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January 28, 2025
Healthcare Ch. 11s Stay High Amid Costs Surge, Labor Woes
Healthcare sector bankruptcy filings reached their second-highest level in six years in 2024, with 57 companies seeking Chapter 11 protection as rising costs and sluggish reimbursement rates continued to ripple through the industry, according to a new report by restructuring advisory firm Gibbins Advisors.
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January 28, 2025
Yale Unit Wants To Yank Hospital Sale Suit From Ch. 11 Court
A Yale University health unit's lawsuit seeking to escape a $435 million sale deal with a bankrupt hospital operator belongs in state court and not with the Chapter 11 judge, the Ivy League-tied entity told a federal judge Tuesday.
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January 28, 2025
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Brown Rudnick
Brown Rudnick LLP's bankruptcy group helped secure a full recovery for BlockFi customers and persuaded a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to grant Chapter 15 recognition to a decentralized autonomous organization for the first time ever, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2025
Purdue Nears Ch. 11 Deal, Yellow Corp. Fends Off WARN Suit
From a looming settlement in the Purdue bankruptcy to a pair of retailers overcoming objections to their Chapter 11 plans, here are some of the biggest bankruptcy news from the past week.
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January 27, 2025
Creditors, US Trustee Oppose CareMax Ch. 11 Plan
The U.S. Trustee's Office and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors have objected to embattled medical system CareMax's proposed Chapter 11 plan, saying the plan includes improper, nonconsensual releases.
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January 27, 2025
Party City Inks Deal To Sell IP, Assets In 2nd Ch. 11
Bankrupt retailer Party City has reached a stalking horse agreement to sell its brand name, other intellectual property and related operating assets to an affiliate of the pop culture merchandiser Ad Populum LLC, which owns the brand behind Chia Pet and is an owner of the entertainment complex at Elvis Presley's home Graceland.
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January 27, 2025
J&J Talc Unit's $9B Ch. 11 Plan Draws Slew Of Objections
The U.S. Trustee's Office and lawyers representing talc claimants have urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject a Johnson & Johnson spinoff's $9 billion plan to settle thousands of cancer claims through Chapter 11, arguing the proposed reorganization must fail because the bankruptcy case was filed in bad faith.
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January 27, 2025
Wheel-Maker Accuride Faces Cash Collateral Termination
Wheel manufacturer Accuride Corp. told a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday that it may lose access to the use of some of its prepetition lenders' cash collateral and said it was working toward a resolution.
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January 27, 2025
Justices Decline $400M Argentina Bond Default Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review Argentina's petition asking the justices to clarify the parameters of the commercial activity exception in sovereign immunity law, in a long-running case relating to some $400 million in defaulted sovereign bonds.
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January 24, 2025
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo is fighting a contempt bid brought by the Chapter 11 trustee of her father's estate. Brazilian airline Gol Linhas and Spirit Airlines are seeking to implement third-party releases in their respective Chapter 11 plans. And bankrupt financial technology company Synapse appears to be the subject of a grand jury investigation.
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January 24, 2025
FDIC Wins Discovery Bid In SVB Fraud Coverage Row
A Chubb unit must give certain documents to Silicon Valley Bank's former parent SVB Financial Group regarding coverage for a fraud that SVB Financial said caused $73 million in losses, a North Carolina federal court ruled Friday, though relieving an excess insurer of doing the same.
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January 24, 2025
Exactech Execs Get OK For Bonuses In Bankruptcy
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday gave bankrupt medical implant manufacturer Exactech permission to pay its top executives up to $5 million in bonuses based on the result of its upcoming asset auction.
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January 24, 2025
Watchdog Flags Steward's Bid To Add Latham To Ch. 11 Case
Steward Health Care can't hire Latham & Watkins as the second law firm in its Chapter 11 case, the Office of the U.S. Trustee has told a Texas bankruptcy judge, saying it would add to a growing list of administrative claims that could get in the way of confirming a reorganization plan.
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January 24, 2025
Sackler Injunction Extended Ahead Of New Purdue Ch. 11 Plan
A New York bankruptcy judge agreed Friday to extend an injunction blocking litigation against the former owners of Purdue Pharma for another month after being told a deal on a new Chapter 11 plan for the OxyContin maker is imminent.
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January 24, 2025
Eletson Ex-Owners Must Comply With Ch. 11 Plan, Judge Says
A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday ruled former shareholders and executives of Greek shipping group Eletson Holdings Inc. must comply with the court's confirmed Chapter 11 plan, directing them to assist in updating the reorganized company's address of record with the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry.
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January 24, 2025
Discount Retailer 99 Cents Confirms Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan
99 Cents Only, a former California-based discount store, received a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval Friday to wind down its affairs under a Chapter 11 plan based on a deal reached between its unsecured creditors, secured noteholders and the debtors.
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January 24, 2025
5th Circ. Serta Ruling Gives Grist For Lenders Left Behind
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.
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January 23, 2025
Pivot To Conventional Oil Offers Hope For Reorganized Vertex
Fuel refiner Vertex has effectuated its plan to emerge from bankruptcy by recapitalizing with up to $100 million in new financing while handing equity to old lenders, and experts say it may fare better now by focusing on conventional oil production.
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January 23, 2025
Yellow Corp. Says It Acted In Good Faith With WARN Notices
Defunct trucking company Yellow Corp. told a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday that its last delivery was made the day before it laid off 22,000 union workers, making it a "liquidating fiduciary" that would not be liable for inadequate mass-layoff notices under the WARN Act.
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January 23, 2025
Conn. Lawmakers Target Healthcare After Hospital's Ch. 11
In the lead-up to and aftermath of California hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc.'s $1 billion bankruptcy, Connecticut lawmakers are considering new regulatory powers, promising and penning oversight bills for hospitals owned by private equity firms and real estate trusts while seeking to stabilize the state's healthcare markets.
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January 23, 2025
Exactech Seeks Bonuses For Top Execs For Ch. 11 Sale
Bankrupt medical implant manufacturer Exactech asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday for permission to pay up to $5 million in bonuses to its top executives, saying they are performing necessary work for the company's sale plans.
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January 23, 2025
White And Williams' NY Office Head Named Bankruptcy Chair
The managing partner of White and Williams LLP's New York office has taken on the role of chair of the firm's financial restructuring and bankruptcy practice, where she plans to focus on improving the practice group's visibility while ensuring high quality of client service and helping its attorneys to excel.
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January 23, 2025
Chilean Phone Co. WOM Can Use Ch. 11 Plan Disclosure
Chilean mobile phone operator WOM SA received a Delaware bankruptcy court's approval of its Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement on Thursday after resolving all objections from the U.S. trustee and an ad hoc group of noteholders regarding the plan releases and creditors' rights.
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January 23, 2025
15 States Reach $7.4B Settlement With Sackler Family
A bipartisan coalition of states on Thursday announced a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma Inc., representing the largest settlement to date with the family accused of contributing significantly to the opioid epidemic.
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January 22, 2025
Prospect Seeks To Move Conn. Hospital Sale Suit To Texas
National hospital chain Prospect Medical Holdings on Wednesday told a Connecticut federal judge that its recent Texas bankruptcy filing means a suit over a collapsed $435 million deal to sell its Connecticut-based hospitals belongs in Texas bankruptcy court.