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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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Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Lindsey Henrikson

Lindsey Henrikson of Paul Hastings LLP advised Colombian refinery Reficar in a high-stakes global restructuring that preserved a $1.3 billion arbitration award and secured equity in McDermott International, ea... (more story)

Fiber Internet Co. Everstream Cleared For $385M Ch. 11 Sale

A Texas bankruptcy judge signed off Friday on the going-concern sale of fiber network provider Everstream, which plans to use proceeds from the $384.6 million sale of its business to exit Chapter 11.

4th Circ. Says Court Can Hear Asbestos Spinoff's Ch. 11

The Fourth Circuit Friday found Georgia-Pacific asbestos unit Bestwall can stay in Chapter 11, saying a debtor's financial status has no bearing on whether a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction over its case.

Genesis Healthcare Gets 7-Member Creditors Committee

The Office of the U.S. Trustee appointed a seven-member official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of Genesis Healthcare, a holding company for rehabilitation centers and nursing homes in... (more story)

CGL Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025

Federal and state courts continue to weigh litigation involving public nuisance, long-tail environmental and sexual abuse claims. Here, Law360 breaks down some of the blockbuster commercial general liability i... (more story)

Capital One Says It Is Disputing FDIC Underpayment Claim

Capital One told investors on Thursday that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is trying to make it pay a greater share of cleanup costs from the 2023 regional banking crisis after taking issue with its call ... (more story)

New Orleans Diocese Working On $180M Ch. 11 Plan Docs

The bankrupt Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans asked a Louisiana judge for additional time Thursday to work on resolving opposition to its Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement that describes a $180 mil... (more story)

Rising Star: Willkie's Stuart Lombardi

Stuart Lombardi of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has worked for bankruptcy clients including families seeking defamation payouts in Alex Jones' insolvency and the representative of as-yet-unknown asbestos claim... (more story)

Sunnova Cleared To Sell Assets To Lenders In Ch. 11

Solar panel business Sunnova Energy International Inc. secured a Texas bankruptcy judge's blessing Thursday to sell almost all of its assets to a group of lenders for about $118 million.

Purdue Government Group Gets OK To Hire Claims Admin

A New York bankruptcy judge Thursday gave an ad hoc governmental group permission to hire an administrator to handle claims in Purdue Pharma's $8 billion Chapter 11 plan, saying the administrator's services are needed.

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Fiber Co. Tilson Asks For Nod On $4.2M Broadband Sale

Fiber network developer Tilson Technology Management Inc. asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve the sale of its broadband business for about $4.2 million.

Calif. Resort Developer Gets 2 More Weeks Of Ch. 11 Funding

An insolvent company that developed a resort and other properties in California told a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday that it had cobbled together two more weeks of Chapter 11 financing, avoiding for no... (more story)

Casino Developer Must Stay In Involuntary Ch. 7, Judge Finds

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has refused to throw out or convert the involuntary Chapter 7 proceedings launched against the onetime hopeful developer of a casino in Mississippi, concluding the creditors that fo... (more story)

Desktop Metal OK'd For $10M Sale To Fund Ch. 11

A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday allowed 3D printer designer Desktop Metal to sell its foreign subsidiaries for $10 million as it looks to find a buyer for the rest of its assets in Chapter 11.

Sand Miners Hit Ch. 11, Blaming Order Lull, Lender Issues

Two companies that mine and process sand for fracking have filed for bankruptcy in Texas, one estimating it had at least $50 million in debt and the other estimating at least $100 million, and asked to undergo... (more story)

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)