Bankruptcy

  • February 29, 2024

    Bankrupt Endo To Pay $465M To Resolve Opioid Claims

    Drugmaker Endo International has agreed to pay as much as $465 million to resolve criminal and civil claims stemming from its sale and marketing of a powerful opioid, and will turn over its assets to a group of secured lenders who will operate the company under a new corporate structure.

  • February 28, 2024

    Fla. Judge OKs $43.5M Deutsche Bank Deal In Ch. 15 Case

    A Florida bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a $43.5 million settlement between Deutsche Bank AG and liquidators for a group of Caribbean-based companies to resolve claims against the bank for its alleged role in a real estate Ponzi scheme targeting rich South Americans.

  • February 28, 2024

    Gemini To Pay $37M Fine, Vows To Make Customers Whole

    Crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. has committed to making users of its now-shuttered Earn product whole through the bankruptcy of its former partner Genesis Global under a new settlement with a New York regulator that included a $37 million fine for additional alleged compliance failures.

  • February 28, 2024

    Kwok Trustee Seeks Second Judge's Help With Clawbacks

    Offering four high-profile bankruptcies as examples, the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the $374 million case of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok has suggested that a second Connecticut bankruptcy judge could act as a mediator to help speed a deluge of 278 avoidance actions efficiently toward possible settlements.

  • February 28, 2024

    NY Bar Assoc. Building Owner Hits Ch. 11 Amid Lender Tiff

    The company that controls the historic New York County Lawyers Association Building in Manhattan petitioned a New Jersey bankruptcy court for Chapter 11 protection Wednesday, estimating between $50 million and $100 million in debt, as it faces in New York a roughly $28 million lawsuit leveled by a mortgage lender.

  • February 28, 2024

    Brazilian Airline Approved For Ch. 11 Loan Worth $1B

    GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA received final bankruptcy court approval Wednesday for a debtor-in-possession financing package that has grown to $1 billion after achieving consensus with creditors that previously objected to the package.

  • February 28, 2024

    Bankrupt Coffee Co. Says Nicaraguan Asset Sale Unlikely

    Coffee supplier Mercon Coffee Corp. Wednesday told a New York bankruptcy judge it no longer believes it will be able to win government cooperation for the sale of its Nicaraguan assets before it runs out of cash to fund its Chapter 11 case.

  • February 28, 2024

    Homeowners Urge Judge To Toss 'Tactical' MV Realty Ch. 11

    A committee of homeowners who signed agreements with MV Realty told a Florida bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that the company filed for Chapter 11 as a maneuver to dodge a series of state actions seeking to void predatory deals with some 40,000 homeowners in 34 states.

  • February 28, 2024

    Erika Girardi Can't Shed Costume Merchant's Suit

    A California federal judge has kept alive a costume merchant's malicious prosecution claim against singer and reality TV star Erika Girardi, saying the merchant showed evidence that Girardi had him wrongfully arrested and prosecuted on made-up fraud charges.

  • February 28, 2024

    US Trustee Taps Ex-Prosecutor To Be FTX Examiner

    The U.S. Trustee's Office has urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to allow Robert Cleary, a former U.S. attorney who is now with Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, to investigate FTX's finances as an examiner in the defunct cryptocurrency company's Chapter 11 case.

  • February 28, 2024

    NuVasive Can Pierce Co. To Collect From Ex-Rep, Judge Says

    NuVasive Inc. can pierce the corporate veil to collect a $617,000-plus arbitration judgment it won against a company operated by one of its former sales representatives who improperly cut ties with the medical device company and violated his noncompete agreement, a Boston federal judge has ruled. 

  • February 28, 2024

    Major Amazon Seller Thrasio Enters Ch. 11 To Cut $500M Debt

    Thrasio Holdings Inc., a consumer goods company that is one of Amazon's largest third-party sellers, announced Wednesday that it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey with the aim of cutting nearly $500 million in debt while bringing in more capital.

  • February 27, 2024

    Bankman-Fried Urges No More Than 6.5 Years For FTX Fraud

    FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried asked a Manhattan federal judge late Tuesday for a sentence that releases him "promptly" after his conviction for stealing billions from customers of the now-collapsed crypto exchange, arguing that federal sentencing guidelines recommend no more than six-and-a-half years in prison.

  • February 27, 2024

    Ex-Girardi Keese Atty Settles With Actress Over Missing Cash

    An actress alleging that Erika Girardi's entertainment company helped her husband's now-defunct law firm, Girardi Keese, hide his clients' stolen money, including $744,000 stolen from her, finalized a $6,000 settlement with one of the firm's attorneys on Tuesday when a California judge signed off on the deal.

  • February 27, 2024

    Atty Isn't Liable As Husband's Firm Partner, NJ Panel Says

    A New Jersey appellate panel on Tuesday said retired attorney Gail Beran isn't liable for malpractice in connection with her husband's failure to file a bankruptcy on time, because his then-clients didn't rely on the idea that she was a partner when they decided to hire the firm.

  • February 27, 2024

    Ch. 11 Trustee Says Bank Fraud-Tied Jewelry CEO Hid Assets

    The trustee for a bankrupt jewelry company allegedly tied to a $2 billion Indian bank fraud has filed a suit in New York bankruptcy court accusing the company's CEO of trying to hide a $7 million Manhattan apartment from creditors.

  • February 27, 2024

    Hospital Groups Allege Opioid Crisis Damaged Their Finances

    More than 20 hospitals and related companies have joined multidistrict litigation over the opioid epidemic, alleging in a massive new complaint that pharmacies, drug distributors and others contributed to a crisis that damaged hospitals' finances and strained their ability to help patients.

  • February 27, 2024

    Jackson Walker, Kirkland Again Sued Over Judge's Romance

    Jackson Walker and Kirkland & Ellis LLP have been hit with another lawsuit alleging they were aware of a former Texas bankruptcy judge's relationship with a onetime partner of the former firm and failed to disclose it during proceedings worth millions of dollars.

  • February 27, 2024

    Trial Over Ch. 11 Trustee In Eletson Bankruptcy Set For April

    A New York bankruptcy judge scheduled an April trial to determine whether to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee in the bankruptcy of Eletson Holdings, while directing the tanker company and its unsecured creditors to continue mediation.

  • February 27, 2024

    Katten Can't Drop Madoff Ch. 7 Clawback Client, Court Rules

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP must keep representing French investment fund Access International Advisors in a $2 billion lawsuit filed by the Chapter 7 trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, a New York bankruptcy judge has ruled, explaining that the potential fallout from dropping AIA ahead of discovery in the case overshadows Katten's concerns that it won't be paid.

  • February 27, 2024

    NH Power Plant Gets OK On Purchaser Settlement In Ch. 11

    Bankrupt New Hampshire power plant Burgess Biopower LLC will receive a $3.35 million payment from a power purchaser that allegedly withheld money it owed last year, reaching a settlement agreement between the parties that won a Delaware federal judge's blessing on Tuesday.

  • February 27, 2024

    Careismatic Creditors Lash Out At DIP Proposal

    Prepetition lien lenders for bankrupt medical scrubs distributor Careismatic Brands LLC are using an agreement aimed at funding the company's Chapter 11 case to swipe potential recoveries from unsecured creditors, those unsecured creditors have told a New Jersey bankruptcy court.

  • February 26, 2024

    Latham, Jackson Walker Avoid Sanctions Over Sorrento Venue

    A Texas bankruptcy judge declined to level sanctions against Latham & Watkins LLP and Jackson Walker LLP for trying to establish Texas jurisdiction for California-based Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, finding that their conduct did not amount to bankruptcy fraud.

  • February 26, 2024

    AmEx Fights To Arbitrate Merchant's Girardi-Linked Suit

    An attorney for American Express Co. urged a California federal judge on Monday to reconsider his tentative ruling declining to force a costume merchant to arbitrate malicious prosecution claims over charges disputed by Erika Girardi, saying the agreement in question applies to the merchant and not just his company.

  • February 26, 2024

    Genesis Creditors, Owners Allege Cash Grab At Plan Hearing

    Customers and the equity owners of cryptocurrency lender Genesis on Monday accused each other of trying to rob them of assets they deserve, as the debtor began a confirmation hearing for its Chapter 11 plan in New York bankruptcy court.

Expert Analysis

  • The 4 Top Philadelphia Commerce Court Opinions Of 2023

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    Four 2023 rulings from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas — including decisions on judicial privilege, stay requests, sheriff's sales and the appointment of a receiver — highlight the court's commitment to stringent standards and address evolving challenges in commercial litigation, say Jonathan Hugg and Sarah Boutros at Eckert Seamans.

  • A Former Bankruptcy Judge Talks 2023 High Court Rulings

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    In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued four bankruptcy law opinions — an extraordinary number — and a close look at these cases signals that changes to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code will have to come from Congress, not the courts, says Phillip Shefferly at the University of Michigan Law School.

  • 3 Defense Takeaways From The Bankman-Fried Trial

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    FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s recent fraud conviction offers several key lessons for future white collar defendants, from the changing nature of cross-examination to the continued risks of taking the stand, say Jonathan Porter and Gregg Sofer at Husch Blackwell.

  • Series

    Children's Book Writing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a children's book author has opened doors to incredible new experiences of which I barely dared to dream, but the process has also changed my life by serving as a reminder that strong writing, networking and public speaking skills are hugely beneficial to a legal career, says Shaunna Bailey at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Opinion

    What Happens If High Court Rejects Releases In Purdue Ch. 11

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    Reading the tea leaves following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent arguments in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, it appears likely that the justices will decide that bankruptcy courts lack the power to release third-party claims against nondebtors, which would result in one of three scenarios, says Gregory Germain at Syracuse University.

  • Del. Ruling Shows Tension Between 363 Sale And Labor Law

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    The Delaware federal court's ruling in the Braeburn Alloy Steel case highlights the often overlooked collision between an unstayed order authorizing an asset sale free and clear of successor liability under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and federal labor law imposing successor liability on the buyer, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • How Clients May Use AI To Monitor Attorneys

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    Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly enable clients to monitor and evaluate their counsel’s activities, so attorneys must clearly define the terms of engagement and likewise take advantage of the efficiencies offered by AI, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • Del. Insurance Co. Liquidation Reveals Recovery Strategies

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    Arrowood's recent liquidation in the Delaware Chancery Court offers a positive development for policyholders and claimants, providing access to guaranty association protections amid the company's demise, say Timothy Law and Ann Kramer at Reed Smith.

  • How The NY AG Leads Investigations In Civil Securities Fraud

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    Although investigating white collar fraud can put significant strain on state and local resources, the New York Attorney General's Office has continued to use its expansive statutory authority to take a leading role in bringing civil enforcement actions in highly complex financial matters, say Carrie Cohen and Nathan Reilly at MoFo.

  • Series

    The Pop Culture Docket: Judge D'Emic On Moby Grape

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    The 1968 Moby Grape song "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" tells the tale of a fictional defendant treated with scorn by the judge, illustrating how much the legal system has evolved in the past 50 years, largely due to problem-solving courts and the principles of procedural justice, says Kings County Supreme Court Administrative Judge Matthew D'Emic.

  • Navigating Asset Tracing Challenges In Bankruptcy

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    A Virginia court’s recent ruling in Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.'s bankruptcy highlights the heightened demand for asset tracing and the strategic use of the lowest intermediate balance rule in recovering funds from commingled accounts, says Daniel Lowenthal at Patterson Belknap.

  • Lender Agreements And Unitranche Facilities: A Fresh Look

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    Unitranche facilities — which offer blended interest rates in a single loan document — are gaining prevalence, and lenders and borrowers should understand their advantages, as well as concerns over the enforceability of a unitranche-style agreement among lenders in bankruptcy, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • What Banks Should Know About FDIC Assessment Rule

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    Max Bonici at Venable answers questions banking organizations may have about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s recent approval of a rule implementing a special assessment on banks to recoup costs associated with protecting uninsured depositors after the bank failures earlier this year, and highlights other considerations for uninsured deposits.

  • Series

    Performing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The discipline of performing live music has directly and positively influenced my effectiveness as a litigator — serving as a reminder that practice, intuition and team building are all important elements of a successful law practice, says Jeff Wakolbinger at Bryan Cave.

  • Opinion

    Bankruptcy Must Be On The Table As A Student Loan Solution

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    Amid the ongoing discourse on student loan forgiveness, borrowers must have a deeper understanding of U.S. Departments of Justice and Education guidance regarding how the government will agree to discharge loans in bankruptcy, or miss a life-changing opportunity currently available to regain control over their financial condition, say Jonathan Carson and Eric Kurtzman at Stretto.

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