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October 16, 2024
Giuliani Says Ga. Poll Workers Can't Go After His Fla. Condo
Disgraced ex-lawyer Rudy Giuliani told a New York federal court Wednesday that two Georgia poll workers cannot force a sale of his Florida condominium to help cover their $148 million defamation award against him because the property is his permanent residence and thus is shielded under a "homestead" exemption.
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October 16, 2024
Ex-Judge Aims To Shield Bank Records In Romance Probe
A former U.S. bankruptcy judge is hoping to sink a subpoena from the U.S. Trustee's Office for his banking records in connection with its inquiry into his concealed romantic relationship with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner who appeared before him in a number of cases.
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October 16, 2024
Fla. Jury Finds 2 Live Crew Can Take Back Music Rights
A Florida federal jury ruled Wednesday that the Miami rap group 2 Live Crew is entitled to the copyrights on dozens of songs, finding the group made a valid claim under a law that allows them to claw back ownership of their music after more than three decades.
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October 16, 2024
Construction Co., Gov't Drop $4M Retention Credit Suit
A former construction business' suit against the Internal Revenue Service seeking nearly $4 million in employee retention credit refunds was dismissed by a Florida federal judge Wednesday after the company and the federal government agreed to drop the case.
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October 16, 2024
Key Bank Blocking Hunt For Apt. Co-Op's $1.3M, Towns Say
Key Bank NA should be held in contempt of court because four insurance checks totaling $1.3 million seem to have vanished from a troubled housing co-op's accounts, and the bank is preventing a receiver in charge of the 924-unit Success Village Apartments from figuring out what happened, two Connecticut municipalities have said.
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October 16, 2024
Williams Industrial Gets OK To Put Liquidation Plan To Vote
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave Williams Industrial Services Group the go-ahead to send its Chapter 11 liquidation plan out for a creditor vote before a December hearing on approval of the plan.
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October 16, 2024
Jenner & Block Grows Restructuring Team In NYC, Chicago
Jenner & Block LLP announced Wednesday an expansion of its bankruptcy and restructuring practice in New York and Chicago with the addition of two partners from Mayer Brown LLP, including a former co-leader of that firm's restructuring group in New York.
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October 15, 2024
Uncle Luke Says 2 Live Crew Songs Weren't Works For Hire
Rapper and producer Luther Campbell, also known as Uncle Luke, told jurors Monday that the checks they'd been shown for payments to members of hip-hop group 2 Live Crew were for per diem expenses, not paychecks, and insisted that the group members were not employees of his record label and can therefore claw back their rights to their old hit recordings.
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October 15, 2024
BurgerFi Wins OK For DIP After Tiff Over Fruit And Veg Bills
Bankrupt burger and pizza restaurant operator BurgerFi Inc. can push forward with an asset sale and its debtor-in-possession financing package after wrestling with language to resolve objections, particularly from a group of fruit and vegetable distributors.
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October 15, 2024
Nostrum Says Ch. 11 Trustee Unnecessary
New Jersey drugmaker Nostrum Laboratories has filed an opposition to Citizens Bank's motion to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee, arguing it was filed too early and is unneeded because Nostrum plans to sell its assets and pay Citizens in full.
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October 15, 2024
Fla. Medical Co. Hits Ch. 11 With Plans For Quick $45M Sale
The operator of 26 primary care centers in Florida has filed for Chapter 11 in hopes of a quick $45 million sale to an affiliate of health insurance company Humana Inc.
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October 15, 2024
Justices Told Split On Shedding Tax Debts Can't Be Ignored
The U.S. Supreme Court should review a Ninth Circuit decision that found late-filed returns prevented a taxpayer from discharging his federal tax debt in bankruptcy, the taxpayer argued, saying both sides in the case have agreed the circuits are split on the issue.
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October 15, 2024
J&J Stays In Texas, True Value Files, Bally Sports Docs OK'd
The latest bankruptcy case of a Johnson & Johnson talc unit survived a motion to transfer the proceedings to New Jersey, decades-old hardware store chain True Value commenced a Chapter 11 case and the update plan disclosure statement for the parent of Bally Sports regional sports networks were approved by a Texas judge. This is the week in bankruptcy.
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October 15, 2024
Law Firms Diverge As Anti-ESG Pushback Continues
A continuing onslaught of legislation and litigation opposing corporate environmental, social and governance actions has created a fork in the road for law firms, with some choosing to scale back efforts and others pushing ahead with their internal ESG and diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
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October 15, 2024
The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
Check out our Social Impact Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their engagement with social responsibility and commitment to pro bono service.
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October 11, 2024
Discount Chain's Equity Owner Gets OK To Run Ch. 11 Sales
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday gave discount retailer Channel Control Merchants permission to use an affiliate of its majority shareholder to run the going-out-of-business sales in its Chapter 11 case.
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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.
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October 11, 2024
Conn. Judge OKs $5M Deal To Resolve AG's Vision Solar Case
A Connecticut state judge approved a $5 million judgment to resolve an unfair trade practices suit Attorney General William Tong brought against Vision Solar LLC.
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October 11, 2024
BurgerFi Creditors Blast DIP, Bidding Procedures In Ch. 11
Unsecured creditors of restaurant chain BurgerFi Inc. are challenging the terms of its post-bankruptcy financing package and some of the details of its planned asset sale, saying the provisions will unfairly leave creditors with little to nothing in recoveries.
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October 11, 2024
Kramer Levin Formalizes Its Private Credit Practice
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has formalized a private credit practice co-led by partners David Berg and Yasho Lahiri, putting a name to the work the firm has already been doing in the space.
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October 10, 2024
Ex-Latham Atty Must Turn Over SEC Whistleblower Docs
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday ordered a retired Latham & Watkins LLP attorney to hand over communications between himself and two whistleblowers who tipped off the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to an alleged $73 million fraud after one of the whistleblowers dropped his objections to producing the documents.
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October 10, 2024
Discount Retailer Plans To Close Its Stores In Ch. 11
The parent of secondary market retail chain operator Channel Control Merchants on Thursday filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court with more than $76 million in debt and plans to close its 68 locations by the end of the year.
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October 10, 2024
Meet The Attys Behind Medical Equipment Co. Avante's Ch. 11
The parent of Avante Health Solutions, a medical equipment sale and service business, has filed for bankruptcy in Delaware and is planning to hold a Chapter 11 auction for its assets in November. Guiding the company through insolvency is a team of Polsinelli PC attorneys, who in recent years have helped debtors navigate tight Chapter 11 sales.
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October 10, 2024
Biotech Co. Gritstone Hits Ch. 11 With Over $100M Debt
Vaccine developer Gritstone bio Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court Thursday with at least $100 million of debt, saying it was in discussions with a potential bidder for a sale of the business to ensure it can continue researching cancer and other disease treatments.
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October 10, 2024
Calif. Says FDIC Must Wait For $21M Tax Refund
A California tax agency urged a New York federal court to toss a lawsuit by the FDIC seeking a $20.7 million tax refund on behalf of the shuttered Signature Bank, saying it's entitled to wait for a possible IRS audit before delivering the payment.