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Administrative Disaster At Bankruptcy Courts May Be In Sight

If, as a result of voluntary resignations or terminations, the professional staff of the U.S. Trustee's Office is ... (more story)

An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could ... (more story)

Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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

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FTX Ch. 11 Trust Says Ex-Exec's Wife Spent $600K Since Dec.

The FTX Recovery Trust urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to enjoin the wife of former FTX executive Ryan Salame from spending additional money that the trust said was fraudulently taken from the company before... (more story)

Imerys Ch. 11 Plan Trial Starts With Claims Rep Uncertainty

Several critical legal questions remained open Tuesday in the Chapter 11 cases of talc producer Imerys Talc America and its affiliates as a five-day confirmation trial kicked off, but the Delaware bankruptcy j... (more story)

Exela Faces Wednesday Deadline In $185M DIP Funding Fight

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday ordered Exela Technologies and its lenders to return to court Wednesday prepared to defend their positions on the debtor's bid for final approval of $185 million in Chapter ... (more story)

Nylon Maker Ascend Gets OK For $650M In Ch. 11 Financing

A Texas bankruptcy judge gave nylon maker Ascend Performance Materials interim permission to draw on $650 million in Chapter 11 financing as it set a course to confirm a restructuring plan by the end of summer.

Judge Approves Prospect Medical's Pa. Hospitals' Closure 

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved Prospect Medical Holdings' request to close two Pennsylvania hospitals after the bankrupt operator was unable to secure another entity to run the hospitals despite ... (more story)

Contrarian Unit's $3.7B Citgo Bid Gets OK Despite Objections

A Delaware federal judge on Monday approved a Contrarian Capital Management affiliate's floor-setting $3.699 billion bid for Citgo's parent company, adopting the recommendation of a special master despite resi... (more story)

Nylon Maker Files Ch. 11 In Texas With More Than $1B Debt

Nylon maker Ascend Performance Materials on Monday filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court, saying it plans to work with its lenders to deleverage its more than $1 billion in debt.

Exela Technologies Facing Inter-Lender Ch. 11 DIP Fight

Business automation group Exela Technologies told a Texas bankruptcy judge Monday that while it resolved unsecured creditor objections to final approval of its $185 million debtor-in-possession loan, it is sti... (more story)

Justices Won't Hear Mall Of America's Sears Lease Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case filed by the owner of Minnesota's Mall of America against Sears Holding Corp. over a transfer of a 100-year lease for an anchor store location, leaving ... (more story)

Gamestop CEO Can't Stop Bed Bath & Beyond Trading Suit

A Manhattan federal judge trimmed a $47 million lawsuit from the bankrupt retailer once known as Bed Bath & Beyond accusing GameStop's CEO of insider trading before the housewares giant went belly-up, but says... (more story)

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Buffalo Diocese Agrees To Pay $150M To Sex Abuse Survivors

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday announced it has reached a $150 million agreement in principle that would settle the diocese's liability for about 900 claims of child sexual abuse.

Brightmark Bondholders Want 'Charade' Ch. 11 Case Tossed

Secured bondholders of plastics recycling company Brightmark have asked the Delaware bankruptcy court to dismiss the debtor's Chapter 11 proceedings, calling the case a "charade" designed to hand over assets t... (more story)

23andMe Has Received 'Significant Interest' In Ch. 11 Auction

Genetic testing company 23andMe has received significant interest in the Chapter 11 auction for its assets, its counsel told a Missouri bankruptcy judge Tuesday at a hearing where it received final approval of... (more story)

Movie Producer Village Roadshow OK'd For Ch. 11 Sale Plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday gave movie production and finance company Village Roadshow Entertainment Group the go-ahead to implement its proposed asset sale process, after the debtor said it had man... (more story)

Chase Bank Can't Ditch Claims It Aided $119M Ponzi Scam

A California federal judge trimmed on Monday SiliconSage Builders LLC receiver's lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase of allegedly helping the now-defunct real estate developer carry out a massive $119 million Ponz... (more story)

Pittsburgh Firm Accused Of Botching $3M Office Rent Row

The owner of a Pittsburgh office building claims mistakes made by attorneys from Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP cost the company more than $3.3 million in rental income and interest payments, according to a lawsuit... (more story)

Paper Towel Biz Gets 3-Member Ch. 11 Creditor Committee

The Office of the U.S. Trustee has appointed three members to the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of Royal Interco LLC, which supplies private-label paper products for grocery ... (more story)

Judge Blocks Pot Co. CEO's Bid To Enforce $1.5M Settlement

The founder of a defunct marijuana greenhouse leasing business cannot reopen an investor class action to enforce a $1.5 million settlement and declare a related bankruptcy action unlawful, a Colorado federal j... (more story)

GenapSys Fights Paul Hastings Bid To Ax Malpractice Suit

GenapSys Inc. is pushing back on Paul Hastings LLP's motion for summary judgment in the legal malpractice suit the gene sequencing company filed, contending it was not required to disclose the legal malpractic... (more story)

Wood Insulation Co. Gets OK For Vote On Equity Swap Plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday sent GO Lab Inc.'s equity swap Chapter 11 plan to creditors for a vote after the wood fiber insulation maker said it had resolved all objections to the plan disclosure statement.