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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Dynamic Databases

Several recent federal court decisions illustrate how parties continue to grapple with the discovery of data in dy... (more story)

Drafting For Distress: D&O Policy Tips Ahead Of Ch. 11 Filings

Considering recent bankruptcy statistics and the economic climate, now is a good time for companies to revisit the... (more story)

Law School's Missed Lessons: Networking 101

Cultivating a network isn't part of the law school curriculum, but learning the soft skills needed to do so may be... (more story)

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Chancery OKs $9.4M Deal To End Sears Take-Private Suit

Terming it a settlement that is "easy to approve," a Delaware vice chancellor on Monday OK'd a $9.37 million deal to end a suit contesting investor payouts after a take-private deal for Sears Hometown and Outl... (more story)

Pine Gate Floats Ch. 11 Carlyle Deal To Guard Recoveries

Solar development company Pine Gate Renewables LLC proposed a settlement in Texas bankruptcy court that would allow the company to sell assets serving as collateral for secured lender Carlyle while preventing ... (more story)

Chancery Sets Standard In Scottish Re Case

The Delaware Chancery Court has signed off on the framework that will govern how scores of insurers press claims in the liquidation of Scottish Re (U.S.) Inc., issuing an opinion to spell out when courts must ... (more story)

Yellow Settles $7.4B In Pension Fund Claims In Ch. 11

Insolvent trucking company Yellow Corp. has reached agreements with 14 multi-employer pension funds to resolve $7.4 billion worth of withdrawal liability claims, putting to rest a conflict that was sparked two... (more story)

Venezuela Will Challenge $5.9B Sale Of Citgo Parent

Venezuela, the country's state-owned oil company and others have appealed a Delaware federal judge's order approving the $5.89 billion sale of Citgo Petroleum's parent company to an affiliate of hedge fund Ell... (more story)

CCA Seeks OK For Deal With Bahamas Developer Owed $1.6B

Chinese state-owned firm CCA Inc. asked a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to approve a settlement with a Bahamian resort developer whose $1.6 billion court win sent CCA into Chapter 11.

Ex-United Pilots Ask Fed Circ. To Rethink Denying Tax Refund

Retired United Airlines pilots who said they overpaid payroll taxes asked the Federal Circuit to rethink its ruling that they can't get partial refunds, saying a three-judge panel avoided the pilots' constitut... (more story)

Akerman Matches 2023 Partnership Class With 15 Additions

Akerman LLP announced Tuesday that it has promoted 15 lawyers to its partnership, the same number it promoted to partner in 2023 and five fewer than it tapped in 2024.

Byju's Gets OK For Settlement Tied To $533M Clawback

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a settlement that education technology group Byju's said provides key information on what happened to $533 million in missing money as it works to recover the ... (more story)

New Orleans Archdiocese Strikes Deal With Bondholders

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has informed a Louisiana bankruptcy judge it cleared one of the major obstacles to confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan by reaching a settlement with objecting bondholders.

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Pa. City's Receiver Asks Court To Restructure Water Board

The state-appointed receiver for the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, asked the Commonwealth Court on Monday to dissolve and reconstruct the board of directors for its local water authority, arguing a law that l... (more story)

23andMe Asks Judge To Settle Ch. 11 Trust Rules Dispute

Former DNA testing company 23andMe has urged a Missouri bankruptcy court to resolve a disagreement between the debtor's unsecured creditors and its shareholders over the rules that will govern the postbankrupt... (more story)

Whiteford Wins Remand Of Bankruptcy Fees Dispute

A dispute over nearly $600,000 in legal fees between Whiteford Taylor & Preston and a former client will be litigated at the state level after a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday remanded the case to Allegh... (more story)

Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

The Delaware Chancery Court saw a slate of corporate law clashes this past week, from fast-moving injunction fights in consumer product and real estate markets to multibillion-dollar oversight claims against c... (more story)

Lenders Say Their Liens Are Senior In Dolphin Co. Ch. 11 Row

A group of secured lenders owed $100 million by dolphin park owner Leisure Investment Holdings LLC said in court filings Nov. 25 that its liens over the debtor's assets are senior to a judgment creditor and th... (more story)

Calif. Cheesemaker Delays Ch. 7 Bid Amid Sale Progress

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.

Foley & Lardner Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Chancery Loss

Foley & Lardner LLP has been sued in Delaware Superior Court by three officers of a now-defunct food recycling company who say the firm was negligent when representing them in a Chancery Court case that led to... (more story)

Judge Gives Conditional OK To American Signature DIP Plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Tuesday that she will approve home furnishing retailer American Signature Furniture's bid for interim approval of post-petition financing, after giving a mixed response to obje... (more story)

Bitcoin Depot Unit Hit With $18.5M Arbitration Award

The parent of a Canadian company that develops software allowing global network users to deposit cash for Bitcoin or exchange Bitcoin for cash said its subsidiary was hit with an $18.47 million arbitral award ... (more story)

11th Circ. Backs Exclusion Of $80M Asset Valuation

The Eleventh Circuit ruled Monday that a bankruptcy judge did not err in excluding an expert's $80 million valuation of bankrupt title insurance underwriter ATIF Inc.'s 2015 transfer of two pieces of real esta... (more story)