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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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Nevada Copper Floats Up To $5.2M In Ch. 11 Worker Bonuses

Bankrupt mining operation Nevada Copper Inc. has proposed a pair of bonus plans that would allow for up to $5.2 million in retention and incentive payments for its workforce for staying with the company during... (more story)

Rite Aid Says Elixir Buyer In Contempt Over Liability Dispute

Bankrupt pharmacy chain Rite Aid has asked a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to find the purchaser of its prescription benefits subsidiary in contempt, saying the buyer is defying his orders by refusing to assume ... (more story)

Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

Prince's heirs were left standing alone in a cold world last week after Delaware's Court of Chancery found their attempts to gain control of the late musician's estate too demanding. Delaware's court of equity... (more story)

Feds Say Petersen Bid Won't Cover HUD-Backed Loans

The federal government Monday filed an objection to Petersen Health Care's proposed facilities sale, saying the $136 million in bids received by the company is insufficient to cover the U.S. Department of Hous... (more story)

How Reshaped Circuit Courts Are Faring At The High Court

Seminal rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term will reshape many facets of American society in the coming years. Already, however, the rulings offer glimpses of how the justices view specific circui... (more story)

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

The U.S. Supreme Court's lethargic pace of decision-making this term left the justices to issue a slew of highly anticipated and controversial rulings during the term's final week — rulings that put the court'... (more story)

High Court Flexes Muscle To Limit Administrative State

The U.S. Supreme Court's dismantling of a 40-year-old judicial deference doctrine, coupled with rulings stripping federal agencies of certain enforcement powers and exposing them to additional litigation, has ... (more story)

The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term

The U.S. Supreme Court's session ended with a series of blockbuster cases that granted the president broad immunity, changed federal gun policy and kneecapped administrative agencies. And many of the biggest d... (more story)

5 Moments That Shaped The Supreme Court's Jan. 6 Decision

When the high court limited the scope of a federal obstruction statute used to charge hundreds of rioters who stormed the Capitol, the justices did not vote along ideological lines. In a year marked by 6-3 spl... (more story)

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

In a U.S. Supreme Court term teeming with serious showdowns, the august air at oral arguments filled with laughter after an attorney mentioned her plastic surgeon and a justice seemed to diss his colleagues, t... (more story)

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Romance Writers Group Can Go Ahead With Ch. 11 Plan

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday allowed Romance Writers of America to move forward with its bankruptcy plan in the trade association's streamlined Chapter 11 case, noting that there were no objections to co... (more story)

SEC, US Trustee Say CalAmp Can't Nix Claims Post-Purdue

Two federal agencies have objected to third-party releases in cloud-technology developer CalAmp Corp.'s Chapter 11 plan, telling a Delaware bankruptcy judge that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Purdu... (more story)

Icon Aircraft Investor Says Co.'s Ex-CEO Can't Pursue Suit

The majority equity owner of Icon Aircraft has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject a request by a group of investors including the company's former chief executive to continue prosecuting claims that i... (more story)

UpHealth Says $110M Glocal Award Can Be Enforced

Bankrupt medical tech company UpHealth has urged an Illinois court to enforce a $110 million arbitral award against Indian digital healthcare services platform Glocal Healthcare in a bitter feud over an ill-fa... (more story)

Insurer Says No Sanctions Needed For Abuse Survivors Leak

An insurance carrier for the bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse is asking a New York bankruptcy judge to reject a request that she sanction it for leaking information about sexual abuse survivors, say... (more story)

Judge Grants Ch. 11 DIP Extension To Takeoff

A Delaware bankruptcy judge ordered Friday that bankrupt grocery automation company Takeoff Technologies Inc. be given a second round of interim debtor in possession financing, worth almost $600,000, as the co... (more story)

Mercon Coffee Says Ch. 11 Releases Aren't Insider Incentives

Bankrupt coffee supplier Mercon Coffee Group defended employee releases in its Chapter 11 liquidation plan, telling a New York bankruptcy court that Section 503(c) of the Bankruptcy Code limits payment of admi... (more story)

Court To Weigh Scope Of Ex-Judge's Atty Romance Testimony

A Texas bankruptcy judge said he must determine the scope of a deposition over a former judge's concealed romantic relationship with an ex-Jackson Walker LLP attorney, reversing course on a stipulation and rul... (more story)

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including gerrymandering, abortion and federal agency authority, and a hot bench ever more willing to engage in a lengthy back-and-for... (more story)

US Trustee Calls Rue21 Exculpations Excessive

The U.S. Trustee's Office has told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that teen apparel retailer rue21 is trying to protect too many parties from potential legal liability as it seeks to wind down its Chapter 11 case.