January 24, 2025
A Fifth Circuit decision rejecting mattress maker Serta Simmons' controversial "uptier" exchange offers new ammunition for an array of investors excluded from non-pro rata debt transactions, a development that could curb favored creditors and private equity firms' appetite for deals marked by so-called lender-on-lender violence.
January 17, 2025
Drugmaker Nostrum sought for more time to file a Chapter 11 plan, Swedish debt collection agency Intrum asked a Texas bankruptcy court to enforce its plan that a group of noteholders are opposing, and former employees of a bankrupt drink packager alleged they were unlawfully laid off without any advance warning.
January 02, 2025
The Fifth Circuit sided with a group of lenders left out of a so-called uptier refinancing deal with mattress seller Serta Simmons, reversing a bankruptcy court's ruling in a closely watched case on liability management transactions; Purdue Pharma secured a one-month extension as its creditors and members of the Sackler family try to reach a settlement in mediation; and retail chain Big Lots reached an eleventh-hour deal to sell some of its stores and thwart a total liquidation.