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Summer Kicks Off With Run Of New Bankruptcy Filings
Meet The Attorneys Directing The Redbox Ch. 11
Purdue Ruling Threatens To Limit Broader Bankruptcy Powers
Summer Kicks Off With Run Of New Bankruptcy Filings
The first weeks of summer have seen a steady run of bankruptcy filings, with debtors entering insolvency courts from the toy, clothing and entertainment industries.
Meet The Attorneys Directing The Redbox Ch. 11
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc., the parent of movie rental kiosk pioneer Redbox, has hired attorneys from Reed Smith LLP and Ashby & Geddes PA as the company plans to sell its assets and pursue adversary litigation to redress prepetition damages through its Chapter 11 case in Delaware.
Purdue Ruling Threatens To Limit Broader Bankruptcy Powers
The U.S. Supreme Court's narrow read of a bankruptcy statute in its decision to reject nonconsensual third-party releases in the Purdue Pharma case could curb courts' power to authorize a range of Chapter 11 requests that aren't explicitly allowed under the law.
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