Mid Cap
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March 04, 2025
Liberated Brands Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Bidding Procedures
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Tuesday she will allow Liberated Brands LLC, an outdoors and athletic clothing retailer, to implement its proposed bidding process for a liquidation once the company revises a proposed order.
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March 04, 2025
3 Kasowitz Financial Litigators Leave BigLaw For NY Boutique
Litigation boutique Pallas Partners LLP has brought on three New York-based litigators from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP to strengthen its commercial and financial litigation capabilities on both sides of the Atlantic, the firm said Tuesday.
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March 04, 2025
Kane Russell Launches Austin Shop With 6-Atty Team
Texas law firm Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC announced Tuesday that it is opening its third location with a shop in Austin, and is adding six attorneys from Holland & Knight LLP and Ross Smith & Binford PC.
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March 03, 2025
US Trustee Opposes Confirmation Of CarePoint's Ch. 11 Plan
The U.S. Trustee's Office on Monday joined a flurry of objections against the Chapter 11 plan of CarePoint Health Systems inc., saying the hospital owner has made it hard for the trustee to gauge the plan's potential.
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March 03, 2025
NC Hotel Developer Hits Ch. 11 After Defaulting On $17M Loan
A North Carolina hotel developer embroiled in a $17 million lawsuit over a defaulted loan to build a Hyatt hotel near the Asheville airport filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, reporting assets and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million.
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March 03, 2025
$7.4B Deal Nets Purdue More Time, J&J Spinoff Ends Trial
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.
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March 03, 2025
Calif. BMO Worker Can Bank On Litigating 401(k) Suit In Ill.
A proposed class action challenging BMO Financial Corp.'s alleged misuse of forfeited retirement contributions should be litigated in Illinois, where most of the bank's evidence and witnesses are located, a California federal judge said on Friday.
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March 03, 2025
Life Science Consulting Firm Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Plans
Azzur Group, which offers services for pharmaceutical developers, filed for bankruptcy in Delaware with at least $100 million in debt and plans to hold an auction backed by a $56 million stalking horse offer.
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March 03, 2025
High Court Declines Souvenir Store's TM Fraud Case
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not consider a Florida souvenir store chain's challenge to a Second Circuit decision shutting down its case that a bankrupt beachwear company fraudulently procured a trademark registration to secure a $3.5 million settlement.
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February 28, 2025
Judge Refuses To Dismiss $500M Miss America Suit
A Florida judge has denied the bulk of real estate developer Glenn Struab and two associates' attempt to escape a fraud and racketeering lawsuit that accuses them of conspiring to assert control and ownership of the company that runs the Miss America pageant and seeks $500 million in damages.
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February 28, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Gov't Lease Limbo, AI Upset, Profiteering
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into federal lease upheaval, the impact of AI efficiency on data centers and price-gouging in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.
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February 28, 2025
Ex-UBS Financial Adviser Must Pay $2M Back, 11th Circ. Told
UBS urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to undo rulings in a bankruptcy adversary case precluding a former financial adviser from paying back the proceeds of a $2 million loan deposited in a joint account with his wife, saying the funds shouldn't be immune to creditors.
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February 28, 2025
Lawyer Felled By Litigation Funders Says He'll Practice Again
In a meeting with creditors on Friday, Texas mass tort attorney Truett Akin IV said he intends to practice law again after both he and his law firm filed for bankruptcy amid arbitration brought by a litigation funding firm, to which they potentially owe hundreds of millions of dollars.
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February 28, 2025
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The licensing arm of Universal Studios objected to a Party City asset sale, bondholders urged a judge to lift a stay on outside litigation in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's restructuring case, and a satellite service provider asked a court to dismiss an adversary suit brought by debtor Ligado Networks. These are some of the bankruptcy stories you may have missed in the last week.
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February 28, 2025
Carbon Project Investor C-Quest Hits Ch. 7
Carbon project developer C-Quest Capital has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in a Delaware bankruptcy court as its ex-CEO faces charges he fraudulently obtained millions of dollars worth of carbon credits.
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February 28, 2025
Nikola Ch. 11 Creditors Committee Heavy On Trade Vendors
The U.S. Trustee's Office appointed seven parties, including several trade vendors, to the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of electric and hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola Corp., which is hoping to hold a bankruptcy auction by the end of March.
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February 28, 2025
Judge Approves Revised Blink Fitness Ch. 11 Plan
A Delaware bankruptcy judge approved Blink Fitness' Chapter 11 wind-down plan on Friday after it removed legal protections for its plan administrator.
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February 28, 2025
California Hotel Operator Checks Into Ch. 11
Hotel owner and operator MOM CA Investco LLC and two affiliates filed for Chapter 11 protection Friday in Delaware, citing $100 million to $500 million each in assets and liabilities.
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February 27, 2025
4th Circ. Says Trustees Can't Settle Co.'s Suit Against Ex-CEO
Separate bankruptcy trustees for a company and its former CEO have no right to settle the company's fraud claims against the CEO with insurance proceeds from a directors and officers policy, the Fourth Circuit ruled, agreeing with the insurer that only the former CEO himself has consent-to-settle rights.
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February 27, 2025
Judge Axes NYC Loan Row, Sanctions Firm For Depositions
A New York federal judge has dismissed a commercial real estate lender's claims against two guarantors for a 2022 loan it made, ripping the lender and its ex-counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP, for deposition no-shows.
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February 27, 2025
AI Crypto Company Joins Call For New Infowars Auction
An artificial-intelligence cryptocurrency business has joined the backup bidder for Alex Jones' Infowars platform in asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to restart an asset auction, saying it would like its bid to be considered.
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February 27, 2025
Judge Urges $15.5M Tax Judgment Against Ex-NFL Champ
A federal magistrate judge recommended a default judgment against four-time Super Bowl champion Bill Romanowski and his wife for $15.5 million in taxes, saying in a report Thursday that the couple failed to respond to the underlying government complaint against them.
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February 27, 2025
Aerospace Supplier Gets OK To Tap 'Rich' $4M Ch. 11 Loan
Aerospace parts supplier Dynamic Aerostructures received a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval Thursday to borrow a slice of $12.5 million in Chapter 11 financing that the judge said was clearly needed, albeit "expensive."
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February 27, 2025
Selendy Gay Names New Managing Partner, COO
Litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC announced Thursday that it has appointed bankruptcy and insolvency lawyer Kelley Cornish as managing partner and landed the top legal head of Cinch Home Services as its new chief operating officer.
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February 27, 2025
How TreeSap Farms Got Stuck In Ch. 11
Landscaping plants grower TreeSap Farms LLC was pushed toward filing a Chapter 11 petition by Southern California drought conditions that were followed by an unusually heavy wet season, a climbing debt burden and prepetition lenders that insisted emergency funding be tied to a bankruptcy.
Expert Analysis
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Playing In A Rock Cover Band Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Performing in a classic rock cover band has driven me to hone several skills — including focus, organization and networking — that have benefited my professional development, demonstrating that taking time to follow your muse outside of work can be a boon to your career, says Michael Gambro at Cadwalader.
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The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Espinosa On 'Lincoln Lawyer'
The murder trials in Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” illustrate the stark contrast between the ethical high ground that fosters and maintains the criminal justice system's integrity, and the ethical abyss that can undermine it, with an important reminder for all legal practitioners, say Judge Adam Espinosa and Andrew Howard at the Colorado 2nd Judicial District Court.
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Balancing Justice And Accountability In Opioid Bankruptcies
As Rite Aid joins other pharmaceutical companies in pursuing bankruptcy following the onslaught of state and federal litigation related to the opioid epidemic, courts and the country will have to reconcile the ideals of economic justice and accountability against the U.S. Constitution’s promise of a fresh start through bankruptcy, says Monique Hayes at DGIM Law.