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Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling

Law school provides doctrine, cases and hypotheticals, but when lawyers step into the courtroom, they must learn t... (more story)

Charges Signal Tougher Stance On Execs' Bankruptcy Fraud

The recent criminal charges stemming from the Tricolor and First Brands bankruptcy cases may represent a sea chang... (more story)

5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privi... (more story)

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Multi-Color Gets To Keep Case In NJ Due To 'Loophole'

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Monday denied motions that sought to transfer the Chapter 11 case of label-maker Multi-Color Corp. to another court, saying a "loophole" in the venue statute created by Congres... (more story)

Lannett Investors Seek Final OK Of $5.8M Price-Fix Probe Suit

Former executives of pharmaceutical company Lannett Inc. and a class of investors have asked a Pennsylvania federal court to grant final approval to their $5.8 million deal to end claims the company and its le... (more story)

Firms Fight Discovery In Sanctions Bid Following Eletson Row

Greenberg Traurig LLP and Reed Smith LLP have each urged a New York federal court to deny discovery requests by Levona Holdings as the company pursues sanctions against the firms following the court's vacatur ... (more story)

Saks Creditors OK $300M In Additional Ch. 11 Funds

Luxury retailer Saks Global announced Monday its senior secured bondholders approved its bid to access another $300 million in financing for its Chapter 11 case after seeing the company's postbankruptcy business plan.

Eddie Bauer Stores Get OK For Creditor Vote On Ch. 11 Plan

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge Monday gave the operator of Eddie Bauer's retail outlets permission to send its Chapter 11 plan out for a creditor vote after unsecured creditors dropped their opposition.

Wind Co. TPI's Asset Deals OK'd, Resolving DIP Default

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday approved two sales of the assets of wind turbine blade maker TPI Composites Inc., resolving a default from its debtor-in-possession lender as it moves toward approval of a Ch... (more story)

PE Firm Seeks To Block Calif. Suit Over $17.5M Deal

A private equity investment firm has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to block two former sellers of behavioral health facilities from pursuing a parallel lawsuit in California, arguing that the claims violat... (more story)

Ethanol Giant Raizen Seeks US Nod For $12B Brazil Reorg

Raizen SA, the largest producer of ethanol in Brazil, and several affiliates filed for Chapter 15 recognition in New York on Thursday with 65.1 billion reais, or about $12 billion, of debt, after striking a pr... (more story)

Arrest Warrants Approved For Ex-Eletson Officials In Ch. 11

A New York bankruptcy judge approved arrest warrants for a group of former shareholders of reorganized debtor Eletson Holdings Inc. who were directors of an entity purporting to control the company post-bankru... (more story)

FAT Brands Files Ch. 11 Sale Procedures As Talks Continue

Bankrupt restaurant chain owner FAT Brands filed proposed sale and bidding procedures calling for a sale of its assets to close by early May, while saying it is working with its creditor groups on the final fo... (more story)

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American Signature OK'd For Tweaked Ch. 11 Claims Bar Date

A Delaware bankruptcy judge agreed Monday to let furniture retailer American Signature set the end of April as the deadline for claims in its Chapter 11 case, overruling an objection from the U.S. Trustee's Of... (more story)

Bronx Project Facing Sale Hits Ch. 11 To Probe 'Treachery'

The developer of a 900-unit housing project in the Bronx that was awarded a $55 million state grant in October has filed for bankruptcy to stop a foreclosure sale, blaming what it called "treachery" in the tra... (more story)

SoHo Building In NYC Hits Ch. 11, Owing $30M

The owner of a mixed-use building in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with more than $30.6 million in liabilities, according to a petition filed in New York bankruptcy court.

Ill. Racetrack Hawthorne Gets 3-Member Creditors Committee

The U.S. Trustee's Office has appointed an official unsecured creditors committee in a Chicago-area horse track's Chapter 11 case, selecting three horse racing industry creditors.

Crypto Selloff Sends Trading Platform BlockFills To Ch. 11

Cryptocurrency company BlockFills has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court with up to $500 million in debt weeks after pausing customer withdrawals amid a selloff in crypto markets.

Pa. City Receiver Challenges Law That Halted Ch. 9 Utility Sale

A state law that stripped a Pennsylvania city of its ability to appoint all the members of its water authority's board was unconstitutional, the bankrupt city of Chester said in a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Cou... (more story)

Competing Plans To Move Forward In Oakland Diocese Ch. 11

A California bankruptcy judge said Friday that he wants competing Chapter 11 plans to proceed in parallel in the case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, telling the debtor and the creditors committee th... (more story)

Philly Music Venue Hits Ch. 11 With Tax Liens, Lawsuits

World Cafe Live, a nonprofit live performance venue in Philadelphia, got a Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge's permission Friday to fund its Chapter 11 proceeding for two weeks after it filed for bankruptcy protec... (more story)

Chicago Hotel Operator Secures Interim Cash For Ch. 11

The owner of two Chicago hotels can access its senior lender's cash collateral to fund its Chapter 11 case, a Delaware bankruptcy judge said Friday, while a decision on BY Hotel SPE-3 LLC's proposed $1 million... (more story)

Track & Field League Gets OK For Vote On Reorg Plan

A Delaware judge Thursday gave an Olympic medalist-founded startup track-and-field league permission to send its equity-swap Chapter 11 reorganization plan out for a creditor vote, overruling claims the plan i... (more story)