July 28, 2025
A New York federal judge ruled that bondholders of Puerto Rico's public electric utility cannot pursue claims against the commonwealth's government. Tilson Technology sued joint venture Gigapower in Texas, claiming a breached contract on major infrastructure work led to its bankruptcy. FTX agreed to drop six Delaware lawsuits seeking to recover $28.75 million in political donations, most of which went to Republican-aligned groups.
July 21, 2025
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday confirmed the Chapter 11 plan of department store Conn's, overruling objections from the U.S. Trustee's Office that it contained improper release and exculpation provisions.
June 09, 2025
A Texas bankruptcy judge asked for more details before he would allow department store Conn's to solicit votes on its Chapter 11 liquidation plan.
June 03, 2025
The Office of the U.S. Trustee objected to the Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement of department store Conn's, saying the plan contains third-party releases with an opt-out mechanism that is not permissible under the Supreme Court's ruling in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma.
March 31, 2025
Furniture and appliance retailer Conn's Inc. received a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval Monday to pay a group of former W.S. Badcock dealers about $2 million to settle their potential claims in the Chapter 11 case, under an agreement that calls for the onetime store owners and lender B. Riley to share in proceeds of the Conn's asset sales.
March 28, 2025
The committee of unsecured creditors of bankrupt retailer Conn's Inc. has urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject the company's bid to amend its debtor-in-possession financing to pay a lender $4 million to provide apparent adequate protection.
February 19, 2025
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a request from Conn's, a furniture and appliance retailer, for permission to sell some of its Florida-based subsidiary's real estate to auto parts chain AutoZone for $8.33 million.
November 12, 2024
The Third Circuit heard arguments on Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan from sexual abuse survivors as well as insurers, California's attorney general disputed Sullivan & Cromwell's fee requests in Kidde-Fenwal Inc.'s bankruptcy, and the U.S. trustee is seeking documents from Jackson Walker LLP regarding a former attorney's secret relationship with a bankruptcy judge. This is the week in bankruptcy.
November 06, 2024
A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved the sale of most of retail chain Conn's assets to debt collector Jefferson Capital Systems for $360 million after hearing all objections had been resolved.
October 30, 2024
Counsel for retail chain Conn's told a Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday that no one has beaten the $360 million baseline bid for its assets from debt collector Jefferson Capital Systems and asked for a hearing to approve the sale next week.