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Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure

While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable... (more story)

Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

Ohio's financial services sector saw several significant developments in the second quarter of 2025, including a c... (more story)

Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want,... (more story)

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3rd Circ. Won't Upend Investors' Class Cert. In J&J Talc Suit

A split Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a New Jersey federal judge's class certification order in a Johnson & Johnson investor action alleging the company artificially inflated its stock price by failing to ... (more story)

Celsius Administrator Gets OK To Continue Clawbacks

A New York bankruptcy judge shot down challenges to attempts by the Chapter 11 plan administrator for Celsius Networks to claw back transfers, saying a settlement provision didn't prevent the administrator fro... (more story)

Rising Star: Brown Rudnick's Tristan Axelrod

Tristan Axelrod of Brown Rudnick LLP steered bankrupt cryptocurrency platform BlockFi through an $874 million settlement with FTX and a Chapter 11 reorganization that paid creditors in full, earning him a spot... (more story)

Yellow Corp. Files New Ch. 11 Plan To Distribute Assets

Defunct trucking company Yellow Corp. has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve the disclosure statement for a new Chapter 11 plan that calls for the debtor's assets to be transferred to a liquidating t... (more story)

Jackson Walker Gets Another Deal On Judge-Romance Claims

Jackson Walker LLP has reached another settlement with former bankruptcy clients to resolve fee disputes related to the concealed romance of a former partner with the firm and former Texas bankruptcy Judge Dav... (more story)

DOJ Drops Challenge Of Amex GBT's $570M Deal For CWT

The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that enforcers have agreed to drop their case challenging American Express Global Business Travel Inc.'s planned $570 million purchase of corporate travel management... (more story)

Mich. Judge Sanctions Attys For False Case Quotations

A Michigan federal judge on Monday ordered plaintiffs' attorneys in two cases against a robotics company to pay for the time opposing counsel took in filing an additional briefing because of false case quotations.

Seeger Weiss Named Lead Negotiation Counsel In J&J MDL

A New Jersey federal judge overseeing long-running multidistrict federal litigation against Johnson & Johnson over its talcum powder products has appointed Christopher A. Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP to lead a n... (more story)

Rising Star: Weil's David Cohen

David J. Cohen of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has represented Steward Health Care in its sprawling Chapter 11 bankruptcy involving 31 hospitals across eight states, and he was selected to lead the firm's growing... (more story)

Rochester Diocese Judge To Approve $246M Ch. 11 Plan

A New York bankruptcy judge said Tuesday he was prepared to approve the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester's $246.4 million settlement of abuse claims in Chapter 11 after survivors voted unanimously to accept the deal.

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2nd Circ. Backs Live Well Founder's Bond Fraud Convictions

The Second Circuit affirmed convictions for Live Well's founder for inducing lenders to extend credit by jacking up bond valuations to increase its debt and borrow against it, ruling Wednesday jurors had enoug... (more story)

Rhodium Says Cooling System Infringement Claims Barred

Bankrupt cryptocurrency miner Rhodium told a Texas federal bankruptcy judge that a company that creates large scale cooling systems cannot bring patent infringement claims, saying Wednesday the company's claim... (more story)

Bedmar Lessor Says 3rd Circ. Clear On Ch. 11 Distress Need

Attorneys representing lessor Cobalt PropCo 2020 LLC told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday the Chapter 11 case of Bedmar LLC should be tossed because Third Circuit case law clearly requires a debtor to be... (more story)

Justices Urged To OK Bankruptcy Courts As Tax Debt Venues

Bankruptcy courts are authorized to decide the amount and legality of nondischargeable tax claims, an Indiana couple told the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a Seventh Circuit ruling to the contrary.

Bankruptcy Judge Sends Post-Reorg Dispute To Calif. Court

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has handed a breach of contract lawsuit back to a California state court, saying he lost jurisdiction over the claims against a specialty mushroom distributor after its Chapter 11 p... (more story)

Biotech Firm Omega Therapeutics Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge approved biotechnology developer Omega Therapeutics' Chapter 11 plan Wednesday, after no objections to the company's plan to distribute its remaining assets were raised at a brief hearing.

8th Circ. Says Bankruptcy Sale Appeal Dead Without Stay

The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a woman's bid to undo an order approving a sale in her Chapter 7 bankruptcy, saying she didn't get a stay of the sale and so her appeal had to be dismissed.

Del. Judge Denies $89M Claim In Silvergate Ch. 11

A Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday the insolvent parent of Silvergate Bank did not agree in 2023 to sell a loan to a bitcoin-focused financial firm, denying that company's $89 million breach of contract... (more story)

Prime Core Ch. 11 Trust Seeks Return Of $2.1M In Transfers

The litigation trust for Prime Core Technologies has sued to claw back $2.1 million in cash and cryptocurrency paid out to customers in the weeks before its bankruptcy filing, saying other creditors are facing... (more story)

Calif. Resort Developer Goes For Last-Ditch Ch. 11 Deal

An insolvent company that developed a resort and other properties in California told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday it would participate in a one-day mediation session its investors proposed as a final ef... (more story)