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New York Law Journal

Weil Gotshal Picks Up Paul Weiss Restructuring Partner

Jeffrey Saferstein, the longtime outside counsel to Apollo Global Management, is joining Weil's restructuring practice in New York, the firm announced on Monday.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Bast Amron Expands Insolvency Litigation Bench With Hunton Andrews Kurth Lateral

Dain de Souza joined Bast Amron as a partner this week after associate stints at Hunton and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Puerto Rico Exits Bankruptcy After Grueling Debt Negotiation

Puerto Rico accumulated more than $70 billion in public debt and more than $50 billion in public pension liabilities through decades of corruption, mismanagement and excessive borrowing.
4 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Stakeholders Plentiful in Confirmation Hearing for Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan

Some parties that have litigation claims not related to sexual abuse say they'd be shortchanged by the plan, including the Girl Scouts of America, which claimed the proportion it would receive of damages from its trademark litigation against the Boy Scouts was smaller than that of other litigants'.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bankruptcy Court Remains Open as a Venue to Resolve Mass Tort Litigation

History has shown that some companies choose to litigate each claim on a case-by-case basis hoping that its insurance does not run out, while others attempt to negotiate mass settlements utilizing insurance as well as company assets to strike a deal.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fort Lauderdale Attorney's Proposed Law Clears Florida Legislature, Goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis' Desk

A bankruptcy trustee and a judge told Chad Van Horn that if he thought it was unfair for a creditor to take his client's vehicle, then he should write his congressman to fix the law. And that's what Van Horn did.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Pashman Stein Launches Bankruptcy Practice With Big Law Alum Seeking 'Different Product Offering'

Chairing the new practice at Hackensack-based Pashman Stein Walder Hayden is John Weiss, a longtime partner at the New York office of Alston & Bird.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Proposed Settlement With Purdue Pharma Heads to Bankruptcy Court Judge for Approval

Attorney General William Tong's office said it expects a decision on the proposed settlement by Thursday.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

5th Circuit Rebukes Lawyer's Complaint Against a Federal Judge

The unnamed lawyer accused the U.S. bankruptcy judge of "berating" him, but the judicial council said the attorney's complaint didn't put the judge's remarks and rulings in context.
4 minute read

Law.com

Lessons Learned (So Far) During My First Year as an Adjunct Law Professor

For anyone worried about the future of the legal profession, my early impression is that it will be in really good hands.
6 minute read

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