By Ellen Bardash | October 5, 2022
Personal care wholesaler High Ridge Brands is seeking to disqualify Debevoise & Plimpton as opposing counsel in a bankruptcy case, alleging at least nine Debevoise attorneys worked with High Ridge on the same 2017 transaction that ultimately resulted in the suit.
By Phillip Bantz | October 5, 2022
Seven attorneys general and a bankruptcy trustee say Endo pre-paid bonuses to "escape accountability and enrich its executives" before filing for Chapter 11. The company faces thousands of suits related to the opioid crisis.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barbara M. Goodstein | October 5, 2022
What exactly is "search logic"? And, even more importantly, what does it mean if a particular jurisdiction does not have any?
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | October 4, 2022
The fall of cryptocurrency prices over the course of 2022 has already pushed major industry players to bankruptcy. Litigation funders are already buying claims and helping practitioners fund actions against fraudsters.
By Adolfo Pesquera | October 3, 2022
"For more than two years, Baker helped a series of corporate executives carry out blatant insurance fraud." - Liquidating Trustee of the Alliance Health Liquidating Trust.
By Timothy W. Burns, Jesse J. Bair and Brian P. Cawley | September 30, 2022
Stipulated judgments coupled with assignments of insurance rights can shorten the bankruptcy process and offer policyholders and underlying claimants relief from the burdensome and time-consuming process of litigating underlying liability.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. and Elisa Hyder | September 29, 2022
Because the debtor's objective was solely to recover title to the property in order to preserve her homestead exemption, and because the relief the debtor sought was not limited to the value of her exemption, the Nealy court held that the debtor could not pursue her requested relief.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Lawrence J. Kotler | September 28, 2022
Recently, in RC JRV Trust v. Barnes & Thornburg (In re JRV Group USA), No. 19-11095 (KBO), 2022 WL 3646288, at *1 (D. Del. Aug. 24, 2022), the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted, in part, a motion for leave to appeal an interlocutory order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware filed by the defendant, Barnes & Thornburg.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Charles M. Tatelbaum and Corey D. Cohen | September 22, 2022
The decision, in essence, takes an hourly fee arrangement between the trustee and the trustee's attorneys and adds a results-based contingency to the approval of any fee payment authorization by the bankruptcy court.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 21, 2022
Among the top sellers of Wednesday's auction of Girardi's personal belongings were multiple Persian rugs, numerous pieces of giltwood furniture and Italian and bronze sculpture, particularly by American artist Glenna Maxey Goodacre.
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