Expert Analysis

AI-Generated Doc Ruling Guides Attys On Privilege Risks

A New York federal court's ruling, in U.S. v. Heppner, that documents created by a defendant using an artificial i... (more story)

The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1

For law firm leaders, ensuring a newly combined law firm lives up to its promise, both in its first days of operat... (more story)

Law School's Missed Lessons: What Cross-Selling Truly Takes

Early-career attorneys may struggle to introduce clients to practitioners in other specialties, but cross-selling ... (more story)

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Judge Says 'Error' Kept Mallinckrodt Execs In Investor Suit

Two former Mallinckrodt executives have escaped the only remaining claims they faced in a proposed investor class action tied to the company's 2023 bankruptcy and share cancellations after a New Jersey federal... (more story)

High Court Won't Stay Dow Corning Breast Implant Fund Row

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request to stay a lower court's order permanently wiping out the claims of more than 2,600 Koreans who said they were failed by how the settlement was structured, as ... (more story)

Office Building REIT OK To Take Votes On $1.1B Debt-Cut Plan

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday said he would allow Office Properties Income Trust to solicit votes on a Chapter 11 plan that would let the company cut about $1.1 billion in debt, reserving creditor object... (more story)

Mallinckrodt's Ch. 11 Blocks Antitrust Payouts, Judge Rules

A Connecticut federal judge has ruled that drugmaker Mallinckrodt PLC shrugged off monetary claims brought by states in a sprawling generic drug antitrust enforcement action when the company emerged from bankruptcy in 2022.

Terraform Says Jane Street 'Insider Trading' Led To Ch. 11

The administrator for bankrupt cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs has sued trading firm Jane Street in New York federal court over what Terraform says was an insider trading scheme to "front-run trading tha... (more story)

Saks, Simon Properties Spar Over Lease Terminations

Counsel for luxury retailer Saks and retail landlord Simon Properties asked a Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday to rule if a $100 million deal in 2024 allows Simon to terminate two of Saks' leases.

Spirit Reaches Ch. 11 Creditor Deal To Emerge By Summer

Bankrupt budget airline Spirit Aviation Holdings announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with its secured creditors for a restructuring plan that will allow the company to emerge from Chapter 11 by ... (more story)

BCLP Guides LA Development's $470M Bankruptcy Sale

A sprawling mixed-use development project in downtown Los Angeles has been sold off as part of an ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in a $470 million transaction guided by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

Bestwall Claimants Urge High Court To Hear Ch. 11 Challenge

Asbestos claimants of Georgia-Pacific spinoff Bestwall have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their challenge to Bestwall's "Texas two-step" bankruptcy, saying the Fourth Circuit created an "erroneous le... (more story)

US Trustee Says Steward Health Can't Close Ch. 11 Case Yet

The U.S. Trustee's Office is opposing a move by Steward Health Care System to close its Texas bankruptcy cases, contending that while the debtor's plan has been confirmed, it is not yet effective and litigatio... (more story)

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NC Judge Tosses 'Zombie Mortgage' Debt Collection Suit

A mortgage loan servicer and a trust succeeded in getting tossed a proposed class action brought by a North Carolina couple who claimed the entities tried to unlawfully collect interest and fees on their mortg... (more story)

A 'Bank Is A Bank': Lender Denies Aiding $100M Trust Fraud

A Texas bank sought to dismiss an adversary complaint alleging it helped a nonprofit founder defraud a special needs trust out of $100 million, telling a Florida federal bankruptcy court Tuesday the lawsuit do... (more story)

Theme Park Urges Lift Of Ch. 11 Stay To Appeal $116M Verdict

The owner of Colorado's Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to partially lift bankruptcy's automatic stay so it can appeal a $116 million wrongful death judgment that sent it into Chapter 11.

Natural Gas Biz Axip Gets OK To Tap $32M In Ch. 11 Funds

Natural gas compression company Axip secured a Texas bankruptcy judge's permission Tuesday to borrow about $32.4 million of a roughly $105 million Chapter 11 financing package to support its effort to sell assets.

PosiGen Gets OK For Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan

A Texas bankruptcy judge Monday approved solar panel leasing firm PosiGen's wind-down Chapter 11 plan after the company said it modified its third-party release provisions to conform to a federal district cour... (more story)

Bankruptcy Watchdog Appeals Stoli's Ch. 11 Trustee Order

The U.S. bankruptcy watchdog appealed orders approving Stoli's use of cash collateral and appointing a Chapter 11 trustee to oversee the bankrupt liquor group.

Tonopah Solar Names $7M Stalking Horse Bidder

A bankrupt Nevada solar project named a prospective bidder chosen to secure at least $7 million in a Chapter 11 asset auction.

Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

Legal fee feuds, noncompete pact breach fights and post-closing "earnout" battles piled up in Delaware's equity and commercial law venues last week, with top jurists briefing lawmakers on efforts to better man... (more story)

Greenberg Glusker Adds Land Use, Corporate Attys In LA

Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP announced Monday the firm is expanding its ranks with the addition of two new partners to its Los Angeles office: a land use whiz from Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell... (more story)

Justices Won't Review Religious Group's Bid Against IRS Lien

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a religious organization's constitutional challenge against the Internal Revenue Service over a lien on church property to collect taxes owed by the group's ban... (more story)