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Daily Business Review

AXS Law Adds Second Partner in Two Months

Aleida Martinez-Molina joined the Wynwood-based firm from Weiss Serota.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former LeClairRyan CLO Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison for Obstructing Probe

Bruce Matson, who pleaded guilty in July and agreed to disbarment last year, will also have to pay a $10,000 fine, according to an order by Judge John Gibney Jr.
2 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'I Strived to Be Someone Who Is Considered a Future Leader,' Says Kelly Neal of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

"Make yourself indispensable and become a natural choice for a future leader."
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

'The Shoe Has to Drop at Some Point': Some Bullish on Bankruptcy Practices Growing

About 82% of respondents said they expected either moderate or high growth in bankruptcy next year.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Meet the Florida Judge Aiding Mediation Talks in Puerto Rico's Bankruptcy Litigation

"People can fight to the death in normal litigation, because they have a lot of money," U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Roberta Colton said. "But in bankruptcy, the resources are very limited."
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

LeClairRyan Founder and Officers Reach $10M Insurance Settlement With Bankruptcy Trustee

The settlement, if approved, will free the former officials at the firm from conspiracy, breach of fiduciary responsibility and trade secrets claims. But other claims are still pending.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys for Gamblers Beware—Bankruptcy May Not Solve Your Clients' Problems

With the increase and proliferation of Native American and other casinos, as well as the advent of internet sports gambling, many of those suffering substantial losses are turning to a bankruptcy filing in order to obtain a "fresh start" by filing a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy proceeding.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Bankruptcy Judge Asked to Find Camden Diocese in Contempt Over Alleged Concealment of $32M

"At best, this failure is the result of novel accounting; at worst, and more likely, the debtor is attempting to shield its assets from creditors while simultaneously failing to abide by this court's cash management order," the creditors' committee said in its contempt motion in the Diocese of Camden Chapter 11 proceedings. "These actions cast doubt on the integrity of this bankruptcy process and warrant immediate remedial action by this court."
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida's Hertz Selling $1.5 Billion Bond to Repay Apollo Preferred Stock

Hertz is in the process of cleaning up its balance sheet after emerging from bankruptcy in June and relisting on Nasdaq earlier this month, where the company raised $1.3 billion.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Bankruptcy Judge Green Lights Embezzlement Suit Against Erika Girardi

At a brief hearing on Tuesday, a bankruptcy judge allowed Chicago-based Edelson PC to pursue its embezzlement lawsuit against Erika Girardi, the estranged wife of Tom Girardi.
4 minute read

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