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Meet The Retired Michigan Federal Judge Joining JAMS
Sean F. Cox, the retired chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan who was part of the mediation team in Detroit's municipal bankruptcy, has joined alternative dispute resolution services provider JAMS.
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
A valve manufacturer hit bankruptcy in Delaware under pressure from mounting asbestos injury claims, a 3D printer designer entered Chapter 11 in Texas after it underwent an acquisition imposed by court order following a ruling that the purchaser had delayed the process, and a San Luis Obispo property developer filed for bankruptcy in California.
Judge Nixes Puerto Rico Bond Claim, Tilson Sues Gigapower
A New York federal judge ruled that bondholders of Puerto Rico's public electric utility cannot pursue claims against the commonwealth's government. Tilson Technology sued joint venture Gigapower in Texas, claiming a breached contract on major infrastructure work led to its bankruptcy. FTX agreed to drop six Delaware lawsuits seeking to recover $28.75 million in political donations, most of which went to Republican-aligned groups.
Meet The Retired Michigan Federal Judge Joining JAMS
Sean F. Cox, the retired chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan who was part of the mediation team in Detroit's municipal bankruptcy, has joined alternative dispute resolution services provider JAMS.
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
A valve manufacturer hit bankruptcy in Delaware under pressure from mounting asbestos injury claims, a 3D printer designer entered Chapter 11 in Texas after it underwent an acquisition imposed by court order following a ruling that the purchaser had delayed the process, and a San Luis Obispo property developer filed for bankruptcy in California.
Judge Nixes Puerto Rico Bond Claim, Tilson Sues Gigapower
A New York federal judge ruled that bondholders of Puerto Rico's public electric utility cannot pursue claims against the commonwealth's government. Tilson Technology sued joint venture Gigapower in Texas, claiming a breached contract on major infrastructure work led to its bankruptcy. FTX agreed to drop six Delaware lawsuits seeking to recover $28.75 million in political donations, most of which went to Republican-aligned groups.
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The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that enforcers have agreed to drop their case challenging American Express Global Business Travel Inc.'s planned $570 million purchase of corporate travel management... (more story)
A Michigan federal judge on Monday ordered plaintiffs' attorneys in two cases against a robotics company to pay for the time opposing counsel took in filing an additional briefing because of false case quotations.
A New Jersey federal judge overseeing long-running multidistrict federal litigation against Johnson & Johnson over its talcum powder products has appointed Christopher A. Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP to lead a n... (more story)
David J. Cohen of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has represented Steward Health Care in its sprawling Chapter 11 bankruptcy involving 31 hospitals across eight states, and he was selected to lead the firm's growing... (more story)
A New York bankruptcy judge said Tuesday he was prepared to approve the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester's $246.4 million settlement of abuse claims in Chapter 11 after survivors voted unanimously to accept the deal.
The company that runs dormitory facilities at campuses in Georgia's public university system Monday told a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject a motion to move its Chapter 11 case to Georgia, saying there's no... (more story)
The married couple who founded bankrupt educational tech business Byju's Alpha asked a Delaware judge to dismiss an adversary complaint filed by the company, saying the bankruptcy court doesn't have personal j... (more story)
Jackson Walker LLP has reached a $485,000 settlement with two former bankruptcy clients to resolve a dispute related to the concealed romance of a former partner and former Texas bankruptcy judge David R. Jone... (more story)
Goodwin and Perkins Coie are among various law firms that landed work on the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a period that saw a trio of nine-figure deals become public.
Benjamin Beller of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX through its Chapter 11 case and its disputes with other crypto debtors that culminated in a $14 billion-plus reorganization... (more story)
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The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a woman's bid to undo an order approving a sale in her Chapter 7 bankruptcy, saying she didn't get a stay of the sale and so her appeal had to be dismissed.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday the insolvent parent of Silvergate Bank did not agree in 2023 to sell a loan to a bitcoin-focused financial firm, denying that company's $89 million breach of contract... (more story)
The litigation trust for Prime Core Technologies has sued to claw back $2.1 million in cash and cryptocurrency paid out to customers in the weeks before its bankruptcy filing, saying other creditors are facing... (more story)
An insolvent company that developed a resort and other properties in California told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday it would participate in a one-day mediation session its investors proposed as a final ef... (more story)
Bedmar LLC, the property-lease holding subsidiary of pharmaceutical company National Resilience HoldCo Inc. defended its Chapter 11 filing in Delaware bankruptcy court Tuesday against a push from the U.S. Trus... (more story)
Maurice Wutscher LLP got an attorney's fraud suit against it thrown out under New Jersey's anti-SLAPP law on Tuesday, allowing the firm to escape complex litigation across multiple venues stemming from the bre... (more story)
Bankrupt medical tech company UpHealth is urging a Delaware bankruptcy judge to nix a $200 million adversary proceeding launched by Glocal Healthcare in a bitter feud over an ill-fated merger, accusing the Ind... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday gave her approval for CareerBuilder + Monster, an online job search platform, to sell its three lines of business for a combined $68.6 million and tap into the full amount... (more story)
MMRE Management-Patriot Place LLC — the minority owner of an apartment complex in Georgia — has sought Chapter 11 protection in a New York bankruptcy court, saying it purchased the property at an inflated pric... (more story)
Desktop Metal, a 3D printer designer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas Monday four months after a Delaware lawsuit forced manufacturing technology group Nano Dimension to complete its $183 million acqu... (more story)