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May 29, 2024
Why Giuliani's Creditors Say He Can't Run His Own Ch. 11
The official committee of unsecured creditors in Rudy Giuliani's Chapter 11 has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to hand control of the Republican firebrand's estate to a trustee, bringing to a head months of creditor allegations that Giuliani has been skipping out on his bankruptcy obligations.
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May 29, 2024
Bankrupt EV Charger Co. Execs Hid Liquidity Woes, Suit Says
Three current and former executives of bankrupt electric-vehicle charging infrastructure company Charge Enterprises Inc. face an investor's proposed class action claiming the executives concealed a liquidity crisis involving the company's founder and his investment advisory firm that allegedly precipitated Charge's bankruptcy.
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May 29, 2024
Honeywell Ends Suit Over $8.75M Bond For Army Base Work
A Pennsylvania federal court has approved a request from Honeywell International Inc. to drop its lawsuit over an $8.75 million performance bond whose issuer allegedly balked at paying to replace a bankrupt subcontractor for a long-delayed job at the Tobyhanna Army Depot.
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May 29, 2024
Drug Co. Eiger Can Probe Lender On Foiled PIPE Deal Fallout
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals received a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval Wednesday to collect documents from lender Innovatus Life Sciences tied to what the rare-disease drugmaker called Innovatus's decision to "manufacture" a default under a credit agreement, a move that allegedly blew up a potential financing deal and precipitated Eiger's Chapter 11 filing.
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May 29, 2024
Red Lobster's Potential Buyer Has Fished In This Pond Before
When Red Lobster hit bankruptcy last week with plans for an asset sale, it brought with it a $275 million stalking horse bid from a private equity firm that is perfectly positioned to repeat a move it has made before: buying struggling restaurant chains out of insolvency and taking over operations.
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May 29, 2024
Tremont Chicago Hotel Reaches Agreement With Lender
A defunct hotel near Chicago's commercial center has reached an agreement with its senior secured creditor, resolving its request to dismiss the case or lift the Chapter 11 automatic stay while reserving the right to revisit the stay under some circumstances.
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May 29, 2024
Archdiocese Seeks NY High Court Clarity In Abuse Row
The Archdiocese of New York asked a state appeals court for leave to appeal to the state's highest court to clarify the proper pleading standards in a coverage dispute brought by Chubb over sexual abuse claims, arguing Chubb's "collective pleading strategy" is inconsistent with state precedent.
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May 29, 2024
Non-Atty Advice To Debtors Is Unprotected, 2nd Circ. Told
New York urged the Second Circuit on Wednesday to find that stopping a nonprofit focused on bankruptcy education and the South Bronx pastor it's working with from advising low-income debtors represents a content-neutral regulation on who can practice law that does not violate the First Amendment.
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May 29, 2024
Pa. Seeks New Bankruptcy Judge As Vacancies Increase
Two vacancies and a third open seat coming at the end of July in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has led the Third Circuit to announce this week it is accepting applications to fill the court's bench.
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May 29, 2024
Weinstein Could Face Added Assault Charges In Retrial
New York prosecutors planning to retry Harvey Weinstein this fall after his rape conviction was overturned said Wednesday they may file an expanded indictment after hearing from new sexual assault claimants.
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May 28, 2024
$10M Policy Excludes Tobacco Group's Suit, Court Told
An insurer told a North Carolina federal court Tuesday that it doesn't owe coverage to a tobacco growers' cooperative saddled with paying out a $100 million settlement for farmers, arguing that its $10 million policy excludes contract claims.
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May 28, 2024
Hawaii Warns Telecom Co.'s Loan Woes Will Affect Consumers
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is warning customers who live in the home lands and use Sandwich Isles Communications for phone and internet service that they need to switch companies immediately or risk losing service, but Sandwich Isles is blaming the state agency for the issue.
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May 28, 2024
Applesauce Maker Files Ch. 7 Facing Lead Recall Lawsuits
WanaBana LLC, which makes fruit purées, snacks and teas, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Delaware as it fights litigation over recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches the FDA has connected to 90 confirmed cases of illness.
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May 28, 2024
FTX Attys Cleared, Alex Jones' Reckoning, Modell's Deal
A report found that FTX counsel Sullivan & Cromwell was not involved in the pre-bankruptcy fraud at the cryptocurrency exchange, Alex Jones and his InfoWars podcast business are facing a June 15 deadline for progress in their Chapter 11 cases, and a former bankruptcy judge was accused of trying to force a false narrative tied to his romantic relationship with an attorney.
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May 28, 2024
Medical Test Maker To Liquidate After FDA Slams COVID Kits
Medical test maker Cue Health filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in Delaware bankruptcy court Tuesday with more than $50 million in debt, two weeks after federal regulators warned customers to throw out its COVID-19 tests due to a higher risk of false results.
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May 28, 2024
UV Air Purifier Co. Hits Ch. 11 After Post-COVID Sales Slump
The holding company of several ultraviolet-related air purifying companies has hit Chapter 11 in New York, saying it needs to reorganize after its subsidiaries stopped making money following an initial COVID-19-related boom.
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May 28, 2024
Ex-Partners Oppose Dismissal Of Bankruptcy Firm's Ch. 11
Two ex-partners of bankrupt Minnesota consumer bankruptcy firm LifeBack Law Firm have restated their request that a Minnesota bankruptcy judge wrest control of the firm from its "disruptive" current controlling partner rather than grant the dismissal requested by the U.S. Trustee's Office.
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May 28, 2024
Legal Lenders Can't Avoid Hurricane Ads Suit, Plaintiff Argues
Funding companies that lent $20 million to a Texas law firm accused of using it to deceptively solicit hurricane victims can't escape liability by claiming they didn't know how attorneys were using the money or "simply because they don't have offices in the state," according to a Louisiana woman at the forefront of a putative class action.
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May 24, 2024
UrgentPoint Can Use Lender Cash Despite Pushback
Holistic healthcare provider UrgentPoint got approval in Delaware bankruptcy court Friday to use its lenders' cash collateral in its Chapter 11 case, after facing questions from the U.S. Trustee's Office and the judge presiding over the case about its prior obligations to merchant cash advance lenders.
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May 24, 2024
Biden's Judicial Impact And What's Left On The Wish List
President Joe Biden secured confirmation of his 200th federal judge Wednesday and has transformed the judiciary by picking more women and people of color than any other president. But the upcoming election season could derail his hopes of confirming many more judges.
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May 24, 2024
Off The Bench: NCAA Settles House NIL Class Action
In this week’s Off the Bench, the NCAA settles its court dispute with hundreds of thousands of athletes over name, image and likeness compensation, NFL rookie Marvin Harrison Jr. is taken to court over an endorsement contract, and former Super Bowl champion Antonio Brown’s post-career life is burdened further by bankruptcy. If you were sidelined this week, Law360 is here to catch you up on the sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.
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May 24, 2024
Wage Class Action Overlooked At Bankrupt Moving App Lugg
The co-founder of online moving service Lugg Inc. failed to alert the company to lawsuits including a proposed class action alleging the startup underpaid workers in California, an oversight that led to legal penalties and a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by the Y Combinator-backed venture last week.
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May 24, 2024
Weinstein Atty Trying To Chill Retrial Testimony, DA Says
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has argued that a lawyer for Harvey Weinstein violated ethics rules by publicly accusing one of the movie mogul's alleged rape victims of perjury in an "obvious" attempt to dissuade her from testifying again at an upcoming retrial.
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May 24, 2024
Biden Urges 1st Circ. To Find Debt Cap Challenge Moot
The Biden administration asked the First Circuit to affirm a finding that a government workers' union lacks standing to challenge the debt ceiling's constitutionality and that its case was further rendered moot by passage of a deal to suspend the spending limit until January.
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May 23, 2024
Shoes For Crews Gets OK For $290M Credit Bid Sale
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said at a hearing Thursday that she would approve a $290 million credit bid sale of Shoes For Crews to its first-lien lenders after no other bidders emerged for the nonslip shoes retailer.