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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing

Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, ... (more story)

Bankruptcy Courts May Be Budding Open To Cannabis Cases

Two recent California bankruptcy court rulings, denying motions to dismiss the respective debtors' bankruptcies, p... (more story)

Chapter 11 Ruling Signals Emphasis On Lockup Provisions

A New York bankruptcy court's recent ruling in GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes’ Chapter 11 case provides creditors ... (more story)

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Guo Trustee Says Trump Aide Must Face $353K Clawback Suit

The Chapter 11 trustee for Miles Guo has urged a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to preserve an adversary action seeking to claw back more than $353,000 that he alleged the Chinese exile fraudulently gave to Jaso... (more story)

Chancery Voids Bank Board Picks In Scheduling Suit

A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Tuesday invalidated an annual meeting where a board election was held by directors of Golden Mountain Financial Holdings, restoring the preelection boards of the venture, whi... (more story)

Asbestos Claimants Tell 4th Circ. Bestwall Isn't Distressed

The official committee of asbestos claimants in the Chapter 11 case of Georgia-Pacific unit Bestwall told the Fourth Circuit that the company's bankruptcy should be tossed because commitments to fund asbestos ... (more story)

Jackson Walker Is Trying To 'Revise History,' US Trustee Says

Jackson Walker LLP told a Houston judge Tuesday that the U.S. Trustee's Office "wants everyone to play by the rules except for [itself]" in a discovery dispute connected to a former Texas bankruptcy judge's se... (more story)

Disbarred Atty Tom Girardi Convicted Of Defrauding Clients

A California federal jury on Tuesday convicted disbarred attorney Tom Girardi on all four counts of wire fraud, finding that the former titan of the plaintiffs bar misappropriated $15 million of his clients' settlement funds.

Celsius Says It Has Returned 93% Of Customer Assets

Celsius Network on Tuesday told a New York bankruptcy judge it has distributed more than $2.5 billion of its former customers' assets in its Chapter 11 case, approximately 93% of the amount it owes ex-customer... (more story)

Latham Hires BigLaw Restructuring Vet From Gibson Dunn

Latham & Watkins LLP tapped Joe Zujkowski, a BigLaw veteran and former co-head of the domestic restructuring practice at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, as a partner in New York.

Girardi Lied 'Over And Over,' Jury Told As Fraud Trial Wraps

A federal prosecutor told a California federal jury during closing arguments in Tom Girardi's criminal fraud trial Monday that the now-disbarred attorney lied to his clients "over and over and over again" in o... (more story)

US Trustee Raises Release Concerns With FTX Ch. 11 Plan

The U.S. Trustee's Office has lodged an objection to FTX's Chapter 11 plan with 10 reasons why the proposed resolution for the mammoth crypto bankruptcy is flawed, including releases that are overbroad and don... (more story)

Conn. Diocese Seeks Mediation Over Competing Ch. 11 Plans

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, told a bankruptcy judge that a Chapter 11 plan proposed by unsecured creditors is unconfirmable and fighting over competing plans will drain estate resources... (more story)

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Del. Judge Nixes Purdue Concerns In GigaMonster Ch. 11 Plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday agreed to approve the Chapter 11 liquidation and wind-down plan of defunct internet service provider GigaMonster, finding the plan's third-party releases and overall cred... (more story)

Madison Ave. Condo Owners File New Ch. 11

The corporate owner of a luxury Manhattan condominium complex has filed for Chapter 11 in a New York bankruptcy court in what it says is an attempt to resolve the disputed bankruptcy filing of the partnership ... (more story)

Tobacco Co-Op's $10M Insurance Suit Headed To Mediation

Tobacco grower cooperative U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Inc. will go into mediation with Axis Specialty Insurance Co. as part of a lawsuit brought by the grower alleging the insurer has refused to pay $10 million ... (more story)

11th Circ. Affirms $700K Valuation For Bitcoin Mining Site

The Eleventh Circuit has agreed with a Georgia bankruptcy court's finding that a defunct company's bitcoin mining facility was worth more than $700,000, saying the lower court correctly valued the property usi... (more story)

Pool Co. Secures $1.1M In Fees For False Ad Trial Win

A North Carolina federal judge has granted $1.1 million in fees for attorneys from McCarter & English LLP and Womble Bond Dickinson who represented a swimming pool salt system supplier in a trial against a com... (more story)

Judge Won't Eject Trustee From Irish Developer's $942M Ch. 7

A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has denied a nearly two-and-a-half-year-old motion to remove a Chapter 7 trustee from an Irish developer's $942 million bankruptcy, saying the developer's appellate losses and a ... (more story)

AI Staffing Co. Ch. 11 Releases Are 'Gratuitous,' Investors Say

Shareholders of Joonko Diversity Inc., a recruitment firm that uses artificial intelligence, have objected to the company's proposed Chapter 11 liquidation plan, saying the proposal includes releases of claims... (more story)

Judge OKs Buca Di Beppo Bidding Process

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday approved Italian restaurant chain Buca di Beppo's bidding procedures, setting up the possibility of an auction in early October.

Texas Bitcoin Miner Hits Ch. 11 With More Than $50M In Debt

Cryptocurrency miner Rhodium filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $50 million in debt.

Girardi Says High Court Holding Should Gut His Fraud Case

Tom Girardi has urged a California federal judge to toss the majority of the wire fraud charges he is facing ahead of closing arguments in his trial, saying a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case demonstrates he was c... (more story)