Large Cap
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May 21, 2024
Talc Biz Barretts Gets New $30M DIP Loan From Parent Co.
Barretts Minerals, a company that mines talc, received a Texas bankruptcy court's approval Tuesday to tap $30 million in emergency debtor-in-possession financing from a subsidiary of its nondebtor parent company, after an asset sale generated less money than expected.
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May 21, 2024
Yellow Corp. Seeks Ch. 11 Plan Extension After $2B In Sales
Bankrupt trucking firm Yellow Corp. has asked a Delaware judge to extend the period during which it has the exclusive right to file a Chapter 11 plan for the third time, touting its nearly $2 billion in real estate sales that it says have allowed it to pay off its secured debts.
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May 21, 2024
Ex-Director For Byju's Alpha In Contempt Over Missing $533M
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday held in contempt a former executive for the insolvent U.S. affiliate of Indian education technology giant Byju's, finding he had been disingenuous about his attempts to track down an alleged $533 million fraudulent transfer.
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May 21, 2024
Alex Jones Judge Sets Day Of Reckoning For Ch. 11 Case
Saying that something has to happen in the bankruptcy case of right-wing radio firebrand Alex Jones, the Texas judge overseeing the case reiterated his position that Jones' Chapter 11 plan will be confirmed at a June 14 hearing or the case will be dismissed or converted to a liquidation.
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May 21, 2024
Variety Of Cases Propelled Rise In New Jersey Ch. 11 Filings
The cases that have made the New Jersey bankruptcy court the second busiest in the nation have run the gamut from nationwide retail chains, major real estate players and Johnson & Johnson's mass tort talc spinoff to genetic labs and cryptocurrency platforms.
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May 21, 2024
Cano Judge Agrees To OK Ch. 11 Plan Disclosure Statement
A Delaware bankruptcy judge agreed on Tuesday to sign off on Miami-based primary healthcare group Cano Health Inc.'s Chapter 11 disclosure statement for purposes of soliciting creditor votes once the debtor files a revised proposed order that bakes in language that garnered support from unsecured creditors.
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May 21, 2024
Strategic Hiring Was The New Normal For BigLaw In 2023
The 400 largest law firms by headcount in the U.S. grew more slowly in 2023 than in the previous two years, while Kirkland & Ellis LLP surpassed the 3,000-attorney threshold, according to the latest Law360 ranking.
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May 21, 2024
The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
The legal market expanded more tentatively in 2023 than in previous years amid a slowdown in demand for legal services, especially in transactions, an area that has been sluggish but is expected to quicken in the near future.
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May 21, 2024
Contractor For Exxon, QatarEnergy LNG Venture Hits Ch. 11
The general contractor for a liquefied natural gas project co-owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. and QatarEnergy filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court Tuesday with more than $1 billion of debt, saying it intends to use the court process to back out of the Texas venture.
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May 20, 2024
Red Lobster Filing, Giuliani Deal, New Jersey's Rise As Venue
Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy in Florida with $294 million in funded debt after a failed "endless shrimp" promotion, Rudy Giuliani and two election workers who sued him for defamation said they were close to a deal to resolve a lawsuit filed in his bankruptcy case, and a top New Jersey judge disclosed the Garden State was the second-busiest bankruptcy venue over the past year.
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May 20, 2024
Genesis, Curo Get Ch. 11 Plans OK'd At Different Speeds
Two major Chapter 11 cases won confirmation last week on very different timelines, with crypto lender Genesis Global Holdco LLC finally on an exit path after more than a year and consumer lender Curo Group Holdings Corp. gaining court approval less than two months after it filed for bankruptcy.
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May 20, 2024
Rite Aid Settles Trademark Suit Over New Logo
Rite Aid has reached an agreement with Brand Design Co. to end a lawsuit claiming that the drugstore chain misused the design firm's font for a new logo, the parties have told a Pennsylvania federal court.
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May 20, 2024
Express Seeks To Nix 5th Ave. Store Lease, 16 Others
Fashion retailer Express Inc. told a Delaware bankruptcy judge the company has decided to reject the leases for 17 of its stores in its Chapter 11 case, including a lease for its store on Fifth Avenue in New York City and another lodged in the Mall of America.
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May 20, 2024
J&J Says Beasley Allen Looking To 'Bias' Vote On $6.5B Plan
Johnson & Johnson's bankrupt talc unit accused the Beasley Allen Law Firm of attempting to intentionally "bias" the vote against its recently announced proposal to pay out $6.5 billion in a prepackaged reorganization plan to resolve claims that its talc-based baby powder causes ovarian cancer.
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May 20, 2024
Girardi Wants To Probe Jurors' 'Real Housewives' Exposure
Public defenders for Tom Girardi want to ask prospective jurors in his upcoming fraud trial whether they have seen his wife's reality television show and news reporting about his law firm's massive scandal, according to a recent motion in Los Angeles federal court.
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May 17, 2024
Scammer Cops To SIM Scheme Including $400M Crypto Theft
A Colorado woman on Thursday pled guilty in D.C. federal court for her part in a SIM swapping scheme that appears to encompass more than $400 million stolen from the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
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May 17, 2024
Steward Health Ch. 11 Lifts Lid On PE In Healthcare
Steward Health's $9 billion Chapter 11 has come under scrutiny from state attorneys general seeking to uncover why a once-rapidly growing hospital network ended up buried in debt, with authorities taking the unusual tack of turning a special eye toward its former private equity owner Cerberus Capital Management, experts told Law360.
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May 17, 2024
ConvergeOne Lenders Cite 'Exclusivity' Of Ch. 11 Equity Deal
A group of ConvergeOne lenders asked a Texas bankruptcy judge Friday to reject the information technology company's prepackaged Chapter 11 plan, saying an equity rights offering underpinning the proposal unfairly excludes its members.
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May 17, 2024
Healthcare Co. Sues Steward In Ch. 11 Over Military Contract
A healthcare company that provides services to members of the military and their families sued debtor Steward Health Care on Thursday in Texas bankruptcy court, asking a judge there to declare that the provider properly terminated a subcontract with Steward due to its declining financial state.
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May 17, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen a wave of claims filed against Verity Trustees Ltd., Harley-Davidson hit retailer Next with an intellectual property claim, Turkish e-commerce entrepreneur Demet Mutlu sue her ex-husband and Trendyol co-founder Evren Üçok and the Solicitors Regulation Authority file a claim against the former boss of collapsed law firm Axiom. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 17, 2024
Cano Health Strikes $7M Deal With Unsecured Creditors
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Friday that she was prepared to send Cano Health Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan out for a creditor vote after hearing the medical care group has reached a $7 million settlement with its unsecured creditors.
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May 17, 2024
'We Feel It': NJ Ranks 2nd In Ch. 11 Cases, Chief Judge Says
New Jersey federal courts saw the second most Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in the nation over the last year, Chief U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb of the District of New Jersey said on Friday.
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May 16, 2024
Convicted Insurance Mogul Says He'll Trim Empire
Convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg told the North Carolina Supreme Court he's relinquishing control of portions of his enterprise to fulfill a deal to restructure them with independent oversight, according to court filings.
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May 16, 2024
NJ Judge Scrutinizes J&J Unit's Libel Claim Over Talc Study
A bankrupt Johnson & Johnson unit's libel claims over a scientific article linking talcum powder to mesothelioma intrigued a New Jersey federal judge during an oral argument on Thursday, prompting her to muse that the author's consideration of other exposures seemed to bolster the study at issue.
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May 16, 2024
3 Big Bankruptcy Cases Still Pending At The Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court may have declined to hear a challenge to non-debtor litigation stays in mass tort bankruptcies this week in the Chapter 11 case of Georgia-Pacific's asbestos spinoff, but it is still slated to hand down decisions with the potential for wide-reaching impacts to mass torts and beyond this term.