Eletson Holdings Inc. et al v. Levona Holdings Ltd.

  1. March 27, 2025

    Eletson, Levona Ask 2nd Circ. To Not Delay Atty Removal

    The new owners of reorganized international shipping group Eletson and a creditor-turned-affiliate have urged the Second Circuit to nix Reed Smith LLP's emergency motion for a stay in a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $102 million arbitral award, as the law firm fights to continue representing the shipping company's pre-bankruptcy shareholders.

  2. March 24, 2025

    Reed Smith Accused Of Interference In $102M Award Fight

    The purported new owners of Eletson Holdings Inc., a reorganized international shipping group, have urged the Second Circuit to nix Reed Smith's appeal challenging the law firm's removal as counsel for the company's prebankruptcy shareholders in an enforcement action, saying the former owners declined the opportunity to intervene and that their counsel cannot intervene on their behalf.

  3. March 17, 2025

    US Trustee Leader Ousted, Eletson's Ex-Owners Face Fines

    The reported removal of the director of the U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog program has thrown the historically apolitical office into broader waves of upheaval, a bankruptcy judge has said he would impose a daily fine on the former owners of Eletson, and another bankruptcy judge detailed why he overruled objections in Spirit Airlines' Chapter 11 plan. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  4. March 14, 2025

    Reed Smith To Fight Removal In $102M Shipping Award Suit

    A New York federal judge has paused his order removing Reed Smith LLP as counsel for the former owners of reorganized international shipping group Eletson Holdings in litigation over a $102 million arbitral award while the BigLaw firm appeals the decision to the Second Circuit.

  5. February 18, 2025

    Reed Smith Removed In $102M Shipping Group Award Fight

    A New York federal judge granted a request by the purported new owners of Eletson Holdings Inc. and removed Reed Smith LLP as counsel in a $102 million breach of contract suit the firm brought on behalf of the international shipping group in 2023.

  6. January 22, 2025

    Reed Smith Rips Claim Firm Is 'Causing Chaos' In $102M Suit

    Reed Smith fought back Tuesday against allegations by the purported new owners of Eletson Holdings that the BigLaw firm is "causing chaos" by refusing to withdraw as counsel of record in $102 million breach-of-contract litigation, arguing that ownership of the international shipping group is "hotly contested" and being litigated in multiple jurisdictions.

  7. January 08, 2025

    Reed Smith Accused Of 'Causing Chaos' In $102M Award Fight

    The new owners of reorganized international shipping group Eletson Holdings are continuing their battle with the company's former owners and their counsel at Reed Smith in litigation over a $102 million arbitral award, alleging the BigLaw firm's "obstructionist conduct" is "causing chaos."

  8. September 05, 2024

    'Flimsy Attack' In $102M Award Suit Falls Flat, Court Hears

    Liberian entities fighting to enforce a $102 million arbitral award issued in a dispute over control of a $700 million liquefied petroleum gas shipping joint venture have criticized the award debtor's "flimsy attack" on the arbitrator's impartiality in a filing to a New York federal judge.

  9. June 13, 2024

    Judge Will Tap Arbitrator To Explain $87M Shipping Award

    A New York federal judge will let an arbitrator who found that Levona Holdings Ltd. owed Eletson Holdings Inc. almost $87 million in damages clarify the order, saying it was sufficiently ambiguous to require elaboration and rejecting Levona's request that the arbitrator not be given that chance.

  10. September 14, 2023

    Battle For Control Of Gas Co. Leads To $87M Award

    A complicated dispute over a corporate coup perpetrated by the Canadian investment firm Murchinson Ltd. involving a $700 million liquefied petroleum gas shipping joint venture that owns the world's second-largest fleet of LPG carriers has ended with an $86.9 million arbitral award in favor of two Liberian entities.