By Amanda Bronstad | April 16, 2021
"To say the offices were a mess is an understatement," wrote bankruptcy trustee Elissa Miller, referring to the firm's accounting department, according to an April 13 status report.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | April 15, 2021
Today we review a dispute where yet another retailer filed Chapter 11 cases and conducted liquidation sales across multiple locations under the supervision of the bankruptcy court, which entered orders authorizing procedures for the sales and rejecting the underlying leases.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By David Samole | April 15, 2021
We are still dealing with the pandemic and its impact. The way we live our lives and interact with one another has changed, and the way we transact business and approach commerce has evolved.
By Michael A. Mora | April 14, 2021
"Do I think Ponzi schemes will end? Of course not," said Akerman partner Michael I. Goldberg. "But he raised the awareness that they exist."
By Michael A. Mora | April 14, 2021
"Do I think Ponzi schemes will end? Of course not," said Akerman partner Michael I. Goldberg. "But he raised the awareness that they exist."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Glenn Murphy | April 14, 2021
Whether you are a founder, shareholder, officer, director, executive, or other responsible employee, or a legal adviser to any of them, you will encounter the dissolution and winding up of a business, probably sooner than you expected. In the inevitable event that a business closes its doors, many problems involving intellectual property may be avoided by the exercise of due diligence at the inception and during the life of the business.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | April 8, 2021
In this edition of their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on a holding that hostile Yelp remarks did not amount to defamation; a decision on motions to dismiss securities fraud claims against a pharmaceutical company; and an order to an attorney representing a debtor "in connection with" a bankruptcy case to disgorge part of his fee for failure to file the requisite statements of compensation.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 7, 2021
A $202 million request for attorney fees in the Flint water settlement is getting pushback -- and it's not just in court.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Madlyn Gleich Primoff, David Livshiz and Travis Panneck | April 7, 2021
U.S. Bankruptcy Court refuses to dismiss foreign constructive trust claims asserted by BVI liquidators in 'Fairfield Sentry' Chapter 15 cases; defendants seek leave to appeal.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 6, 2021
Elissa Miller, of SulmeyerKupetz in Los Angeles, the trustee appointed in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy case of Tom Girardi's former firm, disclosed the missing client funds at a Tuesday court hearing on Zoom in which she sought access to cash in order to continue digging through client files for pending cases.
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