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  • May 06, 2025

    Edgio's Ch. 11 Plan Disclosures Approved In Del.

    The Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement of digital content delivery company Edgio Inc. received bankruptcy court approval Tuesday in Delaware after counsel for the debtor said the documents were being presented on a fully consensual basis.

  • May 06, 2025

    Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action

    Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. reentered bankruptcy with over $1 billion in debt less than a year after its earlier reorganization plan was approved, e-commerce firm Digital River Marketing Solutions Inc. filed for Chapter 7 with approximately $45.2 million in secured debt, and the owner of a Manhattan condo building filed for Chapter 11 with $32 million in mortgage debt in the face of foreclosure. Here are this week's new bankruptcy cases.

  • May 06, 2025

    Alex Jones' Atty Seeks Discipline Pause In Sandy Hook Leak

    Alex Jones' former lead Connecticut attorney has asked a state appeals court to pause the remaining seven days of a suspension he was handed for a role in transferring Sandy Hook families' confidential records to another Jones attorney in Texas, arguing the case should be stayed while he again appeals the punishment.

  • May 06, 2025

    Pa. Panel Wonders If Mall's Condemnation Appeal Is Moot

    The owners of a defunct and half-demolished shopping mall in the Pittsburgh suburbs say the surrounding borough didn't give them enough information to contest the order condemning their property, but judges of a Pennsylvania appellate court questioned Tuesday if the demolition made the issue moot.

  • May 06, 2025

    Government IT Provider Hits Ch. 11 Bracing For DOGE Cuts

    A government contractor that provides information technology services filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, listing more than $30 million in debt and wracked by uncertainty over potential cuts from the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, a six-figure judgment from a vendor and a three-year-long sale process.

  • May 06, 2025

    Gene-Editing Co. Synthego Hits Ch. 11 With Sights On A Sale

    California-based biotechnology company Synthego Corp. filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware bankruptcy court, listing up to $500 million in debt and outlining a plan to sell its assets to its prepetition lender during the proceedings.

  • May 05, 2025

    Traxcell Fights $500K Atty Fee Owed To Verizon At Fed. Circ.

    A bankrupt patent-holding company that owes more than $500,000 in attorney fees to Verizon Wireless has told the Federal Circuit that Verizon waited too long after beating its telecommunications patent case to request the fees.

  • May 05, 2025

    Burgess BioPower Can Move Toward Restructuring In Ch. 11

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday agreed to give the green light to power plant operator聽Burgess BioPower LLC to solicit votes on its second Chapter 11 plan, which contemplates a debt-equity swap.

  • May 05, 2025

    Small Biz, Consumer Bankruptcies On The Rise In 2025

    More small businesses and consumers sought bankruptcy protections at the start of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to recently released data, as economic uncertainty, macroeconomic pressures and an end to pandemic-era relief programs converge.

  • May 05, 2025

    23andMe Gets Privacy Watchdog, Yellow Investors Push Ch. 7

    A Missouri bankruptcy judge signed off on a consumer privacy watchdog for 23andMe's Chapter 11. A group of shareholders and unsecured creditors that previously supported Yellow Corp. attempting a Chapter 11 plan have shifted gears and asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to convert the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation. Chicken restaurant Sticky's won a Delaware bankruptcy judge's tentative permission to sell its assets to an investment fund for $2 million.

  • May 05, 2025

    Crypto Miner Objects To Celsius Sanctions Try In Ch. 11 Case

    Crypto mining company Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to throw out an attempt by Celsius Network to impose sanctions on Mawson in the company's involuntary Chapter 11 case, saying its failed bid to extend an automatic stay to its subsidiaries was performed in good faith.

  • May 05, 2025

    Exactech Committee Calls Foul On Ch. 11 Voting Packages

    The official committee of unsecured creditors in Exactech Inc.'s Chapter 11 case told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that the company's solicitation packages sent to tort claimants violate court-approved procedures by requiring them to submit five separate ballots for their votes to be counted.

  • May 05, 2025

    Coal Miner Says It Must Liquidate Without Creditor Deal

    Counsel for the owners of Heritage Coal told a Delaware bankruptcy judge聽on Monday that if secured and unsecured creditors cannot reach a deal by Tuesday, the company will have to move to convert its bankruptcy from a Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7 liquidation.

  • May 02, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a Texas bankruptcy court to restart the auction for his Infowars assets. Restaurant chain TGI Fridays requested additional time聽to file its Chapter 11 plan without any competing proposals. And the state of Ohio objected to a motion from U.S. Gypsum to reopen its Chapter 11 case nearly 20 years after its plan was confirmed.

  • May 02, 2025

    Paper Towel Co. Gets OK For $10M Ch. 11 Financing

    Arizona-based Royal Interco LLC, which supplies private-label paper products for grocery chains including聽Trader Joe's聽and聽Aldi, was given final approval on Friday from a Delaware bankruptcy judge to access a $10 million debtor-in-possession loan facility as the company moves toward a Chapter 11 auction.

  • May 02, 2025

    Meet The Attorneys Guiding Balkan Express' Ch.11

    A team of lawyers from Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP is leading the bankruptcy case of Texas-based transportation company Balkan Express, as the company plans to sell its assets through Chapter 11 proceedings.聽

  • May 02, 2025

    JC Penney Says Emails Show Jackson Walker Hid Romance

    The wind down estate of J.C. Penney beefed up its allegations that Jackson Walker covered up a relationship between a former bankruptcy partner and Texas bankruptcy judge in an updated lawsuit to recover over $1 million in legal fees from its 2020 Chapter 11, shedding light on the firms emails with a public relations firm and outside ethics counsel.

  • May 02, 2025

    NJ Bankruptcy Judges May Be Tapped As Unpaid Mediators

    Bankruptcy judges may be among the jurists called upon to mediate New Jersey federal court cases without compensation, according to a proposed amendment to court rules.

  • May 02, 2025

    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in five cases this week, including over whether states can exclude private religious schools from charter school programs and if disabled children must meet a more stringent standard when seeking relief for educational discrimination, while issuing two decisions involving extra payments due hospitals and military reservists. Here, 麻豆传媒360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • May 02, 2025

    Convicted Ex-Sacks Weston Atty Gets Early End To Probation

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted the request of a Philadelphia lawyer sentenced in 2023 to prison and supervised release for resolving cases behind the back of his former firm to be let out of probation early.

  • May 02, 2025

    23andMe Says 1.3M Customers Have Asked To Delete Data

    23andMe executives told a meeting of creditors聽Friday that more than 1.3 million customers have asked the聽DNA testing company to cancel their accounts and delete their genetic information since it entered Chapter 11.

  • May 02, 2025

    Manhattan Condo Developer Hits Ch. 11 With $32M Debt

    The owner of a 32-unit Manhattan condominium building has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the face of a foreclosure sale, saddled with $32 million in mortgage debt.

  • May 01, 2025

    Unlockd Tells 9th Circ. Google Harms Ad Market Competition

    A defunct advertising app that alleged Google's decision to boot it from the Google Play Store harmed market competition for digital advertising asked the Ninth Circuit to reinstate its claims, arguing Wednesday the lower court wrongly concluded that eliminating a "nascent competitor" in a large market didn't rise to antitrust injury.

  • May 01, 2025

    Litigation Funder Virage Pursues Mass Tort Atty In Ch. 11

    Mass tort attorney Truett Akin IV is being pursued in his Texas bankruptcy case by his largest creditor, an affiliate of litigation funder Virage Capital Management LP, which this week sought to force Akin to liquidate and accused him of diverting to himself some litigation proceeds he owed to Virage instead.

  • May 01, 2025

    Publishers Clearing House Plans June Sale For Company

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday gave Publishers Clearing House permission to keep the prize checks flowing as attorneys for the sweepstakes business said they hope to close the sale of the company by the end of June.

Expert Analysis

  • Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys

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    Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it鈥檚 imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow 鈥 which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.

  • How 9th Circ. Ruling Expands Bankruptcy Trustees' Powers

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    The Ninth Circuit recently held in The Lovering Tubbs Trust v. Hoffman that a trustee can avoid intentionally fraudulent transfers, even if no creditor suffered harm as a result, materially strengthening bankruptcy trustees' powers, say Robert Klyman and Rod Kazempour at DLA Piper.

  • State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape

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    Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB 麻豆传媒 Group.

  • 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney

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    A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.

  • Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better 麻豆传媒yers

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    Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy 鈥 a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe 鈥 are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that鈥檚 so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what鈥檚 most scary about it 鈥 its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys鈥 chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional 鈥渢rusted adviser鈥 paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient 鈥 they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

  • Expect More Restaurant Ch. 11s As COVID Debt Comes Due

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    The wave of restaurant bankruptcies is likely to continue in the coming months as companies face the looming repayment of COVID-19 pandemic-era government loans, an uncertain economy and increased interest rates, says Isaac Marcushamer at DGIM 麻豆传媒.

  • Mitigating Risk In Net Asset Value Facility Bankruptcies

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    In times of economic turbulence, parties to bankruptcy proceedings that involve net asset value facilities can mitigate risk by understanding the purpose of the automatic stay, complications it can create for NAV facility lenders and options for relief, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • Tax Traps In Acquisitions Of Financially Distressed Targets

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    Parties to the acquisition of an insolvent or bankrupt company face myriad tax considerations, including limitations on using the distressed company's tax benefits, cancellation of indebtedness income, tax lien issues and potential tax reorganizations.

  • 7 Steps To Take Before Responding To Claim Objections

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    When counsel is notified of an objection to the proof of claim in a bankruptcy case, they should contact the client and begin discussing the cost and benefit of responding.

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