Meet The Attorneys In Vintage Wine Estates' Ch. 11
New Bill Would Sink 'Texas Two-Step' Ch. 11s Over 'Bad Faith'
Meet The Attorneys In Retailer Conn's $1.95B Ch. 11
Meet The Attorneys In Vintage Wine Estates' Ch. 11
A team of lawyers from Richards Layton & Finger PA and Jones Day LLP is guiding Vintage Wine Estates, an owner of more than 30 wine brands, through its Chapter 11 case in Delaware.
New Bill Would Sink 'Texas Two-Step' Ch. 11s Over 'Bad Faith'
U.S. lawmakers are taking aim at a controversial bankruptcy tactic used by Johnson & Johnson and others designed to insulate corporations from mass tort liability, introducing a bipartisan bill that would order courts to label "Texas two-step" Chapter 11 cases "bad-faith filings."
Meet The Attorneys In Retailer Conn's $1.95B Ch. 11
A team of six attorneys from Sidley Austin LLP is steering the Chapter 11 case of furniture and appliance retailer Conn's Inc., which hit bankruptcy in Texas with $1.95 billion in debt Tuesday.
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Vintage Wine Estates, which owns 30 wine brands in California, Oregon and Washington, filed for Chapter 11 protection Wednesday with a plan to sell its assets after post-pandemic wine demand dropped.