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Pool Supply Co. Leslie's Plans Jan. Exit From Ch. 11

Counsel for bankrupt pool supply company Leslie's told a Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday that it is aiming to exit bankruptcy by early January, in time to get ready for another pool season.

LIV Golf Vendors, Rival Tapped For Creditors Committee

A U.K.-based competing golf league, sports technology firms and media companies make up the seven-member group that will represent unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of LIV Golf Inc.

Ambiguous Bond Terms Net FDIC Win In SVB Coverage Fight

Two insurers must provide coverage to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as receiver for Silicon Valley Bank, for the bank's claim for losses from a $73 million fraud scheme, a North Carolina federal judge r... (more story)

Brazilian Builder Seeks US Recognition For $555M Reorg

Brazilian construction conglomerate Andrade Gutierrez Engenharia is asking a New York bankruptcy judge for U.S. recognition of a recently approved plan to restructure nearly $555 million in debt issued during ... (more story)

Archer & Greiner Names Bankruptcy Atty To Lead Del. Office

Archer & Greiner PC has a new leader for its Delaware office, as a partner who handles business reorganization and restructuring matters takes over as the firm's managing partner in Wilmington on Thursday.

Trump Announces Judicial Noms For 5th Circ., NC

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he's nominating Todd Butler, a managing partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP, to serve as a judge on the Fifth Circuit. 

Barretts Talc Claimants Urge 5th Circ. To Halt 'Unlawful' Trial

Talc claimants in Barretts Minerals Inc.'s bankruptcy have urged the Fifth Circuit to stop a planned trial in Texas federal district court on whether talc sold by Barretts contained cancer-causing asbestos, sa... (more story)

Blank Rome Seeks Time To Exit LIV Golf's Fla. Office

Blank Rome LLP on Wednesday filed a limited objection to LIV Golf's motion to reject its sublease at an office building in West Palm Beach, Florida, saying it didn't receive any advance notice and would like u... (more story)

Crypto Analysis Biz Escapes Most Claims In Fraud Row

A New York federal judge has cut down the majority of claims that defunct cryptocurrency platform Celsius Network LLC's litigation agent brought against blockchain analysis company Chainalysis Inc., leaving on... (more story)

Spirit Airlines' Settlement With Lufthansa Unit Gets OK

A New York bankruptcy judge signed off Wednesday on a deal between Spirit Airlines and a unit of Lufthansa Group, ending disputes over aircraft parts, a Spirit-owned engine and a tariff payment made by the debtor.

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Judge Rebuffs Camp Mystic Committee's Discovery Requests

A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday blocked most of the bids for discovery brought by Camp Mystic's unsecured creditors committee, saying the primary purpose of records sought from the summer camp and its owners... (more story)

Yasiel Puig's Chapter 11 Case Reinstated After Filing Snag

A Florida bankruptcy judge reinstated former Major League Baseball player Yasiel Puig Valdes' Chapter 11 case after he and his attorney said they ran into technical difficulties when filing required case documents.

Galindo Law Gets $7.5M Ch. 11 Deal To Pay Explosion Victims

A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday approved a $7.5 million settlement between mass tort firm Galindo Law Firm and the trust overseeing claims from victims of a chemical plant explosion.

Kirkland Tapped To Replace HSF Kramer In Power Plant Ch. 11

West Virginia coal plant Omnis Pleasants LLC has hired Kirkland & Ellis LLP in its contentious Delaware Chapter 11 after Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP's previous work for key creditors disqualified it as debtors counsel.

Parler Ex-CEO Makes Final Trial Pitch For $100M Damages

The former CEO of social media site Parler made his final argument Wednesday that he was wrongly stripped of a stake worth up to $100 million, with his lawyer telling a Nevada jury a valuation finding the enti... (more story)

23andMe Beats Calif.'s Bankruptcy Sale Privacy Challenge

A Missouri federal judge on Tuesday denied California's bid to undo the $305 million bankruptcy sale of 23andMe over concerns that the sale sidestepped state consumer data protections, ruling that the state la... (more story)

Mass. Hospital Says It Can't Arbitrate Union's Pay Claims

A Massachusetts hospital asked a federal court to declare that a Service Employees International Union local cannot arbitrate its class action grievance alleging the hospital failed to correct violations of a ... (more story)

Cigna, Fla. Atty Resolve $21M Claim In Ch. 7 Case

A Florida federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a settlement between a lawyer and Cigna in a Chapter 7 lawsuit, resolving a $21 million claim the health insurer once disputed as nondischargeable for o... (more story)

SiFi Networks Wins OK For Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan

Telecommunications company SiFi Networks America LLC on Wednesday received confirmation from a Delaware bankruptcy judge of its Chapter 11 liquidation plan, which the creditors committee backed and didn't rece... (more story)

DOJ Says Trump Name Is Key To Kennedy Center Survival

The U.S. Department of Justice told the D.C. Circuit the Kennedy Center's donors will flee if his name isn't put back on the building, arguing in its opening brief to the appeals court that the institution fac... (more story)

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AI Meeting Recaps Pose New Discovery And Privilege Risks

The New York City Bar Association’s recent ethics opinion, cautioning attorneys not to record nonclient conversati... (more story)

Playing Bid Whist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

As a child, I viewed bid whist as a family tradition and a source of friendly card game competition, but as a lawy... (more story)

Calif. Bill Goes Too Far In Trying To Regulate Attorney AI Use

California’s first-in-the-nation act regulating how attorneys and arbitrators use generative artificial intelligen... (more story)