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August 27, 2024
Disbarred Atty Tom Girardi Convicted Of Defrauding Clients
A California federal jury on Tuesday convicted disbarred attorney Tom Girardi on all four counts of wire fraud, finding that the former titan of the plaintiffs bar misappropriated $15 million of his clients' settlement funds.
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August 27, 2024
Celsius Says It Has Returned 93% Of Customer Assets
Celsius Network on Tuesday told a New York bankruptcy judge it has distributed more than $2.5 billion of its former customers' assets in its Chapter 11 case, approximately 93% of the amount it owes ex-customers under its plan.
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August 27, 2024
Latham Hires BigLaw Restructuring Vet From Gibson Dunn
Latham & Watkins LLP tapped Joe Zujkowski, a BigLaw veteran and former co-head of the domestic restructuring practice at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, as a partner in New York.
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August 26, 2024
Girardi Lied 'Over And Over,' Jury Told As Fraud Trial Wraps
A federal prosecutor told a California federal jury during closing arguments in Tom Girardi's criminal fraud trial Monday that the now-disbarred attorney lied to his clients "over and over and over again" in order to misappropriate millions of their settlement money as part of a yearslong Ponzi scheme.
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August 26, 2024
US Trustee Raises Release Concerns With FTX Ch. 11 Plan
The U.S. Trustee's Office has lodged an objection to FTX's Chapter 11 plan with 10 reasons why the proposed resolution for the mammoth crypto bankruptcy is flawed, including releases that are overbroad and don't carve out a high-profile data breach from their terms.
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August 26, 2024
Judge Won't Eject Trustee From Irish Developer's $942M Ch. 7
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has denied a nearly two-and-a-half-year-old motion to remove a Chapter 7 trustee from an Irish developer's $942 million bankruptcy, saying the developer's appellate losses and a recent U.S. Supreme Court certiorari denial, ultimately favoring the trustee, left the motion finally ripe for a decision.
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August 26, 2024
Girardi Denies Fraud Charges, Alex Jones Biz Sale Proposed
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi has denied stealing from any of his clients, asking a judge to toss wire fraud charges. Meanwhile, a court-appointed trustee in Alex Jones' bankruptcy has asked a Texas judge to authorize the liquidation and wind-down of Free Speech Systems. This is the week in bankruptcy.
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August 26, 2024
Ventilator Co. To Liquidate After Closing Ch. 11 Sales
Ventilator maker Vyaire Medical on Monday told a Delaware bankruptcy judge it will be closing on going-concern sale bids for its businesses that fell nearly $50 million short of its hopes, and it will be winding down its remaining assets.
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August 26, 2024
Diamond Sports Strikes Deals With NBA, NHL In Ch. 11 Case
The bankrupt owner of Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks said it reached deals with the National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association's media wing that would alter the rights agreements between the parties, enabling them to work together until at least the end of the coming seasons.
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August 26, 2024
Texas Cases To Watch In Last Half Of 2024
Courts across the state are poised to make decisions in several high-stakes cases over the next several months, including ruling on whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be deposed in a long-running employment retaliation suit and whether a challenge to Texas' floating Rio Grande barrier must be tried before a jury.
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August 23, 2024
Girardi Says High Court Holding Should Gut His Fraud Case
Tom Girardi has urged a California federal judge to toss the majority of the wire fraud charges he is facing ahead of closing arguments in his trial, saying a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case demonstrates he was charged for nothing more than receiving legally required wire transfers.
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August 23, 2024
Fed. Judge Affirms $37M Escrow, Yacht Rulings In Guo Ch. 11
A Connecticut federal judge on Friday upheld bankruptcy rulings placing a $37 million escrow account and a $23 million yacht under the control of Chinese exile and convicted fraudster Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee, agreeing that a holding company was Guo's alter ego and approving the trustee's veil piercing maneuver.
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August 23, 2024
Chapter 11 Check-In: Yellow Corp.'s $1.5B Bankruptcy
It's been more than a year since national trucking giant Yellow Corp. landed in Delaware's bankruptcy court following contentious union negotiations. Despite pulling in over $2 billion from asset sales and paying off $1.5 billion in debt, Yellow's road out of Chapter 11 has been stalled by high-stakes litigation and claims disputes.
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August 23, 2024
Sale Sought For Assets Of Alex Jones' Co.
The court-appointed trustee in Alex Jones' bankruptcy case has asked a Texas judge to authorize the liquidation and wind-down of Free Speech Systems LLC, arguing that Jones' estate wholly owns the company and that it has valuable assets to monetize.
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August 23, 2024
Electric Car Co. Fisker Promises Ch. 11 Plan In A Week's Time
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday gave defunct electric-vehicle maker Fisker Inc. permission to enter into a deal with its lenders that will see it file a Chapter 11 plan by the end of August and seek court approval for the plan in just over a month.
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August 23, 2024
Retailers That Sunk Into The Red And Hit Ch. 11 In 2024
Major retail companies including Express Inc., Conn's Inc., Avon Products, Sam Ash Music, and Rue21 have filed for bankruptcy this year, citing industry challenges stemming from the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising interest rates and inflationary pressures.
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August 23, 2024
Yellow Corp. Hires CBRE For Truck Terminal Sales In Ch. 11
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday approved trucking company Yellow Corp.'s bid to hire CBRE Inc. to help broker sales and subleases of the debtor's roughly 116 truck terminals and other industrial properties.
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August 22, 2024
Pennsylvania Hospital Gets 1 Week Reprieve In Steward Ch. 11
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved an order setting general closing procedures for bankrupt hospital operator Steward Health Care, but gave Pennsylvania authorities a week's reprieve as they try to arrange a hospital sale.
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August 22, 2024
Midyear Check-In 2024: Rite Aid Bankruptcy
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid Inc. entered bankruptcy last year facing billions of dollars in bank debt and staggering liabilities in connection with the national opioid crisis, but its trip through Chapter 11 resulted in a confirmed plan that addresses these obligations.
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August 22, 2024
Jones Walker Adds Kelley Drye Bankruptcy Ace In Houston
Jones Walker LLP announced Thursday that it has bulked up its bankruptcy and restructuring team and its litigation practice group with a partner in Houston who came aboard from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.
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August 22, 2024
Tom Girardi Takes The Stand In His Criminal Fraud Trial
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi took the stand Thursday in his California federal fraud trial and denied stealing from any of his clients, while also showing a strong grasp of past events and people but claiming to have no memory of the trial's witnesses and key moments, or to even know his own lawyer's name.
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August 22, 2024
CORRECTED: Petersen Health Creditors Blast Exec Bonus Motion
Petersen Health Care creditors have asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject the company's request to pay up to $1.3 million in bonuses to executives and other employees, saying it is too close to the end of the case for a bonus to have any business justification.
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August 22, 2024
Crypto Lobbyist Hit With FTX Campaign Finance Charges
Manhattan federal prosecutors announced Thursday that Michelle Bond, a crypto industry lobbyist and the girlfriend of convicted former FTX executive Ryan Salame, has been charged with getting the now-defunct digital asset exchange to illegally finance her unsuccessful 2022 congressional campaign.
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August 22, 2024
Chinese Developer Seeks US Recognition For $7.4B Reorg
A Chinese real estate developer is asking a New York bankruptcy judge for U.S. recognition for its efforts to restructure more than $7.4 billion in overseas debt held in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands.
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August 21, 2024
FTX's Salame Says Feds Broke Deal Not To Probe Girlfriend
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame urged a New York federal judge Wednesday to either vacate his May conviction or stop federal prosecutors from investigating his domestic partner Michelle Bond for related political campaign-finance offenses, saying prosecutors induced his guilty plea by promising not to probe Bond.