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By Thomas R. Califano , Rachel Nanes and Daniel G. Egan Over the last several years, a wide range of healthcare companies, among them hospitals, home health agencies and continuing care facilities, have faced financial distress as a result of declining...

Earlier this year the ABA ESI in Bankruptcy Working Group issued interim guidelines on the "scope and timing" of a party's obligation to preserve ESI in bankruptcy cases. The group comprises both sitting and former judges, bankruptcy and...

James M. Lawniczak considers a Ninth Circuit appellate panel decision allowing separate classification of a lender's unsecured deficiency claim in a chapter 11 plan. The decision is part of the continuing conflict between single asset real estate...

Austin prides itself on being the Live Music Capital of the World. While many musicians travel to Austin with stars in their eyes, the reality is that it is difficult to earn a living in the music business, either as an artist or an independent record...

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) The law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 28 in New York, listing between $100 million and $500 million in liabilities ( In re: Dewey & LeBoeuf , No. 12-12321, Chapter 11, S.D. N.Y. Bkcy....

Distressed M&A is the "new normal" in Chapter 11 cases, as noted here and elsewhere . Two large media marketing and advertising companies, SuperMedia and Dex One , took the "new normal" to new extremes last week by filing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Apr. 30 denied certiorari to a class of shareholders in bankrupt Idearc Inc. who had objected to the confirmation of Idearc's Chapter 11 reorganization plan on grounds that its approval...

This is a recording of a LexisNexis-hosted webinar -- "Chapter 11 Reorganization: Hot Topics and Industry Perspectives" -- that was conducted in October 2010. The webinar panel included several members of the authoritative team behind the latest...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 denied a bid for certiorari by Pfizer Inc. of a ruling removing the protection for Pfizer of a bankruptcy injunction barring asbestos personal injury claims entered in the case of...

As I noted three years ago in my " What's Bothering Ruthie ? " post on Justice Ginsburg's one-liner that stopped the Chrysler sale dead in its tracks, today's Supreme Court oral argument in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated...

In this Emerging Issues commentary, Michael J. Edelman and Douglas J. Lipke discuss practice tips to help attorneys who are representing airline-debtors. The goal is to form strategies that maximize aircraft financing savings in a reorganization under...

WILMINGTON, Del. -- (Mealey's) Former joint compound producer Bondex International Inc. and its related holding company Specialty Products Holding Corp. face an estimated $1.16 billion in pending and future asbestos personal injury claims, about...

In this Emerging Issues commentary, Adam C. Rogoff discusses the new health care provisions in the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. Some of the regulations concern patient record disposal, patient transfers to other health...

Law360, Chicago (June 11, 2013, 1:41 PM ET) -- The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog arm on Tuesday released its long-awaited new framework for scrutinizing attorneys' fees in large Chapter 11 cases, hoping to boost transparency...

Fisker Automotive’s chapter 11 case began in what has become a depressingly familiar fashion – a fast-tracked sale to a secured lender. However, two rulings by Judge Kevin Gross of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware have...