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June 04, 2026
The Sixth Circuit has ruled that a property title transferred to a Michigan taxing authority can be clawed back in a homeowner's Chapter 13 case, the Eleventh Circuit backed consolidation of four nondebtors into a business' pending Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and the U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog argued third-party releases make luxury retailer Saks' Chapter 11 plan unconfirmable.
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June 04, 2026
A First Brands Group lender asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to exclude a group of First Brands affiliates from the U.S. Trustee's Office's motion to dismiss the group's Chapter 11 case, saying those entities have legal claims that are a path to paying off their debts.
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June 04, 2026
Two New Fortress Energy affiliates have hired a small army of attorneys from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to strategize the path to U.S. recognition of debtors' efforts to restructure in the English courts by exchanging nearly $8.1 billion in debt for equity and spinning off the Brazilian affiliate.
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June 04, 2026
Polsinelli PC has named the leader of its national distressed healthcare practice to take the helm of the firm's Atlanta office, succeeding an attorney who will continue leading the firm's technology transactions and data privacy practice.
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June 04, 2026
Robinson & Cole LLP recently added four partners — two in Washington, D.C., and others in Connecticut and Delaware — to bolster its capacity to handle bankruptcy matters and business litigation.
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June 04, 2026
Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA has launched a Delaware office by bringing on two former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP attorneys, including one who most recently operated his own firm, to field a new national business and commercial litigation practice group.
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June 03, 2026
Three months after the closure of Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy case, the settlement trust that the debtor set up for abuse claimants is fielding more claimant questions than ever, according to the U.S. Trustee's Office, which is asking that the organization hold a status conference to provide clarity.
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June 03, 2026
An investment trust that once provided the majority of Apple Tree Life Sciences' funding must choose between bidding on exit financing that would fund Apple Tree's restructuring plan or serving as a consultation party, a Delaware bankruptcy judge said Wednesday.
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June 03, 2026
A bankrupt Alabama hospital with "settler's remorse" can't bail on a multibillion-dollar antitrust settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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June 03, 2026
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said on Wednesday that he will rule as promptly as possible on a dispute about whether he should retain jurisdiction over a malpractice suit against Foley & Lardner LLP or send it back to state court.
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June 03, 2026
Former Purdue Pharma LP President Richard Sackler has appealed a Connecticut probate court decision favoring his son David Sackler in a dispute over his mother Beverly Sackler's estate, saying a judge ignored self-dealing rules when approving his son's request to assign trust interests to a public charity.
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June 03, 2026
Unsecured creditors of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland urged a California bankruptcy judge to make the debtor hand over documents related to certain creditors, including communications and plan ballots, claiming the diocese has refused to do so thus far.
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June 03, 2026
Claimants of Genesis Healthcare have appealed a Texas federal judge's order that tossed their challenge to the debtor's procedures for dealing with personal injury and wrongful death claims, asking the Fifth Circuit to take up their case after the district court ruled that they sought relief in the wrong forum.
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June 03, 2026
Sidley Austin LLP has elevated 52 attorneys to partner from 11 offices in 23 practice areas.
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June 02, 2026
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge Tuesday denied a Del Monte lender group's request to stay his order confirming the canned food company's Chapter 11 plan, finding the lenders had not shown they were likely to succeed on appeal.
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June 02, 2026
A team of attorneys from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP is counseling bankrupt plastics company Trinseo PLC through its prepackaged restructuring proposal.
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June 02, 2026
Attorneys representing two groups of employees terminated by bankrupt auto parts maker First Brands Group asked to be put in control of mass termination litigation against the company, each saying on Tuesday that they have the necessary experience to guide the cases toward class certification.
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June 02, 2026
QVC Group Inc.'s preferred shareholders have filed a reply in support of their motion to terminate the debtor's exclusivity rights in Chapter 11, telling a Texas bankruptcy judge that QVC's reorganization plan includes a settlement that "systemically infects and dooms" the bankruptcy proposal.
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June 02, 2026
Affiliates of New Fortress Energy asked a U.S. court to recognize their bankruptcies in the U.K. Polish subsidiaries of alternative energy investment company GoldenPeaks Capital began a Chapter 11 proceeding. And an artificial intelligence-enabled voice generating software company entered Chapter 7.
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June 01, 2026
Affiliates of TPG Capital must face a lawsuit seeking to claw back $4.1 billion they made from the sale of a generic opioid manufacturer to Endo International PLC, whose trustee has alleged it did not receive reasonably equivalent value in the deal.
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June 01, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge granted conditional approval for the disclosure statement of Fat Brands' Chapter 11 plan, allowing the chain restaurant operator to seek creditor votes on its post-sale liquidation plan.
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June 01, 2026
Reorganized debtor airline Azul SA asked a New York bankruptcy judge to shut down collection efforts in Brazil by two of its creditors, saying their claims were discharged under the Chapter 11 plan approved last year.
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June 01, 2026
Jewelry house Lugano Diamonds on Monday secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's tentative approval to transfer an insurance policy to a creditor that consigned the debtor a diamond worth $10.5 million that later went missing.
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June 01, 2026
A Delaware bankruptcy court approved home lending broker Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan, Canadian furniture company Bestar Inc. got Chapter 15 recognition and a Texas judge refused First Brands' bankruptcy plan disclosure.
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June 01, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it won't hear a challenge by asbestos claimants to the "Texas two-step" bankruptcy of Georgia-Pacific spinoff Bestwall.