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June 23, 2025
Wolfspeed To File Ch. 11 With Plan To Cut $4.6B Debt
Semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed Inc. said it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the near future as part of a restructuring plan to reduce its total debt by approximately 70%, which is approximately $4.6 billion.
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June 23, 2025
Flagstar Says NYC Landlord's Entities Can't Use Collateral
Flagstar Bank is urging a New York bankruptcy court not to let a New York City landlord's 82 entities use almost $30 million of the bank's collateral for other purposes, such as administrating their Chapter 11 cases and running their operations.
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June 23, 2025
Exela Gets OK For $1.25B Debt-Swap Ch. 11 Plan
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday approved a $1.25 billion Chapter 11 restructuring for units of business automation group Exela Technologies, saying the plan had creditor support and the creditor claim releases were voluntary.
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June 23, 2025
Ligado's AST Satellite Deal With $550M For Inmarsat Gets OK
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Monday approved insolvent satellite business Ligado Networks' deal with AST SpaceMobile Inc. that lets the companies work together to develop space-based broadband services, clearing a key hurdle in the debtor's path to securing confirmation of a restructuring plan that aims to cut almost $8 billion in debt.
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June 20, 2025
23andMe Judge Aims For Quick Decision On Sale To Founder
After a second all-day hearing, a Missouri bankruptcy judge said he would decide as quickly as he can on the proposed $305 million sale of genetic testing company 23andMe to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
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June 20, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Senior Living, Data Centers, CEQA
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into a senior housing surge, data center construction, and the Golden State's latest efforts to spur housing construction without upsetting the California Environmental Quality Act.
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June 20, 2025
2nd Purdue Plan Heading For Creditor Vote, Nov. Hearing
A New York bankruptcy judge Friday set OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's second try at a bankruptcy plan on course for a November confirmation hearing, clearing the plan disclosure statement to be sent out for a creditor vote.
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June 20, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Pogust Goodhead face legal action from mining giant BHP Group, Trainline bring a procurement claim against the Department for Transport, Sworders auction house sue Conservative peer Patricia Rawlings, and Nokia hit with a patents claim by Hisense. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 20, 2025
NJ Court Greenlights Beasley Allen Attys In Talc Litigation
A New Jersey state judge will allow two Beasley Allen Law Firm attorneys to represent a California couple in their suit accusing Johnson & Johnson of selling carcinogenic talc-based baby powder and appear pro hac vice despite the company's vehement opposition.
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June 20, 2025
Gymnastics Co. Cuts Deal In EEOC Sex Harassment Suit
A gymnastics business will pay a former coach $50,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the company's co-owner repeatedly propositioned her and other teen workers for sex, according to a Mississippi federal court filing.
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June 18, 2025
23andMe Seeks To Ease Concerns Over Sale To Founder
Several states indicated Wednesday they may no longer oppose the $305 million sale of 23andMe to a nonprofit led by Anne Wojcicki, a co-founder of the company, after the debtor structured the transaction as an equity transfer.
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June 18, 2025
FCC Approves Windstream-Uniti Tie-Up
The Federal Communications Commission signed off on Windstream's merger with Uniti Group Inc. on Wednesday, approving the transfer of Windstream, Uniti and their respective subsidiaries to the newly formed New Windstream LLC.
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June 18, 2025
Montessori School Owner Files Ch. 11 With $144M Of Debt
Higher Ground Education Inc., once the largest owner and operator of Montessori schools in the world, filed for Chapter 11 protection late Tuesday in Dallas, saying it has an agreement with stakeholders to obtain postpetition financing and turn the company over to secured creditors.
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June 18, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Adds Ex-Kelley Drye Restructuring Atty
Eversheds Sutherland announced Tuesday the hiring of a New York-based counsel formerly of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP for its U.S. finance practice group.
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June 18, 2025
Altice France Files Ch. 15 In New York With $22B In Debt
Telecom company Altice France SA has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to recognize its French insolvency, saying it has over €19.2 billion ($22 billion) in debt and citing pressures from rising costs and increased competition.
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June 17, 2025
SilverRock's $60M Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Bid Gets Green Light
Acknowledging property owner and creditor valuation objections and unsettled claims, a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a $60 million stalking horse offer intended to jumpstart bidding for a 134-acre tract southeast of Los Angeles that was once part of a resort development plan.
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June 17, 2025
Judge OKs Deal To End LeClairRyan Founder Tax Claims
A Virginia bankruptcy judge Tuesday approved a settlement striking LeClairRyan PLLC founder Gary LeClair from the list of owners of the defunct firm, relieving him of responsibility for a share of the firm's nearly $21 million in tax liabilities.
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June 17, 2025
Hooters Can Seek Ch. 11 Plan Votes Following Creditor Deal
A Texas bankruptcy judge determined Tuesday that Hooters of America may solicit votes on its Chapter 11 plan after the troubled casual dining chain reached an agreement with its unsecured creditors committee, overruling objections lodged by the U.S. Trustee's Office.
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June 17, 2025
WeightWatchers Cleared To Exit Ch. 11 And Cut $1.15B In Debt
WeightWatchers on Tuesday secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's blessing to exit Chapter 11 less than two months after filing the case with a leaner balance sheet and new owners, allowing the dieting company to refocus its business after new weight-loss drugs threatened its main product.
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June 17, 2025
BowFlex Recall Burdens Buyers Of 3.7M Dumbbells, Suit Says
A BowFlex buyer is suing the brand's new owner in California federal court, alleging that a recall of defective adjustable dumbbells wrongly leaves out the vast majority of the product's buyers, covering only about 100,000 of the 3.8 million products sold.
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June 16, 2025
Consolidated SVB Class Action Survives 3 Dismissal Bids
A California federal judge has rejected three bids to dismiss a proposed shareholder class action against Silicon Valley Bank's brass, underwriters and auditor stemming from the bank's 2023 failure, finding the plaintiffs' "well-pleaded" allegations can continue.
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June 16, 2025
Burgess Biopower Gets OK For Ch. 11 Debt-Equity Swap
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday approved the Chapter 11 debt-equity-swap reorganization of New Hampshire power plant operator Burgess BioPower.
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June 16, 2025
Joann Seeks Ch. 11 Block For Vendors' Ohio Suit
Bankrupt fabric retailer Joann Inc. has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to block an Ohio state suit filed against seven top company officials by vendors who claim they were deceived into extending credit to the 80-year-old fabric retailer between its first and second retreat into Chapter 11.
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June 16, 2025
All 50 States Agree To Purdue Pharma's $7.4B Settlement
Attorneys general from 55 U.S. states and territories on Monday backed Purdue Pharma's $7.4 billion deal to settle opioid injury claims against the company and the Sackler family, almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out Purdue's previous plan to end litigation over its role in the opioid epidemic.
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June 16, 2025
Home Decor Retailer Blames Tariffs For New Ch. 11 Filing
Household furnishing retail chain At Home Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday with just shy of $2 billion of debt, saying recent uncertainty over tariffs worsened its highly leveraged balance sheet and drove it into bankruptcy.
Expert Analysis
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A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.
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Lessons Learned From SAS' Flight Through Chapter 11
Scandinavia's SAS is the first European airline to find its wings through the U.S. Chapter 11 process since COVID-19 rocked the aviation industry — and while the process involved some familiar steps, certain complex jurisdictional issues and non-U.S. stakeholders required the carrier to venture into uncharted airspace, says Emily Hong at Norton Rose.
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Bankruptcy Ruling Provides Guidance On 363 Asset Sales
HE v. Avadim Holdings, a recent ruling from the District of Delaware, underscores the principle that rejection of executory contracts does not unwind completed transfers of property and the importance of clear and precise language in sale orders and asset purchase agreements in bankruptcy cases, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
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A Look At The Student Loan Case Pending At Supreme Court
The Trump administration is likely to drop the U.S. Supreme Court case of U.S. Department of Education v. Career Colleges and Schools of Texas after its review of the 2022 borrower defense to repayment rule, but any outcome will be significant for institutions participating in programs covered by Title IV of the Higher Education Act, say attorneys at Duane Morris.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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Terraform Case May Be Bellwether For Crypto Enforcement
The prosecution of crypto company Terraform Labs and its CEO, Do Kwon, offers a unique test of the line between lawful and unlawful conduct in digital transactions, and the Trump administration’s posture toward the case will provide clues about its cryptocurrency enforcement agenda in the years to come, say attorneys at Brooks Pierce.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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How Courts Can Filter Nonmeritorious Claims In Mass Torts
Nonmeritorious claims have been a key obstacle to settlement in many recent high-profile mass torts, but courts may be able to use tools they already have to solve this problem, says Samir Parikh at Wake Forest University.
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Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Series
Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.