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Law School's Missed Lessons: The Human Element

Law school teaches you to quickly apply intellect and logic when handling a legal issue, but every fact pattern al... (more story)

Time Limit Case Highlights How Justices Apply Federal Rules

In Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited v. Burton, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the minority in a circuit split ... (more story)

Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling

Law school provides doctrine, cases and hypotheticals, but when lawyers step into the courtroom, they must learn t... (more story)

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Akerman Lands Bankruptcy Pro In Delaware From Saul Ewing

Akerman LLP has added a partner in Delaware who previously was at Saul Ewing LLP for more than 15 years to bolster its bankruptcy and reorganization practice group.

Del Monte Foods Gets OK To Take Votes On Ch. 11 Plan

Del Monte secured a New Jersey bankruptcy judge's permission Wednesday to take creditors' votes on a Chapter 11 plan that would wind down its remaining business, about a month after the canned food company won... (more story)

Ligado Asks Judge To Pause $100M Payment To Inmarsat

A telecom company has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to let it delay a $100 million payment owed to satellite operator Inmarsat, arguing that Inmarsat's alleged breach of a key settlement agreement undermin... (more story)

Fox Rothschild Adds Perkins Coie Bankruptcy Ace In Dallas

Fox Rothschild LLP has bolstered its ability to help clients facing major financial challenges with the addition of a Dallas-based partner who brings more than four decades of experience in bankruptcy and rest... (more story)

MFS Owner Hit With Asset Freeze After Mortgage Biz Collapse

The owner of failed U.K. mortgage provider Market Financial Solutions has been hit with a worldwide freezing order, administrators said Wednesday in the wake of fraud allegations following its collapse in Febr... (more story)

First Brands Heads Back To Mediation Over Ch. 11 Resolution

A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday allowed car parts maker First Brands to head back to mediation over a Chapter 11 case resolution, but cautioned he might not grant more extensions in the future.

Conn. Justices Won't Hear Ex-Alex Jones Atty's Ethics Case

The Connecticut Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to the two-week suspension of Alex Jones' former lawyer, leaving intact an intermediate Appellate Court decision affirming the pared-down punishment surr... (more story)

Deals In Jackson Walker-Judge Affair A 'Dilemma,' Judge Says

A Texas federal judge ordered three of Jackson Walker LLP's former bankruptcy clients Tuesday to explain by next month what would happen to money from potential vacaturs or sanctions against the law firm if th... (more story)

GWG Holdings Gets New Bankruptcy Judge After Romance Scandal

The chief bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of Texas has been tapped to oversee the Chapter 11 case of defunct financial services firm GWG Holdings months after the case's previous judge was removed in... (more story)

'No Disrespect' But Law Prof Mom Not SBF's Atty, Judge Says

A federal judge in Manhattan cautioned retired Stanford Law School professor Barbara Fried, the mother of convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, that she cannot make filings on behalf of her son in his bid f... (more story)

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Zynex Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Reducing Debt By $50M

Zynex Inc., a pain management medical device maker, received confirmation Thursday of its Chapter 11 plan, which reduces its debt by about $50 million and turns over the company to its creditors.

4th Circ. Says Bankruptcy Stay Trumps Arbitration Agreement

A split Fourth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that requiring a consumer debtor to arbitrate credit card collection actions would interfere with the clear purpose of the federal bankruptcy code, upholding a pair... (more story)

Ex-Execs Ask Justices To Review Ruby Tuesday Benefits Fight

Former Ruby Tuesday managers are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review their dispute alleging Regions Bank lost them $35 million in retirement plan benefits that were liquidated in bankruptcy, saying an appe... (more story)

Fla. Court Ends Ex-Bank CEO's Bid To Revive Contract Claims

A former bank CEO can't file another amended complaint against First Horizon Bank claiming he was set up as a scapegoat in the legal fallout of a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Natural Gas Co. Axip Gets OK For $105M Ch. 11 Financing

Natural gas compressor group Axip received final approval of its $105 million Chapter 11 financing package after resolving an objection from the official committee of unsecured creditors.

NYC Condo Board Ch. 11 Should Be Tossed, Rival Group Says

The residential board for a Times Square hotel and residential tower asked a New York bankruptcy judge to toss the Chapter 11 case started by the building's condominium association, with the former accusing th... (more story)

BlockFills Can Tap Into Lender Cash For Now In Ch. 11

Bankrupt cryptocurrency company BlockFills received interim authority to use the cash collateral of its secured lenders Tuesday as it began its pursuit of a customer-led restructuring in Delaware bankruptcy court.

NY Ch. 11 Case Reopened Over Missing $344K Disbursement

The U.S. Trustee had its request granted in New York Bankruptcy Court to reopen a small Chapter 11 case amid an attorney ethics probe, as it searches for about $344,000 that was reportedly deposited into the t... (more story)

Book Distributor Baker & Taylor Hits Ch. 11 To Wind Down

Baker & Taylor, a 198-year-old book distributor, sought bankruptcy protection in New Jersey with at least $100 million in liabilities after the COVID-19 pandemic, litigation and a loan default forced it to shu... (more story)

Trump Admin Wants Student Loan Forgiveness Suits Tossed

The Trump administration on Monday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to toss a pair of lawsuits challenging a change to eligibility requirements for student loan forgiveness, calling the potential repercussi... (more story)