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November 14, 2024
Ventilator Co. Vyaire's Ch. 11 Plan Gets OK After Sales Close
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday confirmed the Chapter 11 liquidation plan of Vyaire Medical, after the ventilator maker completed sales of its two businesses.
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November 14, 2024
Diamond Sports' Ch. 11 Plan Gets Nod With Amazon Deal
Diamond Sports Group received approval for its Chapter 11 plan Thursday from a Texas bankruptcy court, clearing the way for its continued broadcast of 27 professional sports teams and new streaming options through a deal with Amazon.
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November 14, 2024
The Onion Buys Alex Jones' Infowars At Ch. 7 Auction
Satirical news website The Onion has purchased Alex Jones' Infowars at a Chapter 7 bankruptcy auction, according to a Thursday announcement by the firm representing Sandy Hook shooting survivors who won a $1.4 billion defamation award over his claims the massacre was a hoax.
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November 13, 2024
Republic Bank's 'Dysfunction' Enabled Its Failure, FDIC Says
The former Republic First Bank failed because of its inability to hold certain debt securities, its insufficient liquidity and an ineffective board and management team, according to a post-mortem review issued Wednesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s watchdog.
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November 13, 2024
Feds Seek FTX Assets Used For Alleged China Bribes
U.S. prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to help secure millions of dollars worth of digital assets held at cryptocurrency exchange Binance, alleging the tokens are tied to what they described as bribes that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried paid to Chinese law enforcement officials.
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November 13, 2024
Q&A With FTX Lead Ch. 11 Atty Andy Dietderich — Part II
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Andy Dietderich led the legal team that represented FTX Trading Ltd. in its two-year-long, $14 billion-plus Chapter 11 case — from shortly before the company's bankruptcy filing in Delaware to its recent successful confirmation hearing.
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November 13, 2024
FTX Prosecutors Tout Tech Chief's 'Outstanding Cooperation'
Manhattan federal prosecutors urged a lenient sentence for former FTX technology chief Zixiao "Gary" Wang, telling the court on Wednesday that his "outstanding cooperation" was instrumental in securing the lightning-fast indictment and ultimate conviction of founder Sam Bankman-Fried for an $11 billion fraud that sank the crypto exchange.
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November 13, 2024
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
Former used-car retailer Vroom, prison healthcare provider Wellpath and film production services company Film Finances have all filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing economic difficulties in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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November 13, 2024
Purdue, Sacklers Agree To Terms As New Ch. 11 Deal Nears
Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to some terms for a new settlement with certain members of the Sackler family, including key provisions governing the scope of liability releases and how much money the family will contribute to pay victims of the opioid crisis who are claimants in the OxyContin maker's bankruptcy case, according to an update provided by co-mediators.
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November 13, 2024
Judge Nixes Tort Committee Bid In Steward Health Chapter 11
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday shot down a request to form an official committee for tort claimants in the Chapter 11 of hospital operator Steward Health Care, saying there was no evidence that the unsecured creditors committee wasn't adequately representing the interests of medical malpractice creditors.
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November 13, 2024
Jackson Walker Must Supply Docs In Judge-Atty Affair Probe
The Texas federal court overseeing a U.S. Trustee's Office probe of a former Jackson Walker LLP partner's undisclosed relationship with a then-bankruptcy judge has given the firm until Friday to turn over its communications with public relations firms and pages from its attorney sourcebook.
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November 13, 2024
Goulston & Storrs Real Estate Attys Talk Distress Playbook
As commercial real estate distress continues to play out, attorneys are seeing lenders adopt new strategies to save or reduce their exposure to troubled assets, sometimes working in tandem with investors looking to purchase such loans.
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November 13, 2024
Crypto Platform Celsius Reports $92M In Litigation Recoveries
Representatives of the Chapter 11 estate of cryptocurrency company Celsius Network on Wednesday told a New York bankruptcy judge they recovered $92 million in litigation proceeds in the third quarter and are approaching full distributions to customers.
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November 12, 2024
Future Claims Rep OK'd In J&J Unit Red River's Ch. 11
A Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday appointed a future claims representative for the Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's talc unit that had served in that capacity in the parent company's two prior attempts to deal with its asbestos liability in bankruptcy.
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November 12, 2024
FTX Targets Scaramucci, PACs, Law Firm In Wave Of Suits
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed roughly 30 suits in a bid to recoup millions of dollars donated to political and charitable causes, losses caused by alleged market manipulation, and funds spent on business partnerships, including with Skybridge Capital's Anthony Scaramucci and a boutique Florida law firm.
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November 12, 2024
Celsius' Mashinsky Must Face Full Indictment, Judge Says
Ex-Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky must face claims that he committed commodities and securities fraud and manipulated his now-bankrupt business's proprietary token after a New York federal judge declined to trim the indictment against him.
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November 12, 2024
Judge Locks Down Byju Entity's IP In Ch. 11
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday voided transfers of an Apple App Store account linked to the insolvent U.S.-based financing arm of Indian education technology giant Byju's, as the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing one of its debtor subsidiaries rang the alarm about "bad actors" trying to make off with the unit's cash and intellectual property.
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November 12, 2024
Q&A With FTX Lead Ch. 11 Atty Andy Dietderich — Part I
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Andy Dietderich led the legal team that represented FTX Trading Ltd. in its two-year-long, $14 billion-plus Chapter 11 case — from shortly before the company's bankruptcy filing in Delaware to its recent successful confirmation hearing.
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November 12, 2024
Creditors Claim Sweetheart Deal For InterCement's Bank
Bondholders for bankrupt Brazilian cement supplier InterCement filed a $200 million suit in New York state court, saying Banco Bradesco Bbi SA, a shareholder and bank to the debtors' parent, failed to reveal a sweetheart deal under which it could strong arm the debtor into giving it priority repayment.
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November 12, 2024
2 Firms Advise $745M Prospect Managed Care Sale
California-based Astrana Health said it has agreed to pay $745 million to acquire a significant amount of Prospect Medical Holdings' managed care business, including a 177-bed acute care hospital, in a transaction advised by Russ August & Kabat LLP and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP.
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November 12, 2024
3rd Circ. Weighs Boy Scouts Ch. 11, Calif. AG Balks At Fee Bid
The Third Circuit heard arguments on Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan from sexual abuse survivors as well as insurers, California's attorney general disputed Sullivan & Cromwell's fee requests in Kidde-Fenwal Inc.'s bankruptcy, and the U.S. trustee is seeking documents from Jackson Walker LLP regarding a former attorney's secret relationship with a bankruptcy judge. This is the week in bankruptcy.
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November 12, 2024
Hertz Investors Urge Chancery Not To Toss Stock Warrant Suit
An attorney for two Hertz Inc. institutional investors told a Delaware judge Monday that the vehicle rental giant relied on an impermissible reinterpretation of a warrant agreement to reject a redemption demand purportedly triggered by the company's post-Chapter 11 recapitalization.
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November 12, 2024
Holding Co.'s $6B CMBS Exposed By Bankruptcy, Report Says
Franchise Group Inc.'s $6.18 billion worth of commercial mortgage-backed securities are at risk of exposure after the retail-focused holding company declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which has caused the company to close down more than 300 store locations, according to a report from the analytics team of credit ratings agency KBRA released Tuesday.
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November 12, 2024
Celsius Judge Rejects Pro Se Creditor's $206,000 Fee Bid
The woman who chaired an ad hoc committee of corporate creditors in Celsius Network's Chapter 11 case lost her bid Tuesday to be paid $206,300 for her work, with a New York bankruptcy judge denying her application after finding that her efforts were primarily self-interested and potentially duplicative.
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November 12, 2024
Former FTX Top Atty Joins Lowenstein Sandler In NY
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Tuesday that the former general counsel at crypto exchange FTX will join the firm's New York office as a partner and chair of its new commodities, futures and derivatives practice group.