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Meet The Lawyers Steering Satellite Co. Ligado's Ch. 11
Telecommunications group Ligado Networks filed for bankruptcy earlier this week to trim $7.8 billion from its balance sheet as it wages a legal crusade over roadblocks that have delayed a 5G network project. Guiding Ligado Networks through Chapter 11 are a team of Milbank LLP and Richards Layton & Finger PA attorneys.
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
Satellite and spectrum firm Ligado Networks filed in Delaware with $8.6 billion in debt. Regional airline Silver Airways LLC entered bankruptcy with plans to restructure by early 2025. A New York City waterfront condominium owner cited $70 million in liabilities, while a Long Island nursing home with $58 million in debt blamed its filing on litigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Commercial Ch. 11s Surged 20% In 2024 As Inflation Stung
Commercial Chapter 11s increased 20% in 2024, leading a broader 14% incline in all new bankruptcies as the rate of filings looks set to return to higher prepandemic figures, according to new data.
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As the new year gets underway, numerous Delaware law firms recently announced attorney promotions, including Bayard PA, Morris James LLP, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP and Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella PA.
Delaware firm Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP has promoted its director of finance to serve as its chief financial officer to help steer its financial and strategic direction.
Satellite communications company Ligado Networks accused a satellite service provider of breaching a $1.7 billion cooperation deal aimed at facilitating Ligado's terrestrial network operations by failing to up... (more story)
The U.S. government objected to a $535 million settlement that bankrupt talc supplier Whittaker Clark & Daniels reached regarding talc claims in its New Jersey Chapter 11 case, saying the deal was built on fau... (more story)
A Texas bankruptcy judge has approved a nearly $400 million sale of prison healthcare provider Wellpath's behavioral health division, Recovery Solutions.
The $40 billion criminal case against Terraform founder Do Kwon contains evidence such as recordings and seized mobile phones that exceed what securities regulators presented when they prevailed against him at... (more story)
Bankrupt electric vehicle battery maker Northvolt AB received shareholder approval Wednesday to keep its business going, in a move a company spokesperson had called a "procedural step" consistent with Swedish ... (more story)
Investors suing the now-bankrupt oil and gas company Alta Mesa Resources Inc. have asked a Texas federal judge to preliminarily approve a $126.3 million deal to settle claims that the company and its executive... (more story)
A group of former Endo International directors and officers are asking a New York bankruptcy judge to throw out a suit accusing them of driving the company into Chapter 11 by marketing dangerous opioids, argui... (more story)
The former talc suppliers of Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that staying part of a settlement and a connected bankruptcy sale could bog down their efforts to secure plan confirmations and exit Chapter 11, urgi... (more story)
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Zachry Holdings Inc., the insolvent former general contractor for a major liquefied natural gas project, will pay $7 million to settle a WARN Act lawsuit that was launched after the company laid off more than ... (more story)
The Office of the U.S. Trustee urged a Texas bankruptcy court to reject Digital Media Solutions' proposed Chapter 11 plan, arguing it unlawfully includes nonconsensual third-party releases violating the Bankru... (more story)
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge has denied a credit reporting agency's bid to depose four U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys and to compel the production of their witness interview notes i... (more story)
The IRS gets first priority to a $1 million settlement BP paid to a staffing company that racked up $23 million in federal tax debt and went bankrupt following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Eleventh Cir... (more story)
Florida-based sporting goods seller Surf 9, which says it is the third-largest retailer of paddle boards in the world, has filed for bankruptcy in New York, listing up to $50 million each of assets and liabilities.
Cold Spring Holdings, owner of a 588-bed nursing facility on Long Island, has enlisted attorneys from Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP to help the company pursue a Chapter 11 bankruptcy it says was stimulated by a... (more story)
A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge said on Wednesday that he will approve $10.5 million of interim post-petition financing for Corsa Coal Corp. and sign off on other first-day motions.
The new owners of reorganized international shipping group Eletson Holdings are continuing their battle with the company's former owners and their counsel at Reed Smith in litigation over a $102 million arbitr... (more story)
Vancouver-based Felix Payment Systems Ltd. has filed a Chapter 15 petition in North Carolina with CA$19 million ($13.2 million) in liabilities, saying it needs to shield its assets from creditors as it moves t... (more story)
Bankrupt mortgage service provider AmeriFirst Financial Inc. is heading back into mediation with unsecured creditors after a Delaware judge said Wednesday that a resolution is needed in the stagnant Chapter 11 proceedings.