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Law School's Missed Lessons: Educating Your Community

Nearly two decades prosecuting scammers and elder fraud taught me that proactively educating the public about the ... (more story)

ConvergeOne Ch. 11 Ruling Clarifies Lender Incentive Limits

The recent ConvergeOne ruling from a Texas federal court marks the latest rebuke of selective lender incentives in... (more story)

5 Crisis Lawyering Skills For An Age Of Uncertainty

As attorneys increasingly face unprecedented and pervasive situations — from prosecutions of law enforcement offic... (more story)

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Fraud Claims Spur Dismissal Bid In First Brands SPV Cases

Lenders to special purpose vehicle entities tied to auto parts maker First Brands Group asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to dismiss the vehicles' Chapter 11 cases or appoint a trustee, arguing that the entities'... (more story)

Insurers Denied Bid To Stay Avon's Ch. 11 Plan For Appeal

A Delaware bankruptcy judge denied a motion Thursday from insurers at Lloyd's of London to stay Avon Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan while the insurers appeal, finding the insurers had not shown they would be irreparab... (more story)

What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week

Eletson holdings will seek approval of a joint motion for sanction, a Delaware bankruptcy judge will consider letting Mountain Sports take plan votes and a New York City nightclub will vie for disclosure appro... (more story)

How Even Successful Ch. 11 Reorgs Can Turn Off Consumers

Bankrupt companies risk losing up to 15% of their value as a direct result of customers ditching them over concerns that their products will decline in quality during a Chapter 11 case, according to a recent s... (more story)

Ill. Judge Prefers 'Clean' Dismissal Against Ex-Girardi Attys

An Illinois federal judge told Edelson PC on Friday to either dismiss its conversion case against two former Girardi Keese attorneys in a "clean" and "unadulterated" stipulation or submit legal authority suppo... (more story)

Baltimore Diocese Judge Orders Trial On Charitable Immunity

A Maryland bankruptcy judge ordered the Archdiocese of Baltimore and a group of child sexual abuse claimants to prepare for a December trial on whether a charitable immunity defense should allow the Catholic o... (more story)

Office Building REIT Hits Ch. 11 In Texas With $1B+ Debt

A Massachusetts-based real estate investment trust with 124 office properties nationwide has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $1 billion in debt and an equity swap agr... (more story)

Modivcare's Wind-Down Deal With UnitedHealthcare Gets OK

A Texas bankruptcy judge approved Modivcare's settlement ending its relationship with the health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare, overruling an objection from the medical transport company's official committe... (more story)

Linqto Keeps Ch. 11 Case Control Over Customer Opposition

Bankrupt investment platform Linqto received court approval Thursday to maintain control over its Chapter 11 plan process through mid-December, with a judge in Texas deferring to the company's judgment as it n... (more story)

Long Island Diocese Asks To Close Out Ch. 11 Case

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre is asking a New York bankruptcy judge to close its five-year-old Chapter 11 case, saying it has fulfilled the conditions of its Chapter 11 plan and settlement pay... (more story)

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Near's Ch. 11 Suit Says Auditor Failures Cost SPAC $400M

The plan administrator in the Chapter 11 case of data analytics company Near Intelligence filed a suit Thursday in Delaware bankruptcy court alleging that an auditing firm engaged by the debtor issued unqualif... (more story)

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

This past week in London has seen two regional law firms clash at the intellectual property court over the name Amicus Solicitors, Bill's Restaurant face a breach of contract suit by its former executive chair... (more story)

NYC Hotel Co. Owners Charged With Fraud Over Loan Scheme

Two owners of a Brooklyn hotel management company "fraudulently obtained" nearly $2 million worth of COVID-19 relief loans in a wire and bank fraud scheme that stretched from at least March 2020 to April 2022,... (more story)

Gambling Biz. Says Judge Shouldn't Rethink $28M Ch. 11 Sale

Casino operator RunItOneTime and the buyer of four card rooms urged a Texas bankruptcy judge not to reconsider his approval of a Chapter 11 sale, saying a union failed to object ahead of a hearing to the $28 million deal.

NC Judge Won't Order CEO's Arrest In Pool Company Dispute

A North Carolina federal judge refused to further sanction a Chinese manufacturer on Wednesday after an American rival accused it of sidestepping court orders that seek information in fulfillment of a judgment... (more story)

Ethics Atty Says Tattler's Timing Supports 'Blackmail' Threat

A Pennsylvania attorney told a Florida bankruptcy court that debtors he'd been trying to collect from for years had unreported assets, just days after he allegedly threatened their lawyer that he would do so i... (more story)

Asbestos Corp. Gets Ch. 15 Nod Over Claimants' Concerns

A New York bankruptcy judge granted Chapter 15 recognition for Asbestos Corp. Ltd.'s Canadian restructuring over the objection of personal injury claimants and a Chapter 7 trustee, finding that the corporation... (more story)

No Sanctions Over 'Immature' Atty Emails In Job.com Ch. 11

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday declined to sanction an attorney from Morris James LLP in the bankruptcy case of Job.com, saying she disapproved of the tone of emails between the attorney and a pro se cre... (more story)

Judge Says He Will End Oakland Diocese Ch. 11 By Nov. 12

A California bankruptcy judge said Wednesday he will grant a request by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland to bow out of a Chapter 11 case it started two years ago by mid-November, but rejected calls from c... (more story)

Midas Loses Patent Infringement Claim In Rhodium Ch. 11

A Texas bankruptcy judge nixed $12.3 million in claims asserted by data center cooling technology firm Midas Green Technologies against bitcoin miner Rhodium in the latter's Chapter 11, saying the claimant had... (more story)