion in debt, saying it intends to sell parts of its business and restructure the rest.

  • September 30, 2025

    Retailer At Home Gets OK For Equity Swap Ch. 11 Plan

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday said she would approve household furnishings retailer At Home Group Inc.'s plan to cut $1.6 billion in funded debt with an equity swap the company said was supported by nearly all creditors.

  • September 29, 2025

    Supreme Court Considers 7 Patent Petitions

    The U.S. Supreme Court held its first conference Monday, presenting the justices with several petitions of interest to patent practitioners before the court's new term kicks off next week.

  • September 29, 2025

    In Chancery, Bankrupt First Brands Accused Of Deal Breach

    Automotive manufacturer Grammer Inc. filed a suit in the Delaware Chancery Court accusing APC Parent LLC and guarantor First Brands Group, which filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sunday, of breaching multiple agreements and withholding more than $20 million in payments involved with a $40 million merger.

  • September 29, 2025

    Cayman Liquidators Lack Standing On All Claims In SVB Case

    A New York bankruptcy judge Monday found the liquidators of Silicon Valley Bank's Cayman Islands branch lacked standing in their bid to bring some $944 million in claims, ruling that the officials failed to timely file adversary complaints and proofs of claim in the case.

  • September 29, 2025

    Genesis Healthcare Gets Reprieve At Alabama Nursing Facility

    A Texas bankruptcy judge Monday gave Genesis Healthcare Inc. up to 15 more days of breathing room to deal with issues at an Alabama skilled nursing facility that the government has been trying to shut down.

  • September 29, 2025

    Spirit Airlines Settles With AerCap, Dr. Phil Defends Layoffs

    Spirit Airlines reached a global settlement with its largest lessor, AerCap, clearing a major hurdle in its second Chapter 11 case. 23andMe received a Missouri bankruptcy court's approval to include up to $86.5 million in data breach settlements in its Chapter 11 plan. Dr. Phil defended layoffs at his joint venture with Trinity Broadcasting, saying the job cuts were necessary due to financial constraints. And FTX's recovery trust sued Genesis Digital Assets to reclaim more than $1 billion the cryptocurrency exchange invested in it before bankruptcy. 

  • September 29, 2025

    New Imerys Ch. 11 Plan To Get February Hearing

    A Texas bankruptcy judge Monday set a February date for a hearing on the approval of Imerys Talc America and Cyprus Mines Corp.'s latest Chapter 11 plan, which changes the handling of overseas talc damages claims and contemplates merging the Imerys companies.

  • September 29, 2025

    Claire's To Sell 156 UK Stores In Ch. 11

    Jewelry retailer Claire's has secured a sale for some of its business in the U.K. and Ireland to private equity firm Modella Capital, the company's British restructuring administrator announced Monday.

  • September 29, 2025

    Yale Unit Will Pay $45M To End Failed Hospitals Sale Dispute

    Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. has agreed to pay $45 million to hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. to conclude their legal dispute over a failed $435 million sale of three Connecticut hospitals, according to a motion filed in Texas bankruptcy court.

  • September 29, 2025

    Parts-Maker First Brands Files Ch. 11 With Over $10B In Debt

    Auto parts maker First Brands Group filed for Chapter 11 protection late Sunday in Texas bankruptcy court with more than $10 billion in debt and said it had secured $1.1 billion in bankruptcy financing from its creditors to keep the business running through the case.

  • September 26, 2025

    $33M NJ Mansion Wasn't Chinese Exile's, Holding Co. Says

    A holding company that nominally owns a $33 million New Jersey mansion has asked a Connecticut federal judge to flip a bankruptcy finding that the company was equitably owned by Chinese exile Miles Guo and functioned as his alter ego, arguing the property was actually paid for by Guo's fraud victims.

  • September 26, 2025

    ConvergeOne's Ch. 11 Plan Undone, In Part, On Appeal

    A Texas federal judge has reversed parts of reorganized IT group ConvergeOne's Chapter 11 plan, saying an exclusive equity backstop opportunity given to a faction of its secured lenders violated bankruptcy's equal treatment requirements.

  • September 26, 2025

    Linqto Investors Object To Settlement Bid, Bankruptcy Claims

    A group of Linqto customers has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject the investment platform's plan to create a closed-end fund and liquidating trust to distribute private company securities through its Chapter 11 plan, arguing that Linqto has failed to show that its investments are actually at risk and signaling that they may challenge the debtor's eligibility for bankruptcy relief.

  • September 26, 2025

    What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week

    Furniture company Walker Edison will undergo a hearing about its postpetition financing deal, a judge will consider the terms of a global resolution proposed between Spirit Airlines and its largest lessor, and the Chapter 15 representative for an Austrian biotechnology company will seek subpoena power. Here are some of the noteworthy hearings scheduled for next week.

  • September 26, 2025

    Argentina Blasts District Court Order To Turn Over YPF Stake

    Argentina has told the Second Circuit that a federal district court order requiring it to give up a 51% interest in nationalized oil company YPF would create a "legal mess and a diplomatic disaster," urging the appeals court to reverse the ruling and arguing the decision violated laws barring U.S. courts from taking foreign countries' sovereign property.

  • September 26, 2025

    Miss America Dispute Turns On Dueling Fraud Claims

    A real estate developer and his attorney have hit back at claims they should be sanctioned for allegedly submitting fake contracts as evidence they own the company that runs the Miss America pageant, asserting in a Florida federal court filing that their litigation opponents are the ones "engaging in fraud."

  • September 26, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 25, 2025

    Ex-Highland CEO Tells High Court Judge's Novels Show Bias

    The founder and president of hedge fund Highland Capital Management has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a bankruptcy judge's refusal to recuse herself from proceedings involving the company after she published two novels that he says contain veiled commentary about the case.

Expert Analysis

  • What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI

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    After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills

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    I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.

  • Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test

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    Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.

  • Asbestos Trusts And Tort Litigation Are Still Not Aligned

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    A recent ruling by a New York state court in James Petro v. Aerco International highlights the inefficiencies that still exist in asbestos litigation — especially regarding the continued lack of coordination between the asbestos tort system and the well-funded asbestos trust compensation system, says Peter Kelso at Roux.

  • The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions

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    In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure

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    While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • Special Committees Gain Traction In Chapter 11 Investigations

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    Tara Pakrouh at Morris James discusses why special committees are becoming more common in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, how they've been used in real cases and what makes them effective.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma

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    Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.

  • 4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

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    As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.

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