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Proskauer Atty Is Part Of 'Rich' Harvard Football Tradition
Proskauer bankruptcy partner and longtime Harvard football public address announcer Chad Dale had no experience when he became the voice of the football program 33 years ago, but he followed in his late grandfather's footsteps and received an influential endorsement for the gig from his grieving grandmother.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
A New York bankruptcy judge denied retail creditors to Celsius Network discovery into the crypto lender's bankruptcy plan administration, Johnson & Johnson's talc unit bit back at efforts to dismiss its Chapter 11 case, and the Archdiocese of New Orleans established non-monetary child protections with its unsecured creditors. Here are some bankruptcy stories that may have slipped past you this week.
Meet The Attys Guiding Alex Jones Through Chapter 7
As right-wing media fabulist Alex Jones awaits the final outcome of an auction for his InfoWars website, he's being led through Chapter 7 by a team of attorneys from Elliott Thomason & Gibson LLP and Jordan & Ortiz PC.
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A New York bankruptcy judge on Monday approved an $88 million insurance settlement for Long Island's Roman Catholic diocese after being assured that sexual abuse claimants who pass up a payout from the diocese... (more story)
A Texas bankruptcy judge Monday approved the disclosure statement for fuel refiner Vertex Energy's Chapter 11 plan, which could pave a path for recovery to unsecured creditors after a global settlement was rea... (more story)
Several units of Brazilian petrochemical producer Unigel Group have urged a New York bankruptcy court to recognize their overseas bankruptcy plans to address roughly $810 million of debt, saying factors includ... (more story)
Medical services company CareMax Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court, listing $422.6 million of funded debt and disclosing plans to sell its assets during the case.
Budget air carrier Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 protection in a New York bankruptcy court Monday with $3.6 billion in funded debt and a preapproved equity swap restructuring plan.
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Swedish debt collector Intrum filed its pre-announced, prepackaged Chapter 11 in a Texas bankruptcy court Friday, saying it had secured creditor approval to restructure $4.9 billion in debt.
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Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi is asking a California federal judge for more time before his sentencing date because a key member of his legal team is leaving the Federal Public Defender's Office on Monday.
The former McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP business development director whose husband pled guilty to stealing millions from the firm has argued that the time has come for the court to toss an attempt... (more story)
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Publicly traded biopharmaceutical company Seelos Therapeutics Inc. sought Chapter 11 protection in New York on Saturday, citing between $10 million and $50 million in estimated liabilities.
Two days after Rudy Giuliani's lawyers asked a federal judge to allow them to withdraw from representing him in a pair of cases from former Georgia poll workers seeking to collect a $148 million defamation awa... (more story)
A Texas bankruptcy judge conditionally signed off Friday on the disclosure statement for Vroom Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan, after the defunct used car sales and financing company agreed to revise language regarding... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday granted interim permission for oil and gas company PetroQuest Energy Inc. to access $847,500 of new money financing from its lenders as it plans to sell its assets in East Texas.
A Colorado federal judge on Friday struck a motion to transfer a putative class action suit against a bankrupt truck rental company to the Delaware court handling the business's Chapter 11 case, saying the com... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday said she would allow a competitor and arbitration award claimant of an Abu Dhabi-based defense contractor limited discovery into the company's decision not to fight the di... (more story)
Gas tanker operator Eletson Holdings Inc. has opened an appeal of a New York bankruptcy judge's confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan proposed by petitioning creditors, according to a notice of the move.
Sterilization company Cosmed Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court Thursday with over $100 million in liabilities, much of it related to cancer claims over the gas that it uses... (more story)
This past week in London has seen Ocado file an intellectual property claim against an African fruit and vegetable importer, a claim filed against a Swiss bank founded by Indian billionaire Srichand Parmanand ... (more story)
A former partner with Freshfields will face a two-year suspension and a costs bill of £66,000 ($83,500), the profession's disciplinary tribunal has ruled after finding that he had engaged in "inappropriate and... (more story)