October 14, 2022
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' podcast company is headed toward Chapter 11 mediation after a $965 million defamation damages judgment, Puerto Rico takes another step in restructuring the island's public debt, and the U.S. Supreme Court remanded issues over an increase in trustee fees to the Second Circuit. This is the week in bankruptcy.
October 07, 2022
A Delaware federal judge agreed to consolidate more than a dozen appeals of the Boy Scouts' confirmed Chapter 11 plan Friday, saying he will approve a schedule that would see briefing completed before the end of the year.
September 23, 2022
More than a dozen insurers commenced appeals of the Boy Scouts of America's confirmed Chapter 11 plan, proposed attorneys and advisers in an Alex Jones-linked bankruptcy were disqualified, and talc injury claimants questioned the good faith of Johnson & Johnson's talc unit in filing for bankruptcy. This is the week in bankruptcy.
September 21, 2022
More than a dozen insurers that opposed the Chapter 11 plan of the Boy Scouts of America filed notices of appeal Wednesday in Delaware's bankruptcy court, kicking off an appeals process two weeks after the debtor's plan was confirmed.
September 15, 2022
The Boy Scouts of America obtained approval for its Chapter 11 plan, the world's second-largest movie theater chain hit bankruptcy, and an examiner was appointed in the Celsius Network cryptocurrency case to investigate management's prepetition conduct. This is the week in bankruptcy.
September 08, 2022
A Delaware bankruptcy judge issued an order confirming the Chapter 11 plan of the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday, approving the organizations' plan to channel tens of thousands of childhood sex abuse claims into a $2.5 billion settlement trust.
September 07, 2022
The bankrupt Boy Scouts of America got resolution on all the outstanding issues with its Chapter 11 plan Wednesday in Delaware, with a bankruptcy judge giving a series of rulings on contentious language in the plan's confirmation order.
September 02, 2022
The yearslong dispute between Sears and its former CEO ended with a deal, the Boy Scouts of America took a giant leap toward confirmation, and crypto investment platform Celsius wants to release $56 million of digital assets. This is the week in bankruptcy.
September 01, 2022
A Delaware bankruptcy judge agreed to approve the amended Chapter 11 plan of the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday, after asking for some changes to the proposed order that will confirm the debtor's $2.5 billion settlement plan with sexual abuse survivors.
August 24, 2022
Insurance companies that have objected to the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan reiterated their opposition on Wednesday, telling a Delaware bankruptcy judge that the proposed changes to the plan don't address underlying flaws that affect the insurers' rights.