By Phillip Bantz | November 18, 2019
Arya Towfighi takes over LBI's legal department after having served for more than a decade as an executive and in-house leader for rival media company Univision.
By David Thomas | November 15, 2019
Separate reports released this week about law firm revenue growth and in house counsel projections present starkly different outlooks between two interdependent corners of the legal industry.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By John J. Rapisardi and Joseph Zujkowski | November 15, 2019
In their Bankruptcy Practice column, John J. Rapisardi and Joseph Zujkowski discuss 'In re Peabody Energy', a decision that represents a growing judicial trend toward enhancing bondholder recoveries under plan support agreements, which serve as the necessary "grease" to garner critical support and momentum for the debtor's Chapter 11 plan.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. and Jarret P. Hitchings | November 14, 2019
Discussions of student debt often include the blanket assumption that not even bankruptcy can relieve a borrower of his student loan obligations. While this assumption is incorrect, a debtor must provide compelling evidence that an undue hardship will result if the debtor is required to repay the loan.
By Samantha Stokes | November 12, 2019
Dean Foods Co., America's largest milk producer, filed bankruptcy papers in Texas on Tuesday.
By Matthew T. Nelson and Jarrod Trombley | November 11, 2019
A new U.S. Supreme Court term has started with just three U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decisions on the court's docket. Gone are the days when the Sixth Circuit challenged the Ninth as the most reversed federal appellate court.
By Raychel Lean | November 6, 2019
Attorney Peter G. Herman is accused of concealing a $2.7 million bonus during bankruptcy.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Chris Greco, Alexandra Schwarzman, Patrick Nash and Ameneh Bordi | November 6, 2019
In a world where quick Chapter 11 cases that fail to fully utilize the tools available under the bankruptcy code have become the norm, the EXCO cases serve as an example of the power of Chapter 11 to meaningfully restructure an oil and gas business and leave it positioned for go-forward success in a volatile commodities market.
By David Thomas | November 5, 2019
A federal judge rejected arguments that an arbitrator was biased against the trustee because the arbitrator's son couldn't get a summer associate position job at either O'Melveny & Myers or Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
By Jack Newsham | November 4, 2019
In recent bankruptcy filings, LeClairRyan said it owned just 1% of its joint venture with UnitedLex and reported lower revenue numbers to the court than it reported to the press.
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