March 09, 2026
Cheese producer Rizo-Lopez Foods Inc. told a California bankruptcy judge Monday that it has reached a sale agreement, delaying a motion to convert its case from a Chapter 11 reorganization to a Chapter 7 liquidation.
November 26, 2025
Cheese producer Rizo-Lopez Foods Inc. pushed back a motion to convert its Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation to Dec. 18, citing progress since it initially filed its conversion motion.
October 30, 2025
A trustee overseeing equity assets from Rite Aid's last Chapter 11 urged a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to let him wind the trust down. Diamondhead Casino's president and Chapter 7 trustee fought over a meeting notice. And cheese maker Rizo-Lopez Foods asked to transition its Chapter 11 proceedings into a Chapter 7 case.
October 01, 2025
The consequences of listeria contamination at cheesemaker Rizo-Lopez Foods Inc.'s production facility pushed a family-owned company that had grown from a San Francisco distributor to a nationwide cheese purveyor toward Chapter 11.
September 23, 2025
A CVS Health pharmacy services subsidiary entered bankruptcy after a court entered a $949 million judgment against it. Biotechnology company ProPhase put three of its COVID-19 laboratory testing subsidiaries in Chapter 11. And a California cheesemaker filed for Chapter 11 protection after listeria contamination left the company facing more than $74 million in legal liability.
September 22, 2025
A team of lawyers from McCormick Barstow Sheppard Wayte & Carruth LLP and Quarles & Brady LLP is leading the bankruptcy case of California-based cheesemaker Rizo-Lopez Food Inc., as the company is seeking to restructure debt stemming from a recall of contaminated cheese.
September 19, 2025
A California bankruptcy judge gave Rizo-Lopez Foods initial permission Friday to draw on Chapter 11 financing provided by brothers who own the business, allowing its cheesemaking operations to continue as the company deals with the fallout from a contaminated cheese recall last year.
September 17, 2025
A California cheesemaker has filed for Chapter 11 protection in California bankruptcy court after listeria contamination closed down its operations for more than 16 months and left the company facing more than $74 million in legal liability.