A team of 120 private funds attorneys from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, including 23 partners, is joining Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in New York, London and Washington, D.C., as their predecessor firm prepares to close its doors...(read more)

The trustees overseeing Tom Girardi's and his former law firm's bankruptcies struck a deal to put their claims against each other behind other approved general unsecured claims, according to a California bankruptcy court f...(read more)

Kids' clothing company The Children's Place Inc. on Tuesday secured a New Jersey bankruptcy judge's approval to draw on part of a $282 million Chapter 11 financing package to fund store closing sales and a marketing proces...(read more)

Military subcontractor Fox Logistics has argued a federal judge's recent ruling in prime contractor Noble Supply's bankruptcy contradicts a different decision from a circuit court that Fox is appealing to the U.S. Supreme ...(read more)

The U.S. Trustee's Office objected late Monday to the proposed Chapter 11 plan of the Franciscan Friars of California, saying the plan contains overly broad injunctions of third-party claims and includes a gatekeeping prov...(read more)

Partners at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP voted on Tuesday to dissolve the firm and install a three-member committee to oversee the wind-down of operations.

A flight attendants union said Tuesday that it and other unions have withdrawn their objections to Spirit Airlines' sale of former employees' data to Google in the airline's New York bankruptcy case, after securing new lim...(read more)

Mercer International Inc. is seeking a speedy exit from Chapter 11, winning approval during its first bankruptcy court hearing on Tuesday to set a mid-December date for confirmation of its prepackaged plan to restructure $...(read more)

The Victorian Bar Association announced Mark Costello KC of New Chambers has been elected president, taking over from Fiona Ryan SC for the 2026-2027 term.

Alex Jones has asked the Texas Supreme Court to review discovery sanctions orders that led to a since-trimmed $50 million judgment in a Sandy Hook family's Lone Star State emotional distress case, arguing a judge held him ...(read more)

A lender has sued a former property company director for £3.2 million ($4.2 million), alleging that he concealed assets when settling his liability, including by transferring land to his ex-wife to keep it beyond the lende...(read more)

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Tuesday denied the Office of the U.S. Trustee's bid to convert Invatech's bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 as the former generic pharmaceutical group works to wrap up an administratively insolvent...(read more)

A former chief financial officer of Vesttoo has urged the Delaware bankruptcy court to let the insolvent Israeli fintech's insurance carriers cover more than $1.5 million in legal fees stemming from fraud-related investiga...(read more)

Card room operator Maverick Gaming has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge for permission to transfer properties subject to its master lease with Blue Owl to its former CEO, seeking to shed its obligations under a sale-leasebac...(read more)

The buyers of a Maine summer camp from bankrupt camp operator SimadHoldings are accusing the camp's former directors of stealing confidential files and taking them to the competition.

A Tennessee federal judge reversed an order stopping the government from collecting an aircraft trader's $14 million tax debt, saying a bankruptcy court improperly concluded that the government's position that the debt cou...(read more)

In September, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP released an official statement signaling that it was not engaged in merger talks. A month later, the firm confirmed that it was exploring a merger.

Health-focused restaurant chain True Food Kitchen received approval Monday from a Texas bankruptcy judge for its bidding procedures as it looks to close a Chapter 11 sale before the year's end.

Litigation investor Henderson & Jones has sued the former director of a property company for £1 million ($1.3 million), alleging he took out a COVID-19 business interruption loan that contributed to the property developer ...(read more)

As more former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP attorneys find new homes for their practices while the firm winds down operations, Latham & Watkins LLP confirmed Monday that it hired five partners and one counsel across multiple ...(read more)