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Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to... (more story)

How Ch. 11 Can Alleviate Merchant Cash Advance Concerns

Merchant cash advance funding is one of the biggest challenges for small businesses today because funders are so p... (more story)

5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that co... (more story)

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Ligado Creditor Pans 'Exorbitant' Fees For $115M DIP Loan

Satellite communications company Ligado Networks LLC's largest unsecured creditor asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject the company's proposed $115 million Chapter 11 financing package, saying Ligado's s... (more story)

Pashman Stein Brings On Bankruptcy Pros In Delaware

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC has added two attorneys, including one from Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP, to continue to grow its bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors' rights practice in Delaware and beyond.

Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil

Bankruptcy attorneys from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP steered hospital chain Steward Health Care's $9 billion bankruptcy and represented Scandinavian Airlines in its restructuring of $2 billion in debt across th... (more story)

Judge Stays NY Diocese Abuse Suits, Citing 2nd Circ. Ruling

A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday agreed to stay sexual abuse claims filed under the state's Child Victims Act against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, deciding that a Second Circuit ruling in 20... (more story)

Yellow Corp. Gets OK For $67M Real Estate Asset Sale

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved defunct trucking company Yellow Corp.'s $67 million asset sales for its owned and leased properties, saying the asset purchase agreements serve "the best intere... (more story)

Tech Co. Sanctioned For Interference In Byju's Ch. 11

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday ordered $25,000-a-day sanctions against Voizzit Technology Private Ltd. for interfering with three bankrupt subsidiaries of Indian educational technology giant Byju's, fin... (more story)

Spirit Spurns Frontier Offer In Favor Of Ch. 11 Debt Swap

Bankrupt air carrier Spirit Airlines Inc. said in public securities filings Wednesday that it has rejected an offer from competitor Frontier Airlines to merge and will instead continue pursuit of its prearrang... (more story)

NY Archdiocese Wants Abuse Coverage Row Segmented

The Archdiocese of New York urged a New York state court to analyze coverage in phases for over 1,300 sex abuse lawsuits it and its affiliated entities face, arguing that because the "vast majority" of the und... (more story)

JCPenney Says Jackson Walker Owes $1M For Judge's Affair

Jackson Walker LLP should have to return the more than $1 million paid to it by J.C. Penney given the firm's failure to disclose that one of its partners had a romantic relationship with the judge who had over... (more story)

Bankrupt MMA Law Seeks Hurricane Case Fees From 2 Firms

Bankrupt firm MMA Law has filed adversary suits against two law firms in Texas bankruptcy court seeking to recover fees related to work done on behalf of hurricane victim clients that it says belong to its bankruptcy estate.

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Agency In NJ Town Loses Retrial Bid In $26M Land-Taking Fight

A New Jersey federal judge has denied a redevelopment agency's bid for a new trial in a land-taking battle after a jury determined it should pay $25.6 million for a 22-acre former Michelin Tire & Rubber Co. fa... (more story)

Cobalt Refiner Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Cut $164M In Debt

A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday put the operator of one of the world's largest cobalt refineries on course for a March hearing on a Chapter 11 plan to shed nearly $164 million in debt as it deals with depre... (more story)

Calif. Trucking Group In Talks With Possible Ch. 11 Buyer

KAL Freight Inc. expects to file a Chapter 11 plan in February that may toggle between a sale of the business or another form of reorganization, lawyers for the trucking group told a Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday.

Calif. Woman Denied Relief From Joint Tax Debt

A California woman is ineligible for relief from the tax liability she and her husband accrued due to incorrectly claimed retirement fund withdrawals, the U.S. Tax Court ruled Wednesday, upholding the Internal... (more story)

NY Battery Startup Gets Interim OK For Ch. 11 Loan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave interim permission for lithium-ion battery maker iM3NY to access part of a $17.5 million Chapter 11 financing from its senior lender, along with a host of other routine motions.

Fla. Judge OKs Settlement In Energy Drink Co. Bankruptcy

A Florida federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a $3 million settlement in the bankruptcy case of Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc., the company that produces Bang Energy drinks, but declined to seal an agre... (more story)

Rental Co. Urges NC Justices To Review Debt Deadline Ruling

A South Carolina real estate rental company urged the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a lower court's decision that the company missed the window to enforce a debt because the automatic sta... (more story)

3rd Circ. Skeptical Of Philly Firm's Ch. 7 Case Fee Quest

The Third Circuit on Wednesday seemed skeptical that Spector Gaden Rosen Vinci PC properly informed a bankruptcy court of the billing and services provided to a couple in a Chapter 7 case in which a judge sanc... (more story)

Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in 2024 carried two complex, crisis-driven Chapter 11s across the bankruptcy finish line, confirming plans for defunct crypto exchange FTX and the former operator of Silicon Valley Bank... (more story)

Lowenstein Sandler Hit With Malpractice Suit From Dispensary

A cannabis dispensary facing a lawsuit from Lowenstein Sandler LLP for unpaid legal fees has fired back with a malpractice suit against the firm, alleging its attorneys helped the dispensary's former CEO in an... (more story)