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December 17, 2024
Franchise Group Can Keep Exclusive Control Of Its Ch. 11
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday denied a motion to end the plan exclusivity window and other bankruptcy rights for debtors in Franchise Group Inc.'s Chapter 11, saying possible intercompany claims don't justify relief that the debtor argued would plunge the case into chaos.
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December 17, 2024
Purdue, FTX Top Biggest Bankruptcy Cases, Trends Of 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to throw out nonconsensual third-party releases in opioid maker Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 reverberated through the bankruptcy domain in unexpected ways this year, but it was just one among many major events to shape bankruptcy in 2024.
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December 17, 2024
Discovery Needs Push Back J&J Talc Unit's Ch. 11 Trial
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday postponed the Chapter 11 plan confirmation hearing of Johnson & Johnson talc unit Red River Talc LLC until February, saying additional time was needed for parties to continue taking discovery over questions concerning the plan's provisions.
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December 17, 2024
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
A surgical clinic and residential building in Manhattan filed for Chapter 11, as did a New Jersey-based shipping company; a high-tech acoustics manufacturer was weighed down by a $38.6 million trade secrets verdict; a hybrid-electric engine developer filed for bankruptcy; and a Pennsylvania law firm that itself specializes in representing creditors in bankruptcy sought Chapter 11 protection.
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December 17, 2024
2nd Circ. Says Sears Trustee Can Keep Mall Of America Lease
The Second Circuit has upheld a district court order obliging the return of bankrupt Sears Holding Corp.'s lease in Minnesota's Mall of America to SHC's liquidating trustee, finding in part the mall's earlier lease was not a "true" contract.
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December 17, 2024
SEC Says Express Didn't Disclose $1M In Ex-CEO Perks
Express Inc. failed to disclose nearly $1 million worth of perks and personal benefits to former CEO Tim Baxter, according to a settlement released Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which declined to levy a civil penalty against the fashion retailer in light of its cooperation and remediation.
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December 17, 2024
Yukos Capital Opposes Stay In $5B Russia Award Suit
The financing arm of Yukos Oil Co. urged a D.C. federal court on Monday not to pause its lawsuit looking to enforce a $5 billion arbitral award against Russia while litigation involving similar issues plays out, saying the Kremlin is needlessly dragging its feet.
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December 17, 2024
Express Inc.'s Post-Sale Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Approved
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday confirmed the Chapter 11 liquidation plan for the estate of clothing retailer Express Inc., after the debtor sold the business this summer for $174 million.
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December 17, 2024
Spirit Airlines Gets OK For Jan. Hearing On Ch. 11 Plan
A New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday set the hearing on Spirit Airlines' Chapter 11 plan for the end of January, overriding arguments by the U.S. Trustee Office that the case doesn't need to move this fast.
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December 17, 2024
Quinn Emanuel Taps 2 London Partners In Global Promotions
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has named 11 new partners in its latest round of promotions, with two in the British capital.
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December 16, 2024
Judge Kills Infowars Sale, BigLaw Firms Duck Suit
A Texas court blocked an attempt from satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' radio show, and a racketeering suit against Jackson Walker LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP over allegations they profited from former bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones' romantic relationship with a member of the bankruptcy bar was dismissed.
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December 16, 2024
Incora Moves Toward Confirmation After Opt-Outs OK'd
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday approved the opt-out mechanism for third-party releases in the Chapter 11 plan from aircraft parts supplier Incora, overruling an objection from the U.S. Trustee's Office.
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December 16, 2024
Reed Smith, Eletson Battle Over Sanctions In Ch. 11
The current and former owners of reorganized Greek shipping group Eletson Holdings clashed in New York bankruptcy court Monday over sanctions requested against Reed Smith LLP, the Chapter 11 counsel to the previous Eletson, and others in a dispute over implementing its confirmed bankruptcy plan that an attorney compared to the movie "Groundhog Day."
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December 16, 2024
Global Brands Trustee's $296M Ch. 11 Clawback Suit Survives
A $296 million adversary suit brought by a litigation trust created for the benefit of reorganized debtor Global Brands Group's creditors can continue after a New York bankruptcy judge on Monday said the defendants were subject to the personal jurisdiction of his court.
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December 16, 2024
Restaurants Struggled In 2024 As Costs Rose, Visits Fell
Many restaurants have faced challenges this year, grappling with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation and difficulty passing costs onto increasingly price-sensitive patrons — pressures that are expected to persist into the next year, experts told Law360.
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December 13, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen a group of franchise operators hit Vodafone with a £120 million ($151 million) claim for allegedly imposing commission cuts, green energy tycoon Dale Vince pursue another libel action against the publisher of the Daily Mail, and parcel delivery giant Yodel face a claim by an investor that helped save it from collapse earlier in the year.
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December 13, 2024
Auto Mogul Must Turn Over Note Info In $127M Collection Row
An auto mogul, his living trust and one of his companies must turn over documents related to a $20 million payment on promissory notes as part of marathon litigation related to Alter Domus LLC's attempts to collect on a $127 million judgment, a Michigan federal judge has ruled.
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December 13, 2024
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
An artificial intelligence startup said its former CEO can't put a freeze on her indemnification claims in its bankruptcy while she faces criminal and civil fraud charges. The bankrupt former owner of a talc mine owner said it needs another $9 million in Chapter 11 funding to close its case. And, the Office of the U.S. Trustee said use of opt-out forms to get creditor consent to third-party releases aren't allowed under state law.
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December 13, 2024
Ice Miller Expands To Miami With Greenspoon Marder Hires
Ice Miller LLP announced that it launched a new location in Miami with the addition of three transactional attorneys from Greenspoon Marder LLP, in what the firm said is part of a strategy to grow its presence in South Florida.
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December 13, 2024
US Trustee Wants Spirit To Explain Counsel Bid For Ch. 11
The U.S. Trustee's Office is opposing Spirit Airlines' bid to hire Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as primary counsel in its Chapter 11 and Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP as its conflicts counsel, telling a New York bankruptcy court that the carrier needs to specify what potential conflicts of interest exist.
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December 13, 2024
Ex-Weil Restructuring Atty Returns As Co-Chair
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Friday the return of a longtime partner who departed the firm last year to lead the debtor-side restructuring practice in the U.S. for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
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December 13, 2024
McKinsey To Pay $650M For Work With Opioid Maker Purdue
Consulting giant McKinsey & Co. will pay $650 million to resolve charges related to its work helping Purdue Pharma market and boost sales of OxyContin, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
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December 12, 2024
BakerHostetler Can't Ditch RICO Claims In Bankruptcy Fight
A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday trimmed fraud and legal malpractice claims alleging BakerHostetler aided a $100 million insurance fraud scheme, but he refused to throw out civil racketeering claims, finding that the allegations are "well-pleaded," and he must assume, for now, that they're true.
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December 12, 2024
Incora's Opt-Outs Not Like Class Actions, US Trustee Says
The U.S. Trustee's Office on Thursday objected to the third-party releases in the Chapter 11 plan from aircraft parts supplier Incora, arguing in a Texas bankruptcy court that the opt-out mechanism for the releases is not comparable to class action procedures.
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December 12, 2024
Texaco Says La. Suits Blocked By 1988 Ch. 11 Plan
Texaco Inc. and Louisiana state and local officials on Thursday clashed before a New York bankruptcy judge over whether the oil company's decades-old Chapter 11 plan bars the officials from suing Texaco over allegations its drilling operations violated state law.