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Already Lean US Trustee Program Sees 58 Take Buyouts
Dozens of employees of the United States Trustee Program have taken buyouts offered by the federal government, Law360 has learned, leaving the office at a time when experts say it is already running a lean operation and risking its ability to efficiently execute on its mission if future cuts are made.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
A bankruptcy judge approved the retention of a repossession agent that the trustee for Chinese exile Miles Guo used to recover a small private jet from his son, a federal court stood by a ruling that refused to let Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders probe a matter related to a former judge's romantic relationship, and shoe designer Zigi USA filed its Chapter 11 plan. These are some of the bankruptcy stories you may have missed in the last week.
Trade War Likely To Swell Already Rising Insolvency Forecast
Sticky inflation and elevated interest rates were already expected to drive more businesses into bankruptcy this year, but even more could become insolvent if the United States' new tariff regime sparks an all-out global trade war, experts told Law360.
Already Lean US Trustee Program Sees 58 Take Buyouts
Dozens of employees of the United States Trustee Program have taken buyouts offered by the federal government, Law360 has learned, leaving the office at a time when experts say it is already running a lean operation and risking its ability to efficiently execute on its mission if future cuts are made.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
A bankruptcy judge approved the retention of a repossession agent that the trustee for Chinese exile Miles Guo used to recover a small private jet from his son, a federal court stood by a ruling that refused to let Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders probe a matter related to a former judge's romantic relationship, and shoe designer Zigi USA filed its Chapter 11 plan. These are some of the bankruptcy stories you may have missed in the last week.
Trade War Likely To Swell Already Rising Insolvency Forecast
Sticky inflation and elevated interest rates were already expected to drive more businesses into bankruptcy this year, but even more could become insolvent if the United States' new tariff regime sparks an all-out global trade war, experts told Law360.
Expert Analysis
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In this month's review of ongoing defamation fights, Law360 looks back on an escalation in Jay-Z's case against personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee, who he accuses of pursuing a "false" and "malicious" rape sui... (more story)
Brazilian construction company Odebrecht Engenharia e Construcao SA, or OEC, has urged a New York bankruptcy judge to grant its bid for Chapter 15 recognition and overrule an objection by the U.S. Department o... (more story)
The Second Circuit should affirm rulings that drew a $37 million escrow fund and a $23 million yacht into Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy estate, his Chapter 11 trustee has argued, asking the ... (more story)
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including over tax exemptions for religious charities and the ability of the families of terror attack victims to sue the Palestine Liberation Or... (more story)
A former SunEdison Inc. executive scored a record-breaking $34.5 million settlement with SunEdison-sponsored yieldcos he once ran following a nearly decadelong legal battle and a finding that he was fired as r... (more story)
The U.S. Trustee's Office has renewed its call for a district court trial over whether Jackson Walker LLP should return millions in fees for failing to disclose an ex-partner's romance with a bankruptcy judge,... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday she would soon decide whether retail-chain owner Franchise Group Inc. can keep exclusive control over its efforts to confirm a reorganization deal, as a group of lende... (more story)
An attorney from Reed Smith LLP asked a New York bankruptcy judge Thursday to let the firm withdraw its representation of one of two parties vying to control international shipping group Eletson Holdings, noti... (more story)
With 37 years in bankruptcy law under his belt, Florida State University College of Law adjunct professor Michael Markham has launched a bankruptcy pro bono clinic to connect future attorneys with the much-nee... (more story)
Berger Singerman LLP announced that a pair of bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys from Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP have joined the firm's Tampa, Florida, office as part of its business reorganization team.
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The Fourth Circuit on Friday revived class claims by a Chapter 7 debtor who received a collection letter over a defaulted mortgage, saying the debtor still has obligations to pay the mortgage lender, partially... (more story)
The unsecured creditors of Azzur Group urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday to reject a proposed $84.5 million Chapter 11 financing package, saying far too much of it is a rollup of the biotech consulting ... (more story)
Recently pardoned Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject a subpoena seeking documents from an arbitration between the former CEO and embattled electric-vehicle maker.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday said she would hear arguments on bankrupt Heritage Coal owner KTRV's settlement with a secured lender in two weeks, overruling creditors who said they need more time to look at the deal.
Bankrupt youth mental health provider St. Christopher's Inc. is asking a New York bankruptcy court to approve the private sale of a 22.1 acre property for $9 million.
A former bankruptcy judge and five law professors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit opinion protecting the state of Montana from a real estate mogul and Montana ski resort founder's b... (more story)
An Indiana plastic recycling plant can move forward with an auction next month after a Delaware bankruptcy judge said that a quick timeline was appropriate.
Customer loyalty platform Kognitiv US LLC filed for Chapter 11 on Wednesday in Delaware bankruptcy court, citing more than $10 million in liabilities with a plan to sell its assets to another loyalty platform.
The Office of the U.S. Trustee appointed the unsecured creditors committee in high-protein soybean developer Benson Hill Inc.'s Chapter 11 case, composing a three-member group of American Natural Processors In... (more story)
When a high-profile piece of property lands in the middle of a court case in Florida, there's a good chance the phone will soon be ringing in global real estate advisory firm Avison Young's Miami office.