December 19, 2025
A Boies Schiller Flexner LLP partner with experience in matters spanning from asset recovery to international investigations and high-wire global matters has been tapped to probe the bankruptcy of auto parts maker First Brands Group as a Chapter 11 examiner.
December 19, 2025
A magnesium producer will ask for final approval of a debtor-in-possession loan funded by its parent company, a heavy machine retailer is asking for approval of its Chapter 11 liquidation plan after selling its business as a going concern, and auto parts giant First Brands has asked a judge to approve procedures it says will assuage concerns about its restructuring process.
December 17, 2025
Patrick James, the founder and former CEO of First Brands Group, urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to toss an adversary suit the auto-parts maker filed targeting him, saying the complaint failed to adequately accuse him of fraudulent activity.
December 15, 2025
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday agreed to schedule a two-week trial in First Brands' adversary case against former CEO Patrick James, saying he would hear in June the auto-parts maker's allegations that James' fraud led to the company's collapse.
December 12, 2025
Struggling auto parts maker First Brands said on Friday it needs quick access to $250 million in cash that's being held by customers or stuck in segregated accounts, telling a Texas bankruptcy judge a decline in the trading prices of its Chapter 11 loans has sparked "unfounded concerns" about its health.
November 14, 2025
Lenders of First Brands are arguing to a Texas bankruptcy judge that the company's financing entities need their own separate attorneys in the auto parts maker's Chapter 11 case, citing concerns about conflicts of interest.