The Office of the U.S. Trustee has appointed Dechert LLP lawyer Steven A. Engel as examiner in bankrupt satellite internet provider Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.'s Chapter 11 case.
A Texas bankruptcy judge is set up for a status conference in First Brands Group's Chapter 7 case, a Missouri bankruptcy judge is penciled in for a status conference in 23andMe's case, and a New Jersey bankruptcy judge is scheduled to oversee the confirmation hearing for a legacy unit of defunct tire maker Uniroyal.
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP leaders may have every reason to agree to an out-of-court wind-down, but dissolving such a storied law firm, which announced Wednesday it intends to shut down following an exodus of attorneys, is not as simple as a handshake among partners, experts said in interviews with Law360 on Wednesday.