Mid Cap
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October 10, 2024
Atty For McElroy Deutsch's Ex-CFO Wants Out Of Theft Case
An attorney representing McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer — who is behind bars on charges of stealing from the firm — has asked to be relieved as counsel in the firm's New Jersey suit against the former CFO because he has not paid his legal bills.
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October 10, 2024
Morris Nichols Welcomes 3 Recent Law Clerks To Its Roster
Delaware firm Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP announced Thursday that it had hired three attorneys who recently completed judicial clerkships.
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October 10, 2024
Avante Health Parent Gets OK For $2.5M In Ch. 11 Financing
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday gave medical device sale and service business Avante Health Solutions permission to tap into $2.5 million in Chapter 11 financing and start down the road to a November sale of the business.
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October 09, 2024
Timeline Of FTX's Historic Bankruptcy
From the beginning, the bankruptcy of FTX seemed like it would go down in Chapter 11 history as among the most difficult to resolve. Atop a heap of new cryptocurrency companies, it unraveled quickly and dragged down other firms with it as the full scope of founder Sam Bankman-Fried's criminality was revealed.
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October 09, 2024
NY Diocese's Insurance Deal Wasn't Contract, Judge Says
A New York bankruptcy judge has dismissed a claim the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester broke a contract with Continental Insurance when it backed out of a proposed $63.5 million settlement of sexual abuse claims while he expressed frustration at the pace of the Chapter 11 case.
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October 09, 2024
Fulcrum Gets OK For $5M Ch. 11 Loan From Potential Buyer
Trash-to-gas innovator Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. received final approval Wednesday from a Delaware bankruptcy judge for a $5 million debtor-in-possession loan from Las Vegas-based data center operator Switch Ltd., which also plans to make a $15 million stalking-horse bid for the renewable aviation fuel maker's assets.
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October 09, 2024
Singapore Liquidator Seeks Recognition For Overseas Case
The liquidator of a bankrupt Singapore company has told a New Jersey bankruptcy judge he needs to act to stop one of the company's creditors from using a U.S. lawsuit to undermine court proceedings in Singapore.
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October 09, 2024
The Story Behind Bargain Retailer Big Lots' Ch. 11 Case
Big Lots, like many other retailers, has faced both macroeconomic and industry-specific challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ultimately driving the company to Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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October 09, 2024
Girardi Seeks New Fraud Trial Over Memory Issues
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi has called on a California federal court to overturn his conviction for misappropriating $15 million in client settlement funds, arguing he was not competent to stand trial due to memory problems that left him unable to remember witnesses or even his own attorneys.
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October 09, 2024
US Trustee Objects To Milbank Representing Edgio In Ch. 11
Milbank LLP should be removed as counsel for digital content delivery platform Edgio Inc. in its Chapter 11, the U.S. Trustee's Office told a Delaware federal judge, arguing the firm is conflicted because of its ongoing work representing Edgio directors and officers in various securities suits.
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October 09, 2024
Medical Device Service Co. Hits Ch. 11 After Fight With Rival
The parent company of medical device sale and service business Avante Health Solutions filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware court, saying prepetition litigation with competitors drained significant resources that led to a default on its secured debt obligations.
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October 08, 2024
Judge Puts US Trustee's Depo On Ice In Judge Romance Suit
A Houston judge Tuesday put Jackson Walker's deposition of the U.S. Trustee for the Texas divisions of the bankruptcy watchdog on hold while he considers whether a Justice Department guideline applies to the ongoing dispute surrounding a former Texas bankruptcy judge's secret relationship with an ex-partner of the firm.
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October 08, 2024
Ex-Girardi Keese CFO Inks Plea Deal Over Firm Embezzlement
Girardi Keese's former Chief Financial Officer Christopher K. Kamon reached a plea agreement Tuesday with Los Angeles federal prosecutors, who allege he spearheaded a "side fraud" that bilked millions of dollars from the embattled law firm's accounts behind disbarred attorney Tom Girardi's back.
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October 08, 2024
Meet The Attorneys Directing Dental Laser Co. Biolase's Ch. 11
Biolase Inc., which makes laser systems used by dentists, has retained teams from Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as it plans for a swift sale during its Chapter 11 case.
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October 08, 2024
1st Circ. Warned Not To 'Speculate' In Union Debt Ceiling Suit
A lawyer for a governmental workers' union challenging the constitutionality of the federal debt limit told a First Circuit panel on Tuesday that a January default is a virtual certainty under existing law, and urged the judges to avoid trying to predict whether President Joe Biden and a lame-duck Congress might extend the ceiling.
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October 08, 2024
Wiggin Adds Restructuring Practice Chair In NY
Wiggin and Dana LLP said Tuesday that it has hired a partner to chair the firm's newly organized restructuring practice in New York, as well as a new special counsel for that group.
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October 08, 2024
Texas Class Wants Funding Firms To Face Hurricane Ad Suit
A Texas magistrate judge was wrong to recommend dropping litigation funding companies from a suit alleging a law firm deceptively advertised to hurricane victims, with a proposed class of storm victims arguing the funders must have been aware of the scheme when they loaned the firm $20 million.
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October 07, 2024
Music Label Says 2 Live Crew Songs Were Works For Hire
The owner of music label Lil' Joe Records took the stand Monday as he began to make the case that the members of hip-hop group 2 Live Crew were employees, not independent contractors, when they produced their hits and therefore cannot claw back their rights to the recordings.
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October 07, 2024
FTX Wins Plan Approval, Diamond Sports Drops MLB Deals
FTX will start repaying customers using up to $16.5 billion in assets that the fallen cryptocurrency company has recovered since filing for bankruptcy in November 2022, after a Delaware bankruptcy judge blessed FTX's reorganization plan at a hearing Monday.
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October 07, 2024
Aircraft Co. Says Insurers Owe $222M For Lost Jets In Russia
An aircraft lessor said its insurers and underwriters are on the hook for more than $222 million in losses stemming from two aircraft that have been stranded in Russia since its invasion of Ukraine, telling a Connecticut state court the total loss of the aircraft warrants coverage.
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October 07, 2024
Vendor Says Rue21 Skipped $2M In Bills For Clothing
A Los Angeles-based clothing supplier has sued Rue21, saying the fashion retailer stiffed it on $300,000 worth of invoices and is on the hook for $1.7 million to another vendor.
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October 07, 2024
Heart Monitor, Trucking Firms Lead MidCap Filings This Week
Several midcap companies filed for bankruptcy protection within the past week, spanning industries that include the medical device and transportation spaces.
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October 07, 2024
Judge Agrees To OK Tender Greens' $28M Credit Bid Sale
One Table Restaurant Brands LLC, the Los Angeles-based operator of casual restaurant chain Tender Greens and Mexican eatery Tocaya, received a Delaware bankruptcy judge's interim approval Monday to sell its assets to a private equity-backed stalking horse bidder for a $28 million credit bid.
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October 04, 2024
Private Utility Blasts Pa. City's Ch. 9 Plan As Asset Grab
Private utility entity Aqua Pennsylvania asked a Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge to reject the City of Chester's proposed Chapter 9 plan, saying the city is trying to "commandeer" water and sewer assets in which Aqua has an interest.
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October 04, 2024
MLB's Storied History Runs Through The Bankruptcy Court
With the value of professional sports teams skyrocketing over the last decade, it's hard to imagine a Major League Baseball club having to file for bankruptcy. But it's happened at least five times since 1970 for a variety of reasons, and the teams that have taken advantage of the bankruptcy courts have charted much different paths post-insolvency.