April 14, 2025
A Texas district court, not a bankruptcy court, will oversee the U.S. trustee's efforts to claw back millions in legal fees paid to Jackson Walker over an undisclosed relationship between an attorney and bankruptcy judge; out-of-court debt deals eclipsed Chapter 11s by a 4-to-1 ratio last year; and drug manufacturer Purdue Pharma can begin processing claims ahead of a Chapter 11 confirmation hearing. This is the week in bankruptcy.
April 10, 2025
A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved Purdue Pharma's request to appoint claims administrators and begin processing the tens of thousands of claims against the drugmaker, reasoning that doing so ahead of plan confirmation would enable the debtor to make faster distributions to creditors.
March 31, 2025
The former director of the U.S. Trustee's Office appealed her removal, alleging the government lacked cause and violated due process. Meanwhile, Purdue Pharma secured more time to protect itself and the Sackler family from lawsuits as the company seeks approval for a $7.4 million opioid settlement plan. And FTX told a court it has $11.4 billion ready for creditors but is still reviewing a massive volume of claims before the distribution.
March 28, 2025
Bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma LP received a further extension of a bar on litigation against the company and its owners in the Sackler family as the debtor pursues a late May approval of a disclosure statement describing a Chapter 11 plan premised on a $7.4 billion settlement of opioid claims.
March 25, 2025
The mediators guiding plan negotiations among bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma and its various creditor constituencies said in a Tuesday report that the U.S. Trustee's Office has agreed to release language in the debtor's latest plan after fighting an earlier version all the way to the Supreme Court.
March 24, 2025
Purdue Pharma proposed a new bankruptcy plan, under which the Sackler family and the company would pay a total of $7.4 billion to settle opioid-related claims. Meanwhile, Forever 21's U.S. arm filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, securing court approval to close more than 300 stores and planning to exit bankruptcy by June. Plus, a Texas bankruptcy judge rejected an $8 million bid to purchase right-wing conspiracy theory peddler Alex Jones' Infowars, shutting down a request to reopen the asset sale process.
March 19, 2025
Bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP filed a new Chapter 11 plan in a New York bankruptcy court, including a $6.5 billion payment from members of the Sackler family who own the company and $900 million from the debtor, that aims to compensate thousands of creditors for damages from opioid sales.
March 03, 2025
Purdue Pharma received approval for more mediation time after telling a judge that it had reached definitive terms on a new $7.4 billion settlement of opioid claims; a two-week trial over whether to confirm the $10 billion Chapter 11 plan of Johnson & Johnson's talc spinoff wrapped up; and an artificial-intelligence cryptocurrency business asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to restart an asset auction for Alex Jones' Infowars platform.
February 25, 2025
Counsel for bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma received approval Tuesday for an extension of a mediation window during which litigation against nondebtors is paused after telling a New York judge that it has reached definitive terms on a new $7.4 billion settlement of opioid claims and needs time to finalize documentation surrounding the deal.
February 24, 2025
Mediators helping to craft a new settlement in the case of bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP said in their latest update in New York bankruptcy court that the company's revised deal does not contain nonconsensual third-party waivers.