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Behind The Proxy Fight Leading Up To LL Flooring's Ch. 11
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Meet The Attorneys In Avon Products' Ch. 11 Case
Foundation For A Bankruptcy: Behind Avon's Ch. 11 Filing
Behind The Proxy Fight Leading Up To LL Flooring's Ch. 11
LL Flooring had struggled with declining sales and increasing costs for years before it sought Chapter 11 protection Sunday to avoid defaulting on its loans and find a buyer. But in recent months, the national home renovation supplier was also warding off a shareholder's campaign to install new directors in the face of a plummeting stock price.
Meet The Attorneys In Avon Products' Ch. 11 Case
A team of attorneys from Richards Layton & Finger PA and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is handling the bankruptcy case of Avon Products Inc., the non-operational holding company for the iconic cosmetics brand's entities abroad.
Foundation For A Bankruptcy: Behind Avon's Ch. 11 Filing
The holding company for cosmetic giant Avon's international businesses entered bankruptcy in the U.S. this week, seeking to manage talc-related liabilities it has accrued, including damages that juries in Illinois and California assigned it to pay for the cancer diagnoses of a maintenance worker and an Avon customer, respectively.
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