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![FILE - A Wednesday, July 28, 2010 file photo shows a container and brush of Super Full mascara by Avon, in North Andover, Mass. Avon Products said Wednesday Aug. 1, 2012 its second-quarter net income fell 70 percent, hurt by the stronger dollar and lower demand globally for its makeup and skin care products. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)](https://assets.law360news.com/1869000/1869779/e030d528607c08c86d9de5c2f0f4e61f29591559-earns-avon-products.jpeg)
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.
![FILE — People line up outside the Blink Fitness gym, March 26, 2021, in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)](https://assets.law360news.com/1869000/1869933/ceec0e65d5cb6288a6f1825fc34c2a7ab5d740cc-blink_fitness_bankruptcy_56095.jpg)
Meet The Attys Running Gym Chain Blink's Ch. 11
A team of attorneys from Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP is handling the bankruptcy case of Blink Fitness, a budget gym chain owned by higher-end gym company Equinox Fitness.
![FILE - In this March 12, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a Lumber Liquidators store in Philadelphia. Lumber Liquidators reports financial results on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)](https://assets.law360news.com/1869000/1869425/00724b1f8d225b7d6a27eb2c3c44c2aaa74d3f17-earns-lumber-liquidators.jpeg)
Meet The Attorneys In LL Flooring's Ch. 11
A team of attorneys from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is representing national home improvement store LL Flooring in its $109.6 million bankruptcy.
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