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Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
A West Coast law firm hit Chapter 11 to wind down operations. A Texas concrete company said immigration enforcement has stalled residential construction, driven down demand for its products and led it to bankruptcy. And a consumer rent-to-own finance group entered Chapter 11 and accused its former CEO of forging documents.
Havana Air Says Immigration Policies Pushed It Into Ch. 11
Counsel for Miami-based Havana Air told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday it had to file for Chapter 11 protection due to an abrupt reduction in travelers on its routes to Cuba after the Trump administration enacted travel restrictions on citizens of the Caribbean island nation.
Meet The Attys Powering EV Battery Swap Biz Ample's Ch. 11
Ample, a company developing quick battery swap stations for electric vehicles, has filed for bankruptcy protections in Texas, saying it was unable to drum up enough investments to commercially scale up. It has tapped a team of attorneys from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP to drive its Chapter 11 sale plans.
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
A West Coast law firm hit Chapter 11 to wind down operations. A Texas concrete company said immigration enforcement has stalled residential construction, driven down demand for its products and led it to bankruptcy. And a consumer rent-to-own finance group entered Chapter 11 and accused its former CEO of forging documents.
Havana Air Says Immigration Policies Pushed It Into Ch. 11
Counsel for Miami-based Havana Air told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday it had to file for Chapter 11 protection due to an abrupt reduction in travelers on its routes to Cuba after the Trump administration enacted travel restrictions on citizens of the Caribbean island nation.
Meet The Attys Powering EV Battery Swap Biz Ample's Ch. 11
Ample, a company developing quick battery swap stations for electric vehicles, has filed for bankruptcy protections in Texas, saying it was unable to drum up enough investments to commercially scale up. It has tapped a team of attorneys from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP to drive its Chapter 11 sale plans.
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