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Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
Newly bankrupt Rite Aid was let off the hook for multidistrict litigation over a blood pressure medication, thanks to discharges from its previous, now-closed Chapter 11. Strawberry grower Driscoll's took exception to a vertical farmer's bid to sell one of its master services agreements. And trucking company Yellow Corp. asked to conduct yet another asset sale.
Meet The Attorneys Aiding Rite Aid In Its Second Ch. 11
Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. has enlisted attorneys from Cole Schotz PC and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to assist the debtor as it navigates the Chapter 11 process again, less than a year after its earlier reorganization plan was approved.
Texas Two-Step Takes Second Step Into Appeals Courts
The "Texas two-step" will get its second circuit court test Thursday, as a Fourth Circuit panel takes up the question of whether Georgia-Pacific LLC's funding of the asbestos liabilities of its spinoff Bestwall LLC takes the company out of the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
Newly bankrupt Rite Aid was let off the hook for multidistrict litigation over a blood pressure medication, thanks to discharges from its previous, now-closed Chapter 11. Strawberry grower Driscoll's took exception to a vertical farmer's bid to sell one of its master services agreements. And trucking company Yellow Corp. asked to conduct yet another asset sale.
Meet The Attorneys Aiding Rite Aid In Its Second Ch. 11
Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. has enlisted attorneys from Cole Schotz PC and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to assist the debtor as it navigates the Chapter 11 process again, less than a year after its earlier reorganization plan was approved.
Texas Two-Step Takes Second Step Into Appeals Courts
The "Texas two-step" will get its second circuit court test Thursday, as a Fourth Circuit panel takes up the question of whether Georgia-Pacific LLC's funding of the asbestos liabilities of its spinoff Bestwall LLC takes the company out of the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court.
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