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'Things Have Changed.' Bankruptcy Judge Approves Girardi Keese Trustee's Lender Probe.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell, who previously rejected a similar request back in November, shut down the objections of litigation funders Stillwell Madison, California Attorney Lending II and Virage SPV 1 LLC, all of whom are potential targets of the trustee's investigation.
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New Jersey Law Journal

'Chutzpah Comes to Mind': Court Disgorges Attorney Fee, Citing Lawyer's Misconduct

"The word 'chutzpah' comes to mind. [The attorney's] repeated violations of the bankruptcy rules and the code, along with counsel's lack of candor, more than justified entry of the fee order," Judge Kent Jordan wrote.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'Alex Jones Is Just Delaying the Inevitable,' Attorney Says, as InfoWars Files for Bankruptcy

"Alex Jones is just delaying the inevitable: a public trial in which he will be held accountable for his profit-driven campaign of lies against the Sandy Hook families who have brought this lawsuit," said attorney Christopher Mattei of Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder.
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Supreme Court Brief

Two First-Timers At the Lectern | Violating the Bankruptcy Clause | Roberts Loses 'Control'

Good morning and welcome to Supreme Court Brief. April arguments signal the approaching end of the Supreme Court term, as well as the justices' busiest…
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Delaware Law Weekly

Efficiency, Releases, Justice Top Concerns in Boy Scout Closing Arguments

During six days of closing arguments, attorneys went through the bankruptcy plan with a fine-tooth comb before U.S. District Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of the District of Delaware, who pushed all sides for answers on how far her decision will extend into administration of the plan.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Bankruptcy Judge Greenlights Proposed Talc Class Action

Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan on Wednesday granted a motion declaring that the automatic stay of 38,000 talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson did not apply to a proposed class action.
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Daily Business Review

Combining Backgrounds in Bankruptcy and Gov Relations, New Law Firm Targets Latin American Clients and 'Cancel Culture'

Lawyers from Genovese Joblove and Nelson Mullins are among the co-founders of Continential PLLC, a law firm that focuses on bankruptcy and commercial litigation in Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as government relations work for international family offices and domestic "center-right" clients.
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The Legal Intelligencer

US Judge Denies Dismissal of Claims Using 'Enterprise Theory' of Corporate Veil Piercing

A federal judge's decision to allow the plaintiff to go after companies owned by the shareholders marks an early application of the "enterprise theory" of veil piercing that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court established in July 2021.
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Law.com

Girardi Litigation Funder Calls Edelson's Latest Accusations 'Truly Offensive'

A lawyer for California Attorney Lending II, a Buffalo, New York-based litigation lender named by Edelson in a draft complaint that says Girardi Keese was a "criminal enterprise," called the new accusations "truly offensive" and a "smear campaign."
6 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance Leads as Russia's Sberbank Faces UK Collapse

The firm is acting as advisers to the special administrators to Sberbank in the UK, which has fallen into difficulty following sanctions.
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