New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Kenneth Epstein and Eric B. Fisher | March 14, 2018
Third-party litigation funding promises to become a more regular feature in bankruptcy litigation, just as it has become more prevalent in general civil litigation. To this point, the Bankruptcy Code has proven flexible enough to address this phenomenon.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Harry Giacometti and Damien Tancredi | March 14, 2018
When faced with a suit for actions taken in the course of a trustee's appointment, the trustee should first consider whether the plaintiff complied with the Barton Doctrine.
By John Council | March 13, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that a Texas businessman who was sentenced to two years in prison for bankruptcy fraud may…
By Brian Baxter | March 12, 2018
George Davis, a former co-chair of the global restructuring practice at O'Melveny & Myers, will now hold the same role at Latham & Watkins.
By Colby Hamilton | March 9, 2018
What's left of the former investment bank Lehman Brothers will be responsible for $2.38 billion in compensation to hedge funds and institutional investors who were hurt by the bank's actions leading up to the financial crisis a decade ago.
By Christine Simmons | March 6, 2018
The moves come as Andrews Kurth comes close to finalizing its merger with Hunton & Williams.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | March 6, 2018
The U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides distressed companies an array of tools to reorganize their business affairs and restructure their debt.
By Jenna Greene | March 6, 2018
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe is no more--but the firm will be remembered in part for an important California Supreme Court decision on the property interest of dissolved law firms.
By Ross Todd | March 5, 2018
In a closely watched law firm bankruptcy case, the court on Monday held that dissolving firms don't have a property interest in unfinished hourly fee matters that departing partners take with them to new firms.
By Tom McParland | March 2, 2018
A group of investors on Thursday said that it had reached a $500 million agreement to buy the Weinstein Co., reviving a deal that just days before seemed to be dead, despite the high-profile intervention of New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
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