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June 06, 2024
FTX Hit With Slew Of Objections To Ch. 11 Plan Disclosures
FTX 's creditors have launched a salvo of objections to the defunct cryptocurrency exchange's Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement, arguing it lacks "adequate information" about the objectors' treatment and is rife with "ambiguous" release terms.
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June 06, 2024
Justices' Standing Ruling May Embolden Carriers In Ch. 11
The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that an insurer with a responsibility for its policyholder's Chapter 11 bankruptcy claims can intervene in those bankruptcy proceedings, potentially giving insurers greater leverage in reorganization negotiations and likely causing an influx of insurer objections in bankruptcy court, experts tell Law360.
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June 06, 2024
NRA Can't Undo $6.4M Misconduct Verdict In NY AG Case
A New York judge on Thursday rejected a request by the National Rifle Association and its longtime executives to set aside a jury's $6.4 million verdict that found they misspent charitable funds, saying Attorney General Letitia James provided sufficient evidence for the jurors to rule in her favor.
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June 06, 2024
Judge Mulls How Ch. 11 Sale Order Affects Oil Refinery Suit
A Texas bankruptcy judge considered Thursday if a 2022 sale order in the Chapter 11 of Limetree Bay Services LLC can resolve a property rights dispute over an oil refinery in the Caribbean or if U.S. Virgin Islands federal court should decide the issue.
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June 06, 2024
US Trustee Rolls Out New Rules For Banking In Bankruptcy
The U.S. Trustee's Office announced Thursday the watchdog revised its procedures for financial institutions that hold bankrupt companies' funds, noting the changes were made in response to turmoil in the banking sector last year that jeopardized money some debtors needed to support their cases.
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June 06, 2024
Kwok's 'Whole Movement Is A Scam,' Ex-Fundraiser Tells Jury
A former top deputy in exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok's anti-Chinese Communist Party movement testified in Manhattan federal court this week that she raised millions of investor dollars out of a deep belief in the cause, but has since realized the entire enterprise was a "scam."
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June 06, 2024
Alex Jones Abandons Ch. 11 Reorg Plan, Moves To Liquidate
Right-wing radio host Alex Jones asked a Texas bankruptcy court to convert his bankruptcy case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, abandoning his proposed plan to reorganize his personal debts in the face of more than $1 billion in defamation claims from the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims.
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June 06, 2024
Insurance Litigation Week In Review
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed an insurer to intervene in policyholder bankruptcy proceedings, Liberty Mutual requested that a policyholder-judge be removed from a construction accident coverage dispute, and a Markel unit is attempting to skirt a $77.7 million auto accident judgment. Here, Law360 takes a look at the past week's top insurance news.
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June 06, 2024
Clothing Chain Express Gets OK For Ch. 11 Loan, Asset Sale
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday approved Express Inc.'s Chapter 11 financing and asset sale procedures, saying the clothing retailer had corrected the evidentiary deficiencies that led her to pump the brakes on its auction plans last week.
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June 06, 2024
In Reversal, Justices Say Insurer Has Standing In Ch. 11 Case
Truck Insurance Exchange can intervene in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of two manufacturing companies facing numerous asbestos injury claims, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in a reversal of the Fourth Circuit, finding Truck qualifies as a "party in interest" under the Bankruptcy Code.
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June 05, 2024
Lenders Ask Court To Put Additional Byju's Units Into Ch. 11
Creditors for the insolvent U.S. affiliate of Indian education technology giant Byju's asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday to put three other U.S.-subsidiaries into Chapter 11, alleging their corporate parent has been winding down and sweeping cash from the companies that are guarantors to a $1.2 billion loan.
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June 05, 2024
Brown Rudnick Partner's 50% Fee Hike Nixed In Ch. 11 Case
A Brown Rudnick LLP bankruptcy partner Wednesday had his 50% fee increase rejected by a Delaware judge, who took issue with the proposed hike to $1,500 an hour for representing the creditors' committee in Kidde-Fenwal Inc.'s Chapter 11 case.
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June 05, 2024
Madoff Trustee Can't Add $88M To BNP Paribas Clawback Try
The trustee for Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme can continue to attempt to claw back funds transferred to French bank BNP Paribas, but an attempt to tack on $88 million in additional transfers to the initial complaint is for the most part a step too far, a New York bankruptcy judge ruled.
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June 05, 2024
'Creditor-On-Creditor Violence' Gets Big Test In ConvergeOne
Creditor infighting made famous by the bankruptcy case of Serta Simmons Bedding and a "drop down" deal by J. Crew is facing another legal test, as spurned ConvergeOne lenders battle breakaway members of their creditor class at a moment when bankruptcy judges appear split on questions of "creditor-on-creditor violence."
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June 05, 2024
Davis Polk Guiding Dollar Tree On Potential Family Dollar Sale
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is representing Dollar Tree Inc. in a formal strategic review of its Family Dollar business that could lead to a sale, spinoff or other disposition, the Virginia-based retailer revealed Wednesday.
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June 04, 2024
Judge Frets Nursing Home Co. LaVie $20M DIP Too Low
A Georgia bankruptcy judge on Tuesday gave interim approval to customary first-day motions and a $20 million debtor-in-possession loan for bankrupt nursing home operator LaVie Care Centers LLC.
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June 04, 2024
Bread Financial Wants Suit Over Spinoff's 'Death Spiral' Axed
Financial services company Bread Financial Holdings Inc. and its CEO have asked an Ohio federal judge to toss a proposed investor class action over the alleged "death spiral" of a now-bankrupt spinoff company, saying the suit actually details Bread's "good faith efforts" to establish the spinoff as a successful independent venture.
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June 04, 2024
Chilean Telecom Ch. 11 Should Stay In US, Creditors Say
The unsecured creditors of Chilean cellphone network operator WOM asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to deny certain noteholders' motion to dismiss the company's Chapter 11 case, contending that the U.S. court has jurisdiction and that the present case already benefits creditors.
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June 04, 2024
J&J Owes $260M To Ore. Talc Mesothelioma Patient, Jury Says
An Oregon state jury has ruled that Johnson & Johnson owes $260 million to a woman who said she developed mesothelioma from breathing in asbestos during daily talcum powder use.
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June 04, 2024
Meet The Attorneys Guiding Nursing Home Co. LaVie's Ch. 11
A team of attorneys from McDermott Will & Emery LLP is guiding nursing home operator LaVie Care Centers LLC through its Chapter 11 case in Georgia.
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June 04, 2024
'Miles Guo Stole My Money': NY Jury Hears Of Alleged Fraud
A former supporter of exiled Chinese billionaire Miles Guo testified in Manhattan federal court Tuesday that the purported billionaire conned her into investing more than $100,000 in the media company he founded alongside former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, describing Guo's interrelated business ventures as a "mafia."
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June 04, 2024
Bally Sports Parent Reaches Multiyear Fubo Carriage Deal
The bankrupt owner of Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks told a Texas judge Tuesday that it has reached a multiyear agreement with fuboTV to continue that company's carriage of the debtor's channels on its streaming platform, adding to its roster of new distribution deals as a hearing on its Chapter 11 plan nears.
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June 04, 2024
Anderson Kill Adds Leaders For Financial Litigation Team
Anderson Kill PC has found the leaders of its financial litigation and complex disputes practice group in two attorneys from BraunHagey & Borden LLP.
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June 04, 2024
Widow's 'Elderly' Claim For Atty Fee Can't Stand, Trustees Say
A coal company executive's widow can't demand hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney fees over a dismissed suit seeking $6.5 billion, United Mine Workers of America pension plan trustees argued, knocking her claim that the trustees are seeking funds from an "elderly woman."
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June 03, 2024
FTX, IRS Propose Settling $8B Tax Fight For Just $885M
FTX and the Internal Revenue Service have reached a proposed settlement worth roughly $885 million that would resolve the agency's contention that the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange operator owes $8 billion in taxes, according to a motion filed Monday in Delaware federal bankruptcy court.