Big Lots, Inc.

  1. November 21, 2024

    Big Lots Seeks To Include Claims Against Execs In Asset Sale

    Discount retailer Big Lots on Thursday asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve a $760 million asset sale to a private equity group and override creditor objections to the inclusion of potential litigation claims against company insiders in the package.

  2. November 04, 2024

    Purdue Buys Time For Creditor Deal, Eletson Plan Confirmed

    Facing a litigation stay deadline after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its Chapter 11 plan, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma was given a new one-month extension of the stay so that its creditors and the Sacklers can continue mediating to settle claims.

  3. November 01, 2024

    Big Lots Says $760M Bid Wins In Ch. 11 Auction

    Discount retailer Big Lots got approval from a Delaware bankruptcy judge to sell off nearly three-dozen store leases the day after it said it had received no offers to beat a $760 million bid for the business as a whole.

  4. October 25, 2024

    Big Lots Inc. Gets OK For Oct. 30 Ch. 11 Asset Auction

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday approved discount retailer Big Lots Inc.'s plans to put itself on the block next week after hearing the provider of the baseline bid for the sale had secured the financing for its $760 million offer.

  5. October 21, 2024

    Big Lots Can Tap Final $10M DIP Draw To Fund Ch. 11 Sale

    Discount retailer Big Lots Inc. got a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval Monday to access the final $10 million in new money being funded under its debtor-in-possession loan package after it struck a last-minute deal to quell objections that a slate of landlords raised against final DIP approval.

  6. October 16, 2024

    Big Lots Protections For $760M Bid Draw US Trustee Protest

    The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog has objected to Big Lots' proposed protections for the prospective buyer of the bankrupt retailer's assets, saying a break-up fee and expense repayments aren't justified as part of the $760 million deal.

  7. October 11, 2024

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    A group of secured lenders to food giant Del Monte have asked Delaware's Chancery Court to find a liability management transaction was an event of default for an original loan, insurers are hoping two seasoned mediators will be able to iron out a long-running dispute with a bankrupt New York diocese, and lawyers for cancer patients say a bankrupt talc miner's Chapter 11 plan would result in uneven recoveries for personal injury claimants.

  8. October 09, 2024

    The Story Behind Bargain Retailer Big Lots' Ch. 11 Case 

    Big Lots, like many other retailers, has faced both macroeconomic and industry-specific challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ultimately driving the company to Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

  9. September 09, 2024

    Meet The Attorneys In The Big Lots Ch. 11

    Big Lots, a discount home goods retail chain that entered bankruptcy Monday with $556 million in secured debt, has assembled a team of lawyers from Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to assist with its plans to shutter over 300 stores and sell the remaining business.

  10. September 09, 2024

    Red Lobster Plan Confirmed, Big Lots Leads New Ch. 11s

    A string of new Chapter 11 bankruptcies were recently launched in Delaware, including a case from national discount home goods retailer Big Lots, which plans to pursue a going-concern sale. Meanwhile, seafood dining chain Red Lobster is on track to hand over the reins to a new group of owners, led by a secured lender, after the debtor secured confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan.