May 22, 2026
First Brands will seek approval of its plan disclosure statement, Spirit Airlines will make a bid for postpetition financing, Bestar Inc. will seek recognition of its foreign insolvency as its primary bankruptcy proceeding, and Carbon Health will take its plan before a Texas judge for confirmation.
May 20, 2026
Auto parts maker First Brands Group will seek conditional approval of its Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement Tuesday after making significant amendments to the document prior to a Wednesday hearing in Texas bankruptcy court.
May 18, 2026
A judge rejected conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' appeal to shield assets belonging to his media business under the stay in Jones' personal Chapter 7 case. The Cannabist became the first marijuana company to secure Chapter 15 recognition of a foreign bankruptcy proceeding. And the U.S. Trustee's Office called for car parts giant First Brands' Chapter 11 case in Texas to be converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation.
May 15, 2026
QVC will seek final approval of its bankruptcy funding, e-commerce group Food52 will vie for confirmation of its liquidation plan, and First Brands Group will also court a judge's approval of its Chapter 11 plan.
May 14, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to convert First Brand's Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, saying the auto-parts maker admitted in its proposed restructuring plan it cannot pay the expenses it has incurred during the case on time.
May 13, 2026
First Brands secured a Texas bankruptcy judge's sign-off Wednesday on the $80 million sale of Toledo Molding & Die, a deal that is expected to preserve 600 jobs and help the troubled auto parts group pay down its debt.
May 06, 2026
First Brands Group lender Aequum Capital has urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject unsecured creditors' bid to extend a deadline for their investigation into liens that Aequum asserted, saying the creditors are pursuing a "baseless fishing expedition."
April 23, 2026
Bankrupt auto parts maker First Brands Group asked a Texas court to extend the window during which it has the exclusive right to file a Chapter 11 plan, saying it spent months in mediation negotiating a settlement with creditors that will soon be incorporated into plan documents.
April 10, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge Friday granted auto parts maker First Brands' request for permission to speedily sell several of its filter and windshield wiper brands for $25 million after an alternative bid failed to materialize.
April 09, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday gave the go-ahead for four of First Brands' co-debtors to shift from Chapter 11 cases to Chapter 7 cases and approved a related settlement between the auto parts maker and a creditor that had requested the change.