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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly... (more story)

Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a succes... (more story)

A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must ... (more story)

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K&L Gates Bungled Crypto Co.'s Bankruptcy Claim, Suit Says

Gryphon Digital Mining has sued its former counsel K&L Gates LLP, claiming it dropped the ball on a bankruptcy filing that cost the company millions of dollars and complicated another legal case, all while all... (more story)

Mitel Networks Gets Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed In Texas

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved telecommunications group Mitel Networks' disclosures regarding its prepackaged Chapter 11 plan and confirmed the company's reorganization proposal, overruling an o... (more story)

Exela Gets OK For $5M Financing While In DIP Talks

A Texas bankruptcy judge gave Excela Technologies the go-ahead for a $5 million transaction as a stopgap while the payment processing company works to resolve objections to the final order for its proposed $18... (more story)

Forever 21's Paul Weiss Hire Approved In Ch. 11 Case

Clothing retailer Forever 21 reached an agreement with the U.S. Trustee late Wednesday that will allow the company to retain law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as special counsel related to ass... (more story)

FTX Can Serve Binance Execs Via Email In $1.76B Suit

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has allowed the FTX Recovery Trust to serve a $1.76 billion clawback suit against Binance via alternative means, saying the trust may serve the suit on two ex-Binance executives by ... (more story)

Petersen Health Gets Initial OK To Take Votes On Ch. 11 Plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday provisionally approved skilled nursing facility operator Petersen Health Care's bid to send its Chapter 11 liquidation plan out to creditors for voting, months after the... (more story)

Dorsey & Whitney Adds DOJ Bankruptcy Ace In Del., NY

Dorsey & Whitney LLP has fortified its bankruptcy and financial restructuring group in Delaware and New York with an attorney who came aboard from the U.S. Department of Justice.

3rd Circ. Punts Mining Co. Document Fight To Ch. 11 Judge

The Third Circuit vacated a Delaware bankruptcy judge's order to unseal records a successor of Essar Steel's U.S. unit is seeking to bolster its antitrust claims against Cleveland-Cliffs, ruling Wednesday that... (more story)

Limits On Conn. Biz Law Stay In Effect In Sandy Hook Case

A Connecticut appeals court's $150 million paring of a $1.44 billion judgment against Infowars host Alex Jones for defaming the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families was a shift away from a b... (more story)

Imerys Says Italian Unit In Danger From Talc Lawsuits

Bankrupt talc producer Imerys Talc America on Wednesday defended its recent move to file a Chapter 11 case for its Italian subsidiary, saying the foreign unit is facing imminent financial danger should it be t... (more story)

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Fracking Co. Nitro Can Sell Assets For $10M In Ch. 11

A Texas bankruptcy court on Thursday granted fracking services provider Nitro Fluids' motion to sell some of its assets to a stalking horse bidder for almost $10 million.

'Matrix' Producer Lands New, $52.5M Higher Stalking Horse

Movie production and finance company Village Roadshow Entertainment Group asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve a new stalking horse in its Chapter 11, saying the $417.5 million bid for its library tops... (more story)

Debt Firm's Successor, Ch. 11 Trustee End Latest Pay Dispute

A law firm that bought thousands of client files left over from the collapse of bankrupt California-based debt relief business Litigation Practice Group PC has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to the bankruptcy... (more story)

Coach USA Insurer Seeks Coverage Clarification In Ch. 7 Case

An insurer for bus operator Coach USA Inc. asked a Delaware bankruptcy court to find that it does not owe commercial auto liability coverage for certain claims arising out of Coach's operations that are insure... (more story)

Cutera's Ch. 11 Approved With Opt-Out Releases Intact

The Chapter 11 plan of skin care technology company Cutera Inc. received approval Wednesday from a Texas bankruptcy court, with an opt-out mechanism for third-party releases intact over the objection of the U.... (more story)

Fla. Realty Co. Sued Over Home Liens Told To Pay Ch. 11 Bills

A Florida bankruptcy judge on Wednesday said he would approve judgments ordering a realty company sued over predatory listing contracts that effectively acted as liens on homes to pay more than $800,000 in Cha... (more story)

Jackson Walker Hits Back At Bankruptcy Court Standing Brief

Jackson Walker LLP told a federal judge that the CEO of a now-bankrupt barge company is improperly trying to relitigate the issue of standing in bankruptcy court with his suit over a former judge's secret roma... (more story)

Texas Judge Romance Fees Trial Nixed After Disputes Moved

A Texas federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday canceled an upcoming trial after a federal district court agreed to preside over a suit brought by the U.S. Trustee's Office in an effort to make Jackson Walker LL... (more story)

2nd Circ. Nixes Insurer's Arbitration Bid in Constellation Suit

The Second Circuit on Tuesday affirmed that Allied World National Assurance Co. can't force a dispute over coverage for negligence claims asserted against directors and officers of medical accounting conglomer... (more story)

Fintech Creativemass Seeks Quick Liquidation In Ch. 11

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a number of first-day motions in the Chapter 11 case of Creativemass, a wealth management app developer that is pursuing a prepackaged liquidation plan through w... (more story)