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Rudy Giuliani: From America's Mayor To 'Disgraceful' Debtor
The Real Estate Bankruptcies Making Headlines This Year
The Story Behind The Redbox Parent Company's Ch. 11
Rudy Giuliani: From America's Mayor To 'Disgraceful' Debtor
After emerging from the ashes of the 9/11 terrorist attack as a public official the wounded nation could rally behind, former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani is now being slammed for "disgraceful behavior" in the foundering Chapter 11 case arising from his defamation of election workers in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.
The Real Estate Bankruptcies Making Headlines This Year
The real estate industry is no stranger to distress, but recent market headwinds have made it even harder for certain companies to chart the course to calmer seas. Catch up on the major real estate bankruptcy developments that have made headlines so far this year.
The Story Behind The Redbox Parent Company's Ch. 11
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the parent of DVD rental company Redbox Entertainment Inc., descended into bankruptcy following its acquisition by Apollo Capital Management and racking up unpaid bills to license films.
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A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a request by Bally Sports parent company Diamond Sports Group to reject a broadcast agreement with the NHL's Dallas Stars, the latest professional team to part ways with DSG.
A former U.S. bankruptcy judge being sued over a secret romantic relationship he had with a former Jackson Walker LLP lawyer who practiced in his court urged a Texas federal court on Thursday to toss the case,... (more story)
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Rite Aid agreed to a nearly $410 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the bulk of which will be an unsecured claim in the company's Chapter 11 case, that will put to bed allegations the phar... (more story)
Manhattan federal prosecutors urged a jury on Wednesday to convict Chinese dissident Miles Guo for operating his political movement as a vast racketeering conspiracy that "brainwashed" supporters into spending... (more story)
Investment firm Acis Capital Management LP can't get involved in a $9.6 million claim dispute in reorganized hedge fund Highland Capital Management LP's Chapter 11 case, a Texas bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesda... (more story)
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The judge overseeing the restructuring of Puerto Rico's electric utility on Wednesday asked the island's fiscal board and bondholders to prove wrong a court-appointed mediator's gloomy assessment on the prospe... (more story)
Attorneys for the parent of Redbox Entertainment on Wednesday told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that "massive mismanagement" of the DVD rental company had left them with no choice but to ask for conversion of t... (more story)
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday urged the D.C. Court of Appeals to let him keep his law license, saying he did not commit misconduct in his work on former President Donald Trump's challenge to Pennsylvania's 2020 p... (more story)
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Los Angeles-based in-demand products maker SQ USA Inc. filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in California bankruptcy court with $21.3 million in debt after the company's business failed for the past few years.
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A Florida federal bankruptcy judge denied a request Wednesday by an attorney who was acquitted last year in a billion-dollar medical fraud scheme to dismiss his Chapter 11 case and instead converted it to Chap... (more story)
Real estate developer JGA Development LLC, which owns and operates 84 units and has been developing dozens more, filed for Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey on Tuesday with up to $50 million each of assets and liabilities.
A Texas pipe distributor has filed for Chapter 11 in the Lone Star state, as the company hopes to restructure its more than $50 million in debt in the face of default notices from its main lender.
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A subsidiary of bankrupt DMK Pharmaceuticals Corp. faces a $16.9 million criminal fine after pleading guilty to conspiring in a scheme to ship drugs using false prescriptions, federal prosecutors announced Tue... (more story)