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Meet The Attys In Machine Dealer GT Mid Atlantic's Ch. 11
Groff Tractor Mid Atlantic, a construction equipment dealership operator, is seeking Chapter 11 protection in Texas, estimating between $100 million to $500 million in liabilities. Guiding the private equity-owned group through bankruptcy are two attorneys with Forth Worth-based Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP.
What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week
Village Roadshow's third proposed sale will go before a judge. A bankruptcy court will consider confirming Heritage Coal's liquidation plan. And a CVS Health subsidiary will seek final approval of its bankruptcy financing.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Ninth Circuit supported a man's bid to protect an Arizona property and his RV from his Chapter 7 trustee, a bankrupt vaccine maker struck a deal with the federal government to allow an asset sale hearing so long as government property is not affected, and a New Jersey federal judge stood by his ruling in a copyright suit between an attorney's film company and Netflix. Here are some of the bankruptcy-related stories you might have missed in the last week.
Meet The Attys In Machine Dealer GT Mid Atlantic's Ch. 11
Groff Tractor Mid Atlantic, a construction equipment dealership operator, is seeking Chapter 11 protection in Texas, estimating between $100 million to $500 million in liabilities. Guiding the private equity-owned group through bankruptcy are two attorneys with Forth Worth-based Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP.
What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week
Village Roadshow's third proposed sale will go before a judge. A bankruptcy court will consider confirming Heritage Coal's liquidation plan. And a CVS Health subsidiary will seek final approval of its bankruptcy financing.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Ninth Circuit supported a man's bid to protect an Arizona property and his RV from his Chapter 7 trustee, a bankrupt vaccine maker struck a deal with the federal government to allow an asset sale hearing so long as government property is not affected, and a New Jersey federal judge stood by his ruling in a copyright suit between an attorney's film company and Netflix. Here are some of the bankruptcy-related stories you might have missed in the last week.
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A New York bankruptcy judge Monday scaled back a fee request by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP for the firm's work on the Firstbase.io Chapter 11 case, expressing doubt that a Third Circuit ruling the f... (more story)
Consumer behavior shifts following the COVID-19 pandemic, rising competition, heavy lease burdens and an inability to service debt have pushed Cajun restaurant chain Razzoo's to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday refused a bid by Heritage Coal for approval of its Chapter 11 liquidation plan, siding with the unsecured creditors committee on an objection over the plans release provisions.
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