Mid Cap
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April 15, 2024
NH Power Plant Co. Can Send Dual-Path Ch. 11 Plan To A Vote
The operator of a New Hampshire power plant fueled by scrap wood can seek creditors' approval of its Chapter 11 proposal, through which the debtor would either sell its assets or hand ownership of the reorganized business to lenders, a Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled Monday.
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April 15, 2024
BowFlex's $37.5M Ch. 11 Asset Sale Gets Green Light
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Monday approved fitness equipment maker BowFlex Inc.'s sale of assets to its stalking-horse bidder after canceling an auction, saying the company was accepting a fair offer.
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April 15, 2024
Dairy Co. Oberweis Hits Ch. 11 With Up To $50M In Debt
Oberweis, a popular Illinois-based ice cream and dairy producer run by a former Republican state senator, has hit Chapter 11, disclosing it has as much as $50 million in liabilities.
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April 15, 2024
Loeb & Loeb Bankruptcy Leader Joins Lowenstein Sandler
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Monday that the deputy chair of Loeb & Loeb LLP's bankruptcy and restructuring practice has joined its New York office as a partner.
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April 12, 2024
Bridal Designer Seeks Conversion Of JLM Couture To Ch. 7
A bridal dress designer engaged in litigation with bankrupt dressmaker JLM Couture asked a Delaware court Friday to convert the company's insolvency case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, saying the costs of that ongoing litigation will drain estate resources to the point it won't be able to pay for the bankruptcy case.
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April 12, 2024
Bankruptcy Courts Beat Back Fakers Looking To Steal Funds
Fake IDs. Dead "debtors." Doctored notary seals and incorporation documents. America's bankruptcy clerks have seen it all as they spend more time and resources fighting a rise in unclaimed-funds fraud.
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April 12, 2024
Kevin Carey, Bankruptcy Bench 'Legend,' Dies At 69
Former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey, who served on the Delaware bench for 14 years and was hailed as a "legend in the bankruptcy world," died Thursday at the age of 69.
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April 11, 2024
Canadian Trucking Co. Needs More Time For US DIP Approval
At a hearing Thursday in Delaware bankruptcy court, Canadian trucking company Pride Group was unable to reach an agreement on provisional approval of its debtor-in-possession facility that received the go-ahead in Canadian court, as the U.S. Trustee warned of the expanding scope of Chapter 15 provisional relief hearings.
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April 11, 2024
Dallas Developers Must Each Pay Bond In $400M Foreclosure
A Texas appeals court on Thursday ordered developers to cough up more money as they appeal a ruling in a roughly $400 million foreclosure case involving an upscale residential tower in Dallas, saying that each of the debtors needed to file a bond as the case works its way through appeals.
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April 11, 2024
Nogin Can Get Another $3M In Ch. 11 Cash To Get Plan Done
E-commerce company Nogin Inc. received permission Thursday from a Delaware bankruptcy court to draw another $3 million in Chapter 11 financing as it continues working toward implementing its court-approved restructuring plan.
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April 11, 2024
Haynes Boone Bankruptcy Atty Looks Back On 40-Year Career
Born and raised in Texas, Charlie Beckham Jr. of Haynes and Boone LLP planned on becoming a trial lawyer when he started his career in El Paso in the early 1980s, but an oil industry bust that triggered a wave of bankruptcies in the Lone Star State and the newly enacted Bankruptcy Code set him on a different course. Beckham sat down with Law360 to discuss his career, his involvement in community professional organizations and more.
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April 11, 2024
Jury Frees Urban Outfitters From Trade Secrets Suit
Urban Outfitters on Thursday beat back a lawsuit from a bankrupt online fashion rental company claiming the retailer stole its proprietary information to set up a competing business, with a Philadelphia federal jury finding that the clothing chain did not misappropriate trade secrets.
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April 10, 2024
Bankrupt Breast Implant Co. Gets OK For $50.5M Asset Sales
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said at a hearing Wednesday she would approve two sales of Sientra Inc.'s assets for a combined $50.5 million after the breast implant maker included several reservations of the rights of various businesses holding contracts with the debtor.
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April 10, 2024
Q&A With Former Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Carey - Part II
Former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey, now senior counsel at Hogan Lovells, recently sat down with Law360 to discuss his time on the bench and his thoughts on issues facing the bankruptcy bar today. In part two, he discusses the "leap" in attorneys' fees, nonconsensual third-party releases and when an attorney should consider taking the bench in their career.
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April 10, 2024
6th Circ. Says Firm Owes Insurer Part Of Defense Bill
A financial advisory firm's professional liability insurer had no duty to defend the company in underlying securities suits after underlying plaintiffs removed their common law violations, the Sixth Circuit ruled, further allowing the insurer to be reimbursed for some of its defense costs.
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April 10, 2024
Diamond Biz Says PE Firm Had 'No Intention' Of Paying Fees
A Canadian diamond polisher is suing the private equity owner of a lab-grown diamond company in Michigan federal court, arguing that Huron Capital Partners promised to help fund new facilities to process the diamonds it was sending despite knowing the company was heading for bankruptcy and would be unable to pay the fees.
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April 10, 2024
Major Lindsey Wins Bid To Have Sex Assault Suit Arbitrated
A former Major Lindsey & Africa LLC employee's sexual assault lawsuit against the legal recruiting giant must go to arbitration, a New York state judge has decided.
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April 10, 2024
Biden's Student Loan Relief Plan Is Unlawful, States Say
A coalition of states have sued the Biden administration over a student loan forgiveness program that's set to kick in this summer, alleging in a Missouri federal lawsuit that the plan sidesteps statutory authority and will unduly cost taxpayers nearly $500 billion.
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April 09, 2024
Quinn Emanuel, Davidoff Hutcher Sued Over Mansion Sale
The trustee for a bankrupt entity once owned by HFZ Capital Group has sued Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, seeking to claw back up to $2 million the firms allegedly fraudulently received from a $45 million Hamptons mansion sale linked to developer Nir Meir.
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April 09, 2024
'No Merit' To Talent Co.'s Bid To DQ Execs' Attys, Judge Says
A California state judge on Tuesday told attorneys for A3 Artists Agency and its chair, Adam Bold, that their allegation of a conflict of interest "has no merit" and that she tentatively would deny their motion to disqualify opposing counsel representing executives suing Bold and the agency for breach of contract.
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April 09, 2024
Ch. 11 Judge Tosses Calif. Drug Co.'s Bid To Stay Investor Suit
A Delaware bankruptcy judge declined Tuesday to apply the automatic stay in DMK Pharmaceuticals' Chapter 11 case to a shareholder's appeal of a Delaware Chancery Court decision before the state's top court, finding the reorganization wouldn't be severely impacted if the debtor tapped an insurance policy to fund its defense.
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April 09, 2024
Maryland Man Charged With $1.8M Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
A Puerto Rico grand jury returned a multicount indictment charging a Maryland man with identity theft and mail and wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme that fraudulently sought to obtain $1.8 million in unclaimed funds from more than two dozen bankruptcy courts.
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April 09, 2024
Q&A With Former Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Carey - Part I
Former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey, now senior counsel at Hogan Lovells, recently sat down with Law360 to discuss his time on the bench and his thoughts on issues facing the bankruptcy bar today. In part one, he discusses Philadelphia versus Delaware, his toughest cases and lawyer burnout.
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April 09, 2024
Akin Lands Paul Hastings Atty As Restructuring Partner In NY
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has hired a Paul Hastings LLP of counsel as a financial restructuring partner in New York, its third Big Apple recruit from that firm in less than a month, the firm announced Tuesday.
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April 09, 2024
Solo Atty, Bankruptcy Pro Joins Lewis Brisbois In Del.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has bolstered its Delaware office with the addition of a commercial and bankruptcy attorney who formerly operated her own firm for more than six years.