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Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession

Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin ... (more story)

How Bankruptcy Law Caps Landlords' Rejected Lease Claims

With corporate bankruptcy filings for the first half of the year at a 15-year high, landlords should be prepared f... (more story)

Ruling Puts 11th Circ. At Odds With Bankruptcy Courts

While an Eleventh Circuit majority recently found in BenShot v. 2 Monkey Trading and Lucky Shot USA that corporate... (more story)

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Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Ex-Asst. To The Solicitor General

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.

Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action

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 Nabs Former Brooks Brothers Flagship For $160M

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.

Ex-Crypto Platform Cred Execs Sentenced For $150M Scheme

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.

Girardi Co-Attys Can't Revive Elder Abuse, Fiduciary Claims

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 Promises Aggressive Cuts In Second Ch. 11

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)

LifeScan Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Vote, October Hearing

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)

Ligado-Inmarsat Spectrum Dispute Not Ripe, Del. Judge Says

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)

Spirit Airlines Lands In Ch. 11 Again To Rightsize Operations

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)

DOJ Names Acting Director Of US Trustee's Office

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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Monster.com To Take Votes On Ch. 11 Plan After Creditor Deal

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)

Nikola Corp. Settles SEC Objection To Ch. 11 Plan For $4M

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)

Asbestos Claimants Decry Canadian Miner's Ch. 15 Bid

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 Fights To Keep Fee Battle With Firm Alive

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)

Heritage Coal Approved For Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Docs

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)

Bankrupt Calif. Developer Seeks OK For Extra DIP From City

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)

Bankruptcy Judge Nixes Bedmar's Delaware Two-Step Ch. 11

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)

Post-Ch. 11 Teligent 'Caremark' Suit Moves Forward In Del.

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.

Dr. Phil's Media Co. Says It Has Reached Ch. 11 Funding Deal

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, Nano Dimension Debate $30M Fee Spat Venue

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)