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2 Options For Sackler Family After High Court Purdue Ruling

After the U.S. Supreme Court recently blocked Purdue Pharma's plan to shield the family that owns the company from... (more story)

Revisiting Scalia's 'What's It To You?' After Kaiser Ruling

While the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser allows insurers to be conside... (more story)

Florida Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

The second quarter of 2024 brought two notable bills that will affect Florida's banking and finance community acro... (more story)

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Rite Aid, DOJ Craft $410M Settlement Of Opioid Sale Claims

Rite Aid agreed to a nearly $410 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the bulk of which will be an unsecured claim in the company's Chapter 11 case, that will put to bed allegations the phar... (more story)

Feds Say Guo Ran 'Fraud Empire' As Racketeering Trial Wraps

Manhattan federal prosecutors urged a jury on Wednesday to convict Chinese dissident Miles Guo for operating his political movement as a vast racketeering conspiracy that "brainwashed" supporters into spending... (more story)

Acis Can't Intervene In Highland Capital Ch. 11 Claim Conflict

Investment firm Acis Capital Management LP can't get involved in a $9.6 million claim dispute in reorganized hedge fund Highland Capital Management LP's Chapter 11 case, a Texas bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesda... (more story)

Petersen Health Care Gets OK To Sell Nursing Homes In Ch. 11

Petersen Health Care won a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval on Wednesday to sell most of its nursing homes after selecting four bidders at an auction earlier this month, defeating or resolving objections t... (more story)

Judge Urges Deal On Puerto Rico Utility Bond Claims

The judge overseeing the restructuring of Puerto Rico's electric utility on Wednesday asked the island's fiscal board and bondholders to prove wrong a court-appointed mediator's gloomy assessment on the prospe... (more story)

Redbox Parent To Liquidate After 'Train Wreck' Mismanagement

Attorneys for the parent of Redbox Entertainment on Wednesday told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that "massive mismanagement" of the DVD rental company had left them with no choice but to ask for conversion of t... (more story)

Giuliani Urges DC Court Not To Disbar Him Over Trump Work

Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday urged the D.C. Court of Appeals to let him keep his law license, saying he did not commit misconduct in his work on former President Donald Trump's challenge to Pennsylvania's 2020 p... (more story)

Cooley Adds Bankruptcy Atty From Gibson Dunn To LA Office

Cooley LLP expanded its transactional services in its Los Angeles office this week with the addition of an attorney who moved his practice after eight years with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

$6B Yellow Corp. Pension Fund Fight Set For August Hearing

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Wednesday he would schedule a hearing in August to resolve competing motions for summary judgment on Yellow Corp.'s objection to several pension plans' claims for more than $6 ... (more story)

Terraform Asks To Start Ch. 11 Wind-Down Ahead Of Plan Date

Bankrupt cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to give it a head start on winding down pursuant to a $4.5 billion settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,... (more story)

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Synapse Credit's Finance Lending License Pulled In California

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation on Wednesday revoked the financing lending license of Synapse Credit LLC, a subsidiary of Synapse Financial Technologies, whose April bankruptcy... (more story)

Acquitted Fla. Atty's Bankruptcy Case Converted To Ch. 7

A Florida federal bankruptcy judge denied a request Wednesday by an attorney who was acquitted last year in a billion-dollar medical fraud scheme to dismiss his Chapter 11 case and instead converted it to Chap... (more story)

NJ Property Developer Files Ch. 11 With Up To $50M Liabilities

Real estate developer JGA Development LLC, which owns and operates 84 units and has been developing dozens more, filed for Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey on Tuesday with up to $50 million each of assets and liabilities.

Texas Pipe Distributor Hits Ch. 11 With $50M Debt

A Texas pipe distributor has filed for Chapter 11 in the Lone Star state, as the company hopes to restructure its more than $50 million in debt in the face of default notices from its main lender.

Bang Energy Drink Co. Ex-CEO Urges DQ Of Ch. 11 Judge

The former CEO of the company that makes Bang energy drinks urged the disqualification of a Florida federal bankruptcy judge and called for an investigation, alleging that the judge committed misconduct in the... (more story)

Former McElroy Deutsch CFO Hits Ch. 11 Amid Theft Cases

McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter's former chief financial officer filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey this week as he awaits sentencing for embezzling over $1.5 million from the firm over a period of years ... (more story)

Bankruptcy Filing Halts Dueling Unions' Defamation Dispute

One of two security and law enforcement unions embroiled in defamation suits in Michigan federal court has informed the court that it has filed for bankruptcy in Pennsylvania, pausing the claims against it a w... (more story)

Pharma Co. Fined $16.9M For Fake Scripts, Ex-VP Arrested

A subsidiary of bankrupt DMK Pharmaceuticals Corp. faces a $16.9 million criminal fine after pleading guilty to conspiring in a scheme to ship drugs using false prescriptions, federal prosecutors announced Tue... (more story)

Glocal Says UpHealth Coerced Acquisition In Ch. 11 Suit

Indian healthcare network Glocal said its majority owner, bankrupt telemedicine tech company UpHealth, lied about business delays and exaggerated its finances as leverage in a 2020 acquisition, alleging in a D... (more story)

Massage Franchise Operator Files Ch. 7 With $32M Debt

The operators of a chain of massage therapy franchises in California and Texas filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in Delaware bankruptcy court with nearly $32 million in debt.