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If Your AI Vendor Goes Bankrupt: Keeping Licensed IP Access

With contracting norms still evolving to account for the licensing of artificial intelligence tools, customers tha... (more story)

When Bankruptcy Collides With Product Recalls

The recent bankruptcy filing by Rad Power Bikes on the heels of a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warning ... (more story)

Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience

Resilience is a skill acquired through daily practices that focus on learning from missteps, recovering quickly wi... (more story)

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Beasley Allen Wants Talc DQ Paused Pending High Court Appeal

Hundreds of women who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder risk appearing in an upcoming trial without their preferred counsel from the Beasley Allen Law Firm, unless a Ne... (more story)

Bankruptcy Court Asked To Keep Nicklaus Biopic Deal Intact

A film production company has urged a Delaware bankruptcy court to not allow any successful bidder for brand licensing rights of Jack Nicklaus to disturb a biopic screenplay agreement involving an affiliate of... (more story)

Ex-First Brands Worker Hits Co. With Ch. 11 WARN Act Suit

A former employee at a facility operated by bankrupt auto parts company First Brands Group LLC and one of its subsidiaries has sued the companies, arguing he and workers like him are owed wages and benefits be... (more story)

Auto Part Maker First Brands' Winding Road Through Ch. 11

Since entering bankruptcy, auto parts company First Brands Group Holdings LLC has ridden out its Chapter 11 as the fulcrum of its own insolvency as well as acrimonious adversary proceedings and the federal pro... (more story)

CCA Gets OK On Ch. 11 Plan After Bahamas Developer Deal

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge Wednesday signed off on Chinese state-owned firm CCA Construction Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan, months after the debtor reached a settlement with a Bahamian resort developer whose $1.6 ... (more story)

A Key Word For Bankruptcy In 2026 Is 'Retail'

After the headline-grabbing bankruptcies of Saks Fifth Avenue and an Eddie Bauer retail operator early this year, lawyers told Law360 that they expect the retail retrenchment to continue amid flat consumer dem... (more story)

Saks Global To Close 9 More Stores In Ch. 11

Saks Global said on Tuesday it plans to close eight Saks Fifth Avenue stores and one Neiman Marcus location in the U.S., as it looks to boost its business through a Chapter 11 restructuring. 

Multi-Color Ch. 11 Venue Fight Won't Go To 3rd Circ.

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge Tuesday declined to certify a direct appeal to the Third Circuit in Multi-Color Corp.'s Chapter 11, telling creditors that a dispute over the global label maker's choice of venue ... (more story)

Eddie Bauer Gets Go-Ahead For Early March Ch. 11 Auction

A Delaware bankruptcy judge approved a Chapter 11 schedule Tuesday for the retail operator for outdoor clothing brand Eddie Bauer that will see the company on the block by early March and any unsold stores clo... (more story)

Elliott Affiliate Urges 3rd Circ. To Keep Citgo Sale On Track

Amber Energy Inc. has asked the Third Circuit to reject appeals of an order accepting its multibillion-dollar bid for shares in Citgo Petroleum Corp.'s parent company, saying a lower court "came nowhere near a... (more story)

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Pa. City Sues Over Sewers, Urged To Pull Ch. 9 Plan

The bankrupt city of Chester, Pennsylvania, has brought a lawsuit in its longstanding fight over sewer pipe ownership, and the Philadelphia suburb's water authority told a judge Wednesday the city needs a new ... (more story)

Francesca's March IP Auction Set After Altar'd State's $7M Bid

Faith-based clothing retailer Altar'd State can proceed with its $7 million opening bid for the intellectual property of bankrupt women's clothing retailer Francesca's, a New Jersey bankruptcy judge said on We... (more story)

Aleon Seeks Speedy Disclosure OK For Ch. 11 Plan Vote

Recycling company Aleon Metals and its unsecured creditors have urged a Texas bankruptcy court to approve the debtor's Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement before Saturday so that creditors can vote on its terms.

America's Test Kitchen Harvests Food52 Assets In Ch. 11

A Chapter 11 deal to serve up assets of cooking and home goods e-commerce company Food52 Inc. to America's Test Kitchen secured a Delaware Bankruptcy judge's approval Tuesday, one of three sale measures totali... (more story)

NY Nursing Home Cold Spring Eyes Consensual Ch. 11 Exit

Lawyers for a Long Island nursing home operator told a New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that they hope to have a consensual Chapter 11 plan soon, after reaching a deal with the unsecured creditors' committ... (more story)

Venezuela, Mining Co. Won't Shoulder $3.1M In Citgo Fees

A special master has lost his request to have Venezuela and gold mining company Gold Reserve pay his $3.1 million bill for defending against their unsuccessful bid to have him disqualified in long-running liti... (more story)

Theme Park Files Ch. 11 After Wrongful Death Judgment

The owner of Colorado's Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court, saying it's unable to pay a $116 million wrongful death judgment.

DOJ Drops Bid For Offshore Asset Freeze In $28M Tax Suit

The U.S. Department of Justice and a family of overseas-trust beneficiaries struck a partial deal in a $28 million tax suit in Florida federal court, with the DOJ dropping its push to freeze the family's asset... (more story)

Altar'd State Opens Bidding For Francesca's IP At $7M

Faith-based clothing retailer Altar'd State set an opening bid of $7 million for the intellectual property of bankrupt women's clothing retailer Francesca's, the debtor told a New Jersey bankruptcy judge Monday.

Prime Core Sues SFox For $2.6M Clawback In Crypto Ch. 11

The litigation trust for bankrupt cryptocurrency custodian Prime Core Technologies Inc. is seeking to claw back $2.6 million of preferential transfers from one of the company's former end users, stablecoin platform sFox Inc.