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![A Yellow Corp. truck is seen reflected in a mirror at a terminal in Orlando, Florida. The trucking company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on August 6, 2023, three years after Yellow received $700 million in pandemic-era loans from the federal government. The firm's subsequent closure will cost 30,000 jobs. (Photo by Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)](https://assets.law360news.com/1872000/1872924/fdb9123fa6dd9d53e11467224bce232eb32efb45-yellow_trucking_company_filed_for_bankruptcy_and_is_closing_the_business_in_orlando,_florida,_us_-_07_aug_2023_23809.jpg)
Chapter 11 Check-In: Yellow Corp.'s $1.5B Bankruptcy
It's been more than a year since national trucking giant Yellow Corp. landed in Delaware's bankruptcy court following contentious union negotiations. Despite pulling in over $2 billion from asset sales and paying off $1.5 billion in debt, Yellow's road out of Chapter 11 has been stalled by high-stakes litigation and claims disputes.
![The Exprerss logo above an Express retail store in the Lincoln Road district of Miami Beach, Florida, Saturday, June 15, 2019. Express, Inc. is an American fashion retailer that caters mainly to young men and women. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/NewsBase)](https://assets.law360news.com/1872000/1872623/ef54bf3e5af3253faa4b1d442452dbd92c29da97-express_store_logo_in_miami_beach_65874.jpg)
Retailers That Sunk Into The Red And Hit Ch. 11 In 2024
Major retail companies including Express Inc., Conn's Inc., Avon Products, Sam Ash Music, and Rue21 have filed for bankruptcy this year, citing industry challenges stemming from the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising interest rates and inflationary pressures.
![The Astipalea, a liquefied petroleum gas tanker owned by Eletson Holdings, is pictured near the Port of Antwerp. (Alf van Beem via Creative Commons)](https://assets.law360news.com/1872000/1872388/eb65f19343ef95f5a3b52200ff21d217fb9a226c-astipalea_(ship,_2015)_imo_9711509_port_of_antwerp_photo_2.jpg)
A Look At The 3 Competing Eletson Ch. 11 Plans
A New York bankruptcy judge is in the unusual position of weighing competing Chapter 11 plans for Eletson — one from the debtor and two from creditors that sought to force it into liquidation — as a September confirmation hearing approaches, after rejecting arguments that the oil and gas transporter proposal has no chance of success.
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Tom Girardi has urged a California federal judge to toss the majority of the wire fraud charges he is facing ahead of closing arguments in his trial, saying a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case demonstrates he was c... (more story)
A Connecticut federal judge on Friday upheld bankruptcy rulings placing a $37 million escrow account and a $23 million yacht under the control of Chinese exile and convicted fraudster Miles Guo's Chapter 11 tr... (more story)
The court-appointed trustee in Alex Jones' bankruptcy case has asked a Texas judge to authorize the liquidation and wind-down of Free Speech Systems LLC, arguing that Jones' estate wholly owns the company and ... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday gave defunct electric-vehicle maker Fisker Inc. permission to enter into a deal with its lenders that will see it file a Chapter 11 plan by the end of August and seek court a... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday approved trucking company Yellow Corp.'s bid to hire CBRE Inc. to help broker sales and subleases of the debtor's roughly 116 truck terminals and other industrial properties.
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved an order setting general closing procedures for bankrupt hospital operator Steward Health Care, but gave Pennsylvania authorities a week's reprieve as they try to ... (more story)
Jones Walker LLP announced Thursday that it has bulked up its bankruptcy and restructuring team and its litigation practice group with a partner in Houston who came aboard from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi took the stand Thursday in his California federal fraud trial and denied stealing from any of his clients, while also showing a strong grasp of past events and people but claimin... (more story)
Petersen Health Care creditors have asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject the company's request to pay up to $1.3 million in bonuses to executives and other employees, saying it is too close to the end o... (more story)
Manhattan federal prosecutors announced Thursday that Michelle Bond, a crypto industry lobbyist and the girlfriend of convicted former FTX executive Ryan Salame, has been charged with getting the now-defunct d... (more story)
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A split Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Friday a jury's finding in a fraudulent-transfer fight that a now-bankrupt company was a Ponzi scheme, with the majority writing that jurors didn't need to find an intent t... (more story)
Defunct drug manufacturer Akorn has told Delaware's bankruptcy court it reached an agreement resolving a roughly $28 million dispute regarding its prepetition sale of pharmaceuticals to distributor Cardinal He... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge agreed on Friday to allow clinic operator Pioneer Health to take on more debtor-in-possession financing as it works toward an asset sale, finding the latest arrangement to be in the... (more story)
Bankrupt Greek fuel shipping group Eletson doesn't have to turn over communications with a group of shareholders who are supporting its Chapter 11 plan, a New York bankruptcy judge ruled Friday, finding the co... (more story)
A Texas state appeals court on Thursday reversed a decision allowing a receiver to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a company owned by real estate investor Nate Paul, relying largely on a dispute from an El Paso ... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday tabled a decision on final approval of Delta Apparel's bankruptcy financing to give the clothing maker and its creditors more time to sort out disagreements over how the... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday he will approve procedures for bidding on the assets of a Los Angeles-based company that operates casual restaurant chain Tender Greens and Mexican eatery Tocaya.
Hardinge, a producer of metal-cutting equipment, is set to hold a bankruptcy auction for the business in September, with a $100 million credit offer setting the floor, the debtor's attorneys said Thursday, tel... (more story)
Cole Schotz PC asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to give the firm clearance to drop the former operator of a California luxury hotel as a client over an alleged failure to pay its invoices.
A neurologist with Vanderbilt University testified Wednesday in Tom Girardi's criminal fraud trial in California federal court that the disbarred attorney was likely exaggerating his cognitive problems in late... (more story)