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January 03, 2025
Pool Co. Denied New Trial On TM Claims After Winning $16M
A North Carolina pool parts supplier can't retry trademark infringement claims after securing a $16 million false advertising and unfair business practices judgment against a rival Chinese company accused of misleading customers, a federal judge ruled this week.
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January 03, 2025
Opt-Out Releases In Lumio's Ch. 11 Plan Rejected
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday rejected the opt-out mechanism for obtaining releases for third parties in Solar panel provider Lumio Holdings LLC's Chapter 11 plan, but said she would allow it to solicit votes on the plan.
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January 03, 2025
NY Nursing Home Blames AG's 'Crusade' For Ch. 11
The owner of a 588-bed nursing facility on Long Island has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a New York bankruptcy court with more than $58 million in debt, saying it was the victim of a "crusade" and "smear campaign" launched by the state attorney general's office.
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January 03, 2025
Hertz Off The Hook For $337M Bond In Claim Recalculation Tiff
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Hertz Corp. doesn't need to post a $337.4 million bond while she uses an appeals court decision on underpaid interest to recalculate a group of unsecured noteholders' claims, writing the request would alter Hertz's more than 3-year-old Chapter 11 plan and give the noteholders better treatment than other creditors.
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January 03, 2025
Giuliani Says Memory Faulty In Meandering NY Contempt Row
A Manhattan federal judge mulled a bid to hold Rudy Giuliani in contempt of a $148 million defamation judgment Friday, during a day of sparring in which the former New York City mayor repeatedly told counsel for two defamed Georgia poll workers that he doesn't remember case details.
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January 03, 2025
Silver Airways Hits Ch. 11 With Over $100M In Debt
Regional airline Silver Airways LLC is headed to bankruptcy court for a first-day hearing Monday, after recently launching a Chapter 11 case in Florida with at least $100 million in debt.
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January 03, 2025
Diamond Sports Exits Ch. 11, Rebrands As Main Street Sports
Diamond Sports Group has emerged from Chapter 11 with a balance sheet that is nearly $9 billion lighter in debt and with a new name, the sports broadcasting company has announced.
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January 02, 2025
Celsius To Challenge $445M Claim Denial In FTX Bankruptcy
Celsius Network's post-Chapter 11 plan counsel filed an appeal on Thursday of a Delaware bankruptcy judge's denial of the cryptocurrency network's amended $444.6 million claim against fellow bankrupt crypto platform FTX.
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January 02, 2025
Bankrupt Pa. City Must Remit Casino Revenue, County Argues
Pennsylvania's Delaware County has asked the Third Circuit to undo a bankruptcy court's ruling that the financially ailing city of Chester is excused from paying the county revenue from gambling taxes because of the city's Chapter 9 proceedings, despite an ordinance mandating that the county get a cut of the money.
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January 02, 2025
'Crush-Resistant' OxyContin Patents Fail At Fed. Circ.
In one of its last major moves in 2024, the Federal Circuit decided to reject an appeal from the bankrupt maker of OxyContin, which is trying to use patent laws to block the release of a competing "crush-resistant" generic painkiller.
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January 02, 2025
Beasley Allen Aims To Toss Suit From Ex-Ally Firm
Beasley Allen has called on a Mississippi federal court to dismiss or transfer a defamation and breach of contract lawsuit from The Smith Law Firm PLLC over their joint venture agreement for talc litigation against Johnson & Johnson, arguing the case should be tossed in favor of its own suit filed earlier in Alabama.
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January 02, 2025
Terraform Founder Arraigned In NY, Denies $40B Crypto Fraud
Terraform Labs creator Do Kwon appeared Thursday before a Manhattan federal judge to deny charges that he orchestrated a $40 billion fraud on customers and investors who backed the cryptocurrency platform based on promises that it had real-world viability.
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January 01, 2025
Bankruptcy Issues To Watch In 2025
Bankruptcy professionals are seeing uncertainty in 2025, with a mix of opinions on whether filings will trend up or down, but certainty that there won't be a final word on the claims release questions bankruptcy plans faced in 2024.
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January 01, 2025
Top Federal Tax Cases To Watch In 2025
Over the next year, tax practitioners will be closely monitoring suits that challenge the IRS' use of the economic substance doctrine, take advantage of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision curbing federal agencies' regulatory authority and dispute the government's handling of worker retention credits. Here, Law360 looks at key federal tax cases to follow in 2025.
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January 01, 2025
Trials To Watch In 2025
The coming year will bring the first bellwether trials in the closely watched federal baby formula mass litigation, the first courtroom battle over a COVID-19 vaccine patent and six major retailers' case against Visa and Mastercard over card swipe fees.
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January 01, 2025
Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2025
Food and beverage attorneys have no shortage of interesting issues to follow in 2025, from Albertsons turning on Kroger after their proposed $25 billion merger was blocked, to new state laws covering the life cycle of single-use packaging, and claims over heavy metals and "forever chemicals" contaminating food.
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December 23, 2024
Container Store Given All Clear To Tap Ch. 11 Financing
A Texas bankruptcy judge granted The Container Store Group Inc. a lifeline, allowing the company to access part of its $255 million financing package as it gets underway with a prepackaged Chapter 11 to address over $269 million in debt.
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December 23, 2024
McElroy Deutsch Beats Former Exec's Malicious Claim
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP got a claim for malicious prosecution against it dismissed without prejudice in litigation against its former business development director, who the firm accused of embezzling millions from it.
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December 23, 2024
Party City Reenters Ch. 11 With Plans To Wind Down
Retail chain Party City has returned to bankruptcy with more than $399 million in debt and plans to close its approximately 700 remaining stores and liquidate, saying attempts to improve its bottom line after its 2023 bankruptcy faltered in the face of falling sales.
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December 23, 2024
Chemical Exec Facing Felony Charges For Flint River Oil Spill
The president of a chemical company has been arraigned on multiple felony charges for allegedly mismanaging chemical waste at a Michigan production site, resulting in a 2022 oil and chemical spill in the Flint River.
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December 23, 2024
AI Co. ILearningEngines Hits Ch. 11 With $100M-Plus Debt
Artificial intelligence software company iLearningEngines has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court with up to $500 million in debt after a recent cyberattack and proposed securities class action added to mounting pressures facing the company.
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December 20, 2024
High Court Bar's Future: Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris
Sarah M. Harris of Williams & Connolly LLP never planned on being a U.S. Supreme Court advocate, or even an appellate one. She stumbled upon that career path after realizing her initial goal of becoming a national security or government lawyer wasn't the right fit.
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December 20, 2024
Crypto Trading Co. To Pay SEC $123M Over Terraform Claims
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that it secured a $123 million settlement with a Jump Trading subsidiary for allegedly misleading investors about the stability of the now-collapsed Terraform ecosystem by effectively propping up the project's flagship token following a trading arrangement made while the token dipped in value.
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December 20, 2024
Real Estate Recap: Stats, Multifamily Tech, Pot Shop Pickle
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including big picture stats for commercial real estate in 2024, how one proptech company is leveraging resident data for multifamily profitability, and a conversation with a BigLaw leader about navigating New York's pot shop crackdown.
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December 20, 2024
SEC Sues Silver Point Over Atty's Receipt Of Nonpublic Info
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued investment adviser firm Silver Point Capital LP in Connecticut federal court on Friday, alleging that it failed to establish policies to safeguard material nonpublic information, particularly from a now-deceased former BigLaw attorney.
Expert Analysis
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Recruitment Trends In Emerging Law Firm Frontiers
BigLaw firms are facing local recruitment challenges as they increasingly establish offices in cities outside of the major legal hubs, requiring them to weigh various strategies for attracting talent that present different risks and benefits, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
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Series
Glassblowing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
I never expected that glassblowing would strongly influence my work as an attorney, but it has taught me the importance of building a solid foundation for your work, learning from others and committing to a lifetime of practice, says Margaret House at Kalijarvi Chuzi.
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How Associates Can Build A Professional Image
As hybrid work arrangements become the norm in the legal industry, early-career attorneys must be proactive in building and maintaining a professional presence in both physical and digital settings, ensuring that their image aligns with their long-term career goals, say Lana Manganiello at Equinox Strategy Partners and Estelle Winsett at Estelle Winsett Professional Image Consulting.
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Yellow Corp. Lease Assumption Shows Landlord Protections
Yellow Corp.’s recent filing of a motion to assume unexpired leases is a helpful reminder to practitioners to maintain a long-term approach about what is most beneficial for an estate and to not let a debtor's short-term cash position dictate business decisions, says Kyle Arendsen at Squire Patton.
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Insurers Have A Ch. 11 Voice Following High Court Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum — which reaffirmed a broad definition of "party in interest" — will give insurers, particularly in mass tort Chapter 11 bankruptcies, more opportunity to protect their interests and identify problems with reorganization plans, says George Singer at Holland & Hart.
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Considerations For Cooperation Contracts In Loan Trades
Significant challenges to settling trades can arise when lenders of syndicated bank loans enter into defense-oriented cooperation agreements, which are growing in popularity, but working through these issues on the front end of a trade can save hours down the road, says Robert Waldner at Crowell & Moring.
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Firms Must Rethink How They Train New Lawyers In AI Age
As law firms begin to use generative artificial intelligence to complete lower-level legal tasks, they’ll need to consider new ways to train summer associates and early-career attorneys, keeping in mind the five stages of skill acquisition, says Liisa Thomas at Sheppard Mullin.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Always Be Closing
When a lawyer presents their case with the right propulsive structure throughout trial, there is little need for further argument after the close of evidence — and in fact, rehashing it all may test jurors’ patience — so attorneys should consider other strategies for closing arguments, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Series
Playing Chess Makes Me A Better Lawyer
There are many ways that chess skills translate directly into lawyer skills, but for me, the bigger career lessons go beyond the direct parallels — playing chess has shown me the value of seeing gradual improvement in and focusing deep concentration on a nonwork endeavor, says attorney Steven Fink.
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9th Circ. Clarifies ERISA Preemption For Healthcare Industry
The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Bristol SL Holdings v. Cigna notably clarifies the broad scope of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's preemption of certain state law causes of action, standing to benefit payors and health plan administrators, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Litigation Inspiration: Attys Can Be Heroic Like Olympians
Although litigation won’t earn anyone an Olympic medal in Paris this summer, it can be worthy of the same lasting honor if attorneys exercise focused restraint — seeking both their clients’ interests and those of the court — instead of merely pursuing every advantage short of sanctionable conduct, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Lean Into The 'Great Restoration' To Retain Legal Talent
As the “great resignation,” in which employees voluntarily left their jobs in droves, has largely dissipated, legal employers should now work toward the idea of a “great restoration,” adopting strategies to effectively hire, onboard and retain top legal talent, says Molly McGrath at Hiring & Empowering Solutions.
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NY Combined Hearing Guidelines Can Shorten Ch. 11 Timeline
The Southern District of New York’s recently adopted guidelines on combining the processes for Chapter 11 plan confirmation and disclosure statement approval may shorten the Chapter 11 timeline for companies and reduce associated costs, say Robert Drain and Moshe Jacob at Skadden.
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Opinion
Bankruptcy Judges Can Justly Resolve Mass Tort Cases
Johnson & Johnson’s recent announcement of a prepackaged reorganization plan for its talc unit highlights that Chapter 11 is a continually evolving living statute that can address new types of problems with reorganization, value and job preservation, and just treatment for creditors, says Kenneth Rosen at Ken Rosen Advisors PC.
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Series
Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Atop the list of ways fishing makes me a better lawyer is the relief it offers from the chronic stress of a demanding caseload, but it has also improved my listening skills and patience, and has served as an exceptional setting for building earnest relationships, says Steven DeGeorge at Robinson Bradshaw.