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What New CFPB Oversight Limits Would Mean For 4 Markets

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to centralize its resources, proposals to alter the definiti... (more story)

Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession

Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin ... (more story)

How Bankruptcy Law Caps Landlords' Rejected Lease Claims

With corporate bankruptcy filings for the first half of the year at a 15-year high, landlords should be prepared f... (more story)

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Not That Zuckerberg: Atty Sues Meta Over FB Page Takedown

Indianapolis bankruptcy attorney Mark S. Zuckerberg is suing Meta Platforms Inc. after his firm's commercial Facebook account was repeatedly suspended because of his shared name with the tech company's CEO and founder.

Sunnova Gets OK For Ch. 11 Deal Over Solar Asset Sales

A Texas bankruptcy judge approved a settlement Friday in the Chapter 11 case of solar panel business Sunnova that resolves a dispute about its sale of solar energy systems by transferring disputed assets to th... (more story)

Ex-Bankruptcy Clients Defend Deal Over Jackson Walker Affair

Former Jackson Walker LLP bankruptcy clients said Friday that a proposed settlement meant to resolve a dispute regarding the concealed romance between a judge and attorney should go through as planned because ... (more story)

Judge Puts A Ribbon On $246M Rochester Diocese Plan

A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday approved the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester's $246 million Chapter 11 plan to the sound of applause as a six-year-old effort to craft a plan to pay sexual abuse claim... (more story)

San Francisco Archdiocese Claimants Must Refile Affiliate Suit

A California bankruptcy judge on Thursday told the unsecured creditors committee in the Chapter 11 of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to refile a complaint seeking to declare parish assets estate property, sa... (more story)

Solar Co. Meyer Burger Unit Gets OK For $29M Ch. 11 Sale

The U.S. unit of Swiss solar-panel maker Meyer Burger secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval Thursday to sell its assets for $28.7 million in Chapter 11, defeating an objection to the deal from unsecur... (more story)

NJ Federal Judge Upholds Invitae's Ch. 11 Plan Orders

A New Jersey federal judge affirmed a pair of orders tied to approval of the Chapter 11 plan of Invitae Corp., ruling that the bankruptcy court was correct in denying unsecured creditors the right to bring avo... (more story)

Yellow Corp. Gets Tentative OK To Seek Votes On Ch. 11 Plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday he would tentatively approve the latest disclosure statement from bankrupt trucking company Yellow Corp. after it resolved issues with its largest public shareholder, ... (more story)

Purdue Pharma Approved For $17.5M In Ch. 11 Bonus Plans

Bankrupt pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP received approval from a New York judge Thursday to pay more than $17.5 million in employee bonuses, mirroring the bonus structures of the last few years since ... (more story)

Sunnova Reaches Deal Over Ch. 11 Solar System Sales

Bankrupt solar panel business Sunnova Energy International Inc. asked a Texas court to approve a settlement that resolves an ongoing dispute about its sale of solar systems by transferring disputed systems to ... (more story)

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Dolphin Co. Unit Scores Final Approval For $129M DIP

A Delaware bankruptcy judge granted final approval Friday to a bankruptcy financing request from an insolvent subsidiary of The Dolphin Co., allowing the debtor to access up to $129 million, in a ruling that w... (more story)

Conn. Biotech Hits Ch. 11 With $2.7M Debt After Patent Suit

A Connecticut biotech company has filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition claiming at least $2.7 million in liabilities, mostly debts to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Verrill Dana LLP, after both law... (more story)

Colo. Developer Says Wash. Atty Botched Bankruptcy Case

A Colorado company has hit a law firm and one of its former bankruptcy attorneys with a legal malpractice suit in Washington federal court, alleging that the defendants' "negligence" caused the business to los... (more story)

Solar Co. Mosaic Gets OK For Debt-For-Equity Ch. 11 Plan

A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday approved residential solar panel financing firm Mosaic's plan to reorganize and hand ownership of its loan servicing business to its secured lender, after no buyers came forwa... (more story)

NJ Judge Greenlights Ch. 11 Plan For Real Estate Firm

A New Jersey federal judge said Thursday he will approve a Chapter 11 plan for a troubled real estate investment firm that includes selling an affordable housing complex in Pittsburgh and creating a litigation... (more story)

Judge OKs 3D Printing Co.'s $7.25M In Ch. 11 Sales

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved two sales of Desktop Metal's remaining U.S. operating assets totaling $7.25 million, as the bankrupt 3D printing company looks to quickly exit Chapter 11.

FINRA Targets Ex-Synapse Officers Over Supervisory Failures

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has filed an enforcement action against two former executives of a subsidiary of bankrupt fintech company Synapse, alleging that they failed to properly supervise th... (more story)

3rd Circ. Says Preclusion Ends NJ Foreclosure Fight

The Third Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order allowing Nationstar Mortgage to proceed with a home foreclosure sale, finding that the homeowner was trying to relitigate the exact same issues she had alr... (more story)

Silvergate's $37.5M Investor Settlement Gets Final OK

Investors of failed, cryptocurrency-focused Silvergate Bank secured a California federal judge's final approval Wednesday for their $37.5 million settlement of claims alleging the bank misrepresented its safeg... (more story)

Quinn Emanuel Looks To Shut Down Mexican Doc Bid

Quinn Emanuel has asked a Miami federal court to end a Mexican oil company's request for documents relating to three criminal proceedings and in one bankruptcy action, all pending in Mexico, arguing that the r... (more story)