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  • April 14, 2025

    Debt Deals On The Rise, Purdue Can Begin Claims Processing

    A Texas district court, not a bankruptcy court, will oversee the U.S. trustee's efforts to claw back millions in legal fees paid to Jackson Walker over an undisclosed relationship between an attorney and bankruptcy judge; out-of-court debt deals eclipsed Chapter 11s by a 4-to-1 ratio last year; and drug manufacturer Purdue Pharma can begin processing claims ahead of a Chapter 11 confirmation hearing. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  • April 14, 2025

    UK Co. Says Ex-Sikorsky Atty Gave 'Inconsistent' Testimony

    A British company locked in a $64 million contract feud with Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft accused its former in-house counsel of giving testimony "blatantly inconsistent" with other evidence at a Connecticut trial, requesting the alleged transgressions be discussed after a Texas bankruptcy judge slammed the lawyer for providing "false statements" in a separate matter.

  • April 14, 2025

    Nashville Objects To Wellpath's Ch. 11 Plan Over Releases

    The government of Nashville, Tennessee, has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject confirmation of prison healthcare company Wellpath's Chapter 11 plan, arguing it improperly includes releases and exculpations for parties who are not part of the bankruptcy case.

  • April 11, 2025

    Outdated Brand Could Hinder Hooters' Ch. 11 Recovery

    Hooters has built its brand on buxom women wearing orange micro shorts while serving hot wings and frosty mugs of beer, but experts said the racy concept that made it a household name is outdated and could stymie the company's recovery as it seeks to emerge from Chapter 11.

  • April 11, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    The Texas Attorney General asked for a consumer privacy ombudsman in 23andMe's Ch. 11 case; The Chapter 11 trustee handling Chinese exile Miles Guo's estate balked at an appeal against a decision advancing dozens of clawback proceedings; and a Delaware bankruptcy judge dismissed the Chapter 7 case of electronics recycler Camston Wrather at the request of the estate trustee.

  • April 11, 2025

    Forever 21 Can't Tap Cash Collateral In Ch. 11, Creditors Say

    The unsecured creditors committee in fast-fashion chain Forever 21's Chapter 11 has challenged the debtor's motion to use cash collateral, telling the Delaware bankruptcy court that the funding bid is part of a plan that would prejudice the group and leave the creditors with insufficient recoveries.

  • April 11, 2025

    US Trustee Calls Mitel Networks Ch. 11 Plan Unconfirmable

    Software group Mitel Networks' prepackaged Chapter 11 plan trimming $1.1 billion of debt has nonconsensual third party releases and can't be confirmed, the Office of the U.S. Trustee told a Texas bankruptcy judge.

  • April 11, 2025

    Alex Jones' Sandy Hook Atty Lands 7-Day Suspension Credit

    Alex Jones' former lead Connecticut attorney will be suspended for only one additional week because of a prior sit-out in 2023, a state court judge has clarified, saying she hadn't considered that Norm Pattis was previously benched while he appealed his discipline for his role in transferring Sandy Hook families' confidential records to another Jones attorney.

  • April 11, 2025

    Ex-Girardi CFO Gets 10 Years For 'Devastating' Fraud

    A California federal judge sentenced Girardi Keese's former chief financial officer to just over 10 years in prison Friday for aiding firm leader Tom Girardi's $15 million client theft scheme while also embezzling $6 million for himself, saying the two interrelated schemes "had devastating and far-reaching effects."

  • April 10, 2025

    Judge Isgur To Mediate Sorrento Ch. 11 Dispute

    One of the most prominent bankruptcy judges in the United States is mediating a dispute between the liquidating trustee for biopharmaceutical company Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. and a unit of B. Riley Financial as the parties try to reach a settlement to avoid litigation.

  • April 10, 2025

    Prospect Medical Hospitals Get One More Reprieve In Ch. 11

    Hospital operator Prospect Medical has scored $6 million in financing to temporarily stave off the closure of three Pennsylvania hospitals, the debtor's counsel told a Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday.

  • April 10, 2025

    Amyris Ch. 11 Trust Sues Ex-CEO Over $200M Skin Care Deal

    A creditor trust created under Amyris' Chapter 11 plan has sued the biotechnology company's former CEO in Delaware bankruptcy court, accusing him of abandoning his fiduciary duties by entering into a product licensing deal that locked in low prices for its cosmetics ingredients and contributed to the firm's insolvency.

  • April 10, 2025

    Byju's Alpha Sues Co-Founder Over $533M In Missing Funds

    The bankrupt U.S. subsidiary of Indian tech giant Byju's has filed a suit alleging the company's founder had a direct hand in the disappearance of $533 million in company assets prior to its Chapter 11 filing.

  • April 10, 2025

    Judge Romance Fee Disputes Moved From Bankruptcy Court

    A Texas federal district court agreed to preside over a suit brought by the U.S. Trustee's Office to make Jackson Walker LLP forfeit fees from more than 30 cases overseen by a former bankruptcy judge who was romantically involved with a one time-partner from the firm.

  • April 10, 2025

    Carlton Fields Beats DQ Bid In Fla. $500M Miss America Suit

    A Florida federal judge denied a bid to disqualify Carlton Fields in a $500 million lawsuit over the ownership of the company that runs the Miss America pageant, saying such a remedy is extraordinary, and that the allegations are "scattered and speculative."

  • April 10, 2025

    No Plan To Trim Do Kwon Case After Crypto Memo, Feds Say

    A U.S. Department of Justice memo outlining the Trump administration's cryptocurrency policy and enforcement priorities has not prompted prosecutors to alter their $40 billion criminal fraud case against Terraform founder Do Kwon, a government lawyer told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday.

  • April 10, 2025

    Gunster Adds Byrd Campbell Litigation Atty In Orlando

    Florida business law firm Gunster has added a new shareholder with expertise in complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy law and creditors' rights matters to its Orlando office from Byrd Campbell PA.

  • April 10, 2025

    Purdue Cleared To Start Ch. 11 Claims Processing Early

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved Purdue Pharma's request to appoint claims administrators and begin processing the tens of thousands of claims against the drugmaker, reasoning that doing so ahead of plan confirmation would enable the debtor to make faster distributions to creditors.

  • April 09, 2025

    Wellpath Can Sell Struggling Hospitals For $1 In Ch. 11

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved prison healthcare business Wellpath's request to sell two behavioral care-focused hospitals for $1, finding that the debtor had made the case that the facilities were money losers that the debtor needed to get off its books.

  • April 09, 2025

    Celsius' Suit Against Blockchain Analysts Heads To Fed. Court

    A New York federal district court has granted a request from blockchain analysis company Chainalysis to preside over an adversary lawsuit brought against it by the litigation administrator for defunct cryptocurrency platform Celsius Network LLC, after the parties indicated they agreed to transfer the case out of bankruptcy court.

  • April 09, 2025

    Ch. 11 Filings Surge In March, While Small Biz Filings Flat

    A new report shows that Subchapter V filings have leveled off after the debt limit for the streamlined restructuring method was reduced in June, as experts warned that the lower threshold could push businesses to either more expensive Chapter 11 filings or out of business.

  • April 09, 2025

    Puerto Rico Utility Shorted Bondholders By $2.9B, Docs Say

    Bondholders of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority requested permission from a Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge to file a financial report revealing that the bankrupt utility failed to transfer $2.9 billion over six years into a trust account designated for debt repayment.

  • April 09, 2025

    White & Case's $430K Fee Claim Denied In Terraform Ch. 11

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge denied a $430,000 fee claim filed by law firm White & Case LLP in the Chapter 11 case of Terraform Labs Wednesday, saying payment of the claim was not allowed under the Bankruptcy Code because the firm was never officially retained for its work on behalf of the creditors committee.

  • April 09, 2025

    Conn. Justices Won't Review $1.4B Verdict Against Alex Jones

    The Connecticut Supreme Court has denied a bid by bankrupt Infowars host Alex Jones to appeal a judgment awarding more than $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who sued him for defamation.

  • April 08, 2025

    Jazz Agrees To Pay $145M To Settle Xyrem Antitrust Fight

    Jazz Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $145 million to resolve antitrust litigation accusing it of working with its rival Hikma Pharmaceuticals to stave off generic competitors to Jazz's narcolepsy drug Xyrem, the Ireland-based pharmaceutical company revealed Tuesday.

Expert Analysis

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

  • Expect More Restaurant Ch. 11s As COVID Debt Comes Due

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    The wave of restaurant bankruptcies is likely to continue in the coming months as companies face the looming repayment of COVID-19 pandemic-era government loans, an uncertain economy and increased interest rates, says Isaac Marcushamer at DGIM Law.

  • Mitigating Risk In Net Asset Value Facility Bankruptcies

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    In times of economic turbulence, parties to bankruptcy proceedings that involve net asset value facilities can mitigate risk by understanding the purpose of the automatic stay, complications it can create for NAV facility lenders and options for relief, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • Tax Traps In Acquisitions Of Financially Distressed Targets

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    Parties to the acquisition of an insolvent or bankrupt company face myriad tax considerations, including limitations on using the distressed company's tax benefits, cancellation of indebtedness income, tax lien issues and potential tax reorganizations.

  • 7 Steps To Take Before Responding To Claim Objections

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    When counsel is notified of an objection to the proof of claim in a bankruptcy case, they should contact the client and begin discussing the cost and benefit of responding.

  • Tips For Handling Single Asset Real Estate Bankruptcy Cases

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    Bankruptcy counsel should consider several strategies when representing either a debtor or lender in single asset real estate debtor Chapter 11 cases, which generally arise when a debtor is forced to file for relief to stop an impending foreclosure sale.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • Ch. 11 Ruling Shows Early Attempt To Tackle Purdue Fallout

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    A Delaware bankruptcy court’s recent ruling in Parlement Technologies’ Chapter 11 case, which denied a bid by Parler’s former owner to extend its bankruptcy stay to nondebtors, illustrates early efforts to grapple with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Purdue Pharma for a recurring bankruptcy issue, say Daniel Lowenthal and Jonah Wacholder at Patterson Belknap.

  • 9 Liability Management Tips As Debt Maturity Cliff Looms

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    As the debt maturity cliff swiftly approaches in this challenging environment, attorneys at Winston & Strawn highlight the top considerations for boards of directors and finance professionals to think about when structuring and executing liability management transactions, including reviewing capital structure, evaluating debt covenants, and more.

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