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Meet The Attorneys Guiding Spirit Airlines In Ch. 11
Spirit Airlines found itself in Chapter 11 for the second time in late August, less than six months after emerging from a previous bankruptcy in which it slashed $795 million of debt from the balance sheet.

Party City, Wag!, Diocese Of Syracuse Get Ch. 11 Plans OK'd
U.S. bankruptcy courts approved several major Chapter 11 plans: a Texas judge confirmed Party City's liquidation plan, Delaware approved Wag! Group's debt-to-equity restructuring, and New York approved the Diocese of Syracuse's $176 million sexual abuse settlement.

Big Brands To Hit Bankruptcy In 2025 So Far
When packaged-foods giant Del Monte filed for bankruptcy this summer with $1.23 billion in debt, it became another iconic brand to seek relief in bankruptcy court, joining public-facing names such as Claire's and Hooters of America.
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former assistant to the solicitor general whose wealth of appellate experience includes six arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Budget air carrier Spirit Airlines landed in bankruptcy again in New York. Utah-based furniture retailer Walker Edison filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware while it presses on with litigation against its former ow... (more story)
SL Green Realty Corp. announced a deal to buy the site of the former Brooks Brothers flagship store and an adjacent office building from the former head of the brand in a $160 million deal.
The former CEO and former chief financial officer behind bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Cred Inc. will serve four years and three years, respectively, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
A California state appeals court has found that claims of financial elder abuse and aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty brought by two of Tom Girardi's co-counsel against his son-in-law were correct... (more story)
Spirit Airlines kicked off its second Chapter 11 case in under a year on Tuesday by emphasizing it will more aggressively use the tools of bankruptcy to transform itself into a leaner business with dozens fewe... (more story)
A Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday gave LifeScan permission to send its Chapter 11 plan out for a vote, overriding arguments that the blood glucose monitor maker provided too little information about the payment... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday declined to resolve a disagreement on how to interpret a mediated agreement between insolvent satellite business Ligado Networks, AST SpaceMobile Inc. and Viasat Inc. unit... (more story)
Less than six months after emerging from a previous Chapter 11 filing, budget air carrier Spirit Airlines landed back in bankruptcy Friday, this time focusing on streamlining its operations following a debt-fo... (more story)
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that Ramona D. Elliott, deputy director of the U.S. Trustee Program, was appointed its acting director, filling a leadership position that had been vacant since ... (more story)
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A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved job-search site CareerBuilder + Monster's bid to send its Chapter 11 plan to creditors for voting after the debtor struck a deal that could help holders of uns... (more story)
Electric-truck maker Nikola Corp. told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that it had resolved an objection to its Chapter 11 liquidation plan by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, agreeing to pay $4 millio... (more story)
Personal injury claimants and a Chapter 7 trustee urged a New York bankruptcy judge to deny Chapter 15 recognition for Asbestos Corp.'s Canadian restructuring, saying it has more ties to the U.S. where it face... (more story)
Lowenstein Sandler LLP urged a New Jersey state court to reject a bid seeking to trim its lawsuit against Trif & Modugno LLC in a legal battle over allegedly unpaid legal services rendered to a cannabis dispen... (more story)
Bankrupt coal mining operation Heritage Coal received approval Tuesday from a Delaware judge for its Chapter 11 disclosure statement that describes a liquidating plan to pay priority claims in full and give di... (more story)
SilverRock Development asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to take out up to $2 million in additional Chapter 11 financing from the California city it had planned to build a resort in, saying it n... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has thrown out the Chapter 11 case of Bedmar LLC, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturing company National Resilience HoldCo Inc., finding that the case was filed for a "tactic... (more story)
In a rare decision, Delaware's chancellor on Tuesday kept alive "Caremark" duty of oversight claims against most former officers and directors of a generic-drug maker previously known as Teligent.
Attorneys for Merit Street Media, the bankrupt broadcasting group co-founded by Dr. Phil, told a Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday it reached deals to drum up additional Chapter 11 funding and create recoveries f... (more story)
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has urged a Massachusetts federal court to send a dispute over $30 million in legal fees allegedly owed by former client Desktop Metal back to state court to hash out clai... (more story)