Mid Cap

  • March 26, 2026

    Senators File Amicus In Bestwall High Court Appeal

    Three U.S. senators are backing the asbestos claimants of Bestwall in their bid to take their challenge of the Georgia-Pacific spinoff's so-called Texas two-step bankruptcy to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the high court must close a loophole the Fourth Circuit has created that allows nonbankrupt corporations to avoid tort liability.

  • March 26, 2026

    Drug Supplier Says InvaTech Pocketed Mistaken Payments

    An Indian pharmaceutical company is accusing bankrupt New Jersey generic-drug developer InvaTech Pharma Solutions of pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars of payments due to the Indian company that it received by mistake.

  • March 26, 2026

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    Investment firm Jump Trading and its co-founder moved for dismissal of a lawsuit from the administrator for bankrupt cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs. A New Mexico industrial building owner is appealing a New York bankruptcy judge's approval of a disclosure statement from a secured creditor. And the new owner of fundraising technology company Flipcause sought to reassure nonprofits that it would run the platform differently than its previous operator.

  • March 26, 2026

    Creditors, US Trustee Protest Jones Day In Vanderbilt Case

    The U.S. Trustee's Office and a group of creditors have urged a New York bankruptcy judge to reject mining company Vanderbilt Minerals' bid to retain Jones Day as counsel, arguing the law firm is conflicted because it represented the debtor's parent company prior to Vanderbilt's Chapter 11 case.

  • March 26, 2026

    BlockFills Gets Ch. 11 Stay Of Crypto Suit Targeting 3 Execs

    Cryptocurrency firm BlockFills secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's permission Thursday to temporarily block a lawsuit from creditors alleging the company and three current and former executives failed to properly manage customer assets.

  • March 26, 2026

    Bonds Ellis Adds Michael Best Bankruptcy Litigator In Texas

    Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP has added a former Michael Best & Friedrich LLP attorney with deep experience in bankruptcy, restructuring and complex civil litigation as a partner in Fort Worth.

  • March 26, 2026

    Cannabis Co. Gets Stay Protection For US Subsidiaries

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday stayed actions against the U.S. subsidiaries of Cannabist Company Holdings as the bankrupt Canadian company moves to sell its assets or wind them down.

  • March 25, 2026

    EV Co. Investors Get Final OK Of $13.3M Deal, Atty Fees

    Investors in bankrupt electric vehicle company Arrival have gotten final approval for their nearly $13.3 million deal ending claims the company touted a purportedly profitable business plan as it went public via merger with a special purpose acquisition company only to scale back its projections within a year of the merger announcement.

  • March 25, 2026

    Woman Deserves Relief From Tax Prep Fraud, Justices Told

    Two taxpayer groups and a tax counsel association urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a woman's appeal over liabilities triggered by a fraudulent preparer, arguing the Third Circuit decision in the case misread the fraud exception in the tax assessment statute.

  • March 25, 2026

    Ex-Nikola CEOs Can't Get Bankruptcy Pause For Investor Suit

    Former CEOs of bankrupt electric-truck maker Nikola Corp. can't hit pause on proposed investor class action claims they face while related claims against the company are stayed amid its bankruptcy proceedings, an Arizona federal judge has determined.

  • March 25, 2026

    Meet The Attys In Biotech Biz Finch's Ch. 11

    A team of attorneys from Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP is steering the Chapter 11 case of Finch Therapeutics, a company that develops treatments to improve the health of the body's microbiome.

  • March 25, 2026

    Fecal Treatment Co. Says Ch. 11 Is Best Option To Sell Assets

    Microbiome treatment developer Finch Therapeutics told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday that its lack of income or ability to collect on a patent judgment justified its Chapter 11 filing despite a lack of secured debts.

  • March 25, 2026

    Ice Miller Grows In Delaware With 5-Atty Bankruptcy Team

    Ice Miller LLP announced Wednesday that it hired a five-attorney bankruptcy and restructuring team from Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP to help expand its recently opened office in Wilmington, Delaware.

  • March 25, 2026

    Ashurst Adds 4 Ex-Bracewell Partners To Finance Practice

    Ashurst LLP has announced the addition of a four-partner team in New York to expand its finance and restructuring capacities ahead of a proposed merger with Perkins Coie LLP.

  • March 25, 2026

    Bankruptcy Financing Becomes New Front For Lender Battles

    Lender-on-lender brawling that normally occurs out of court is increasingly unfolding in the Chapter 11 financing arena, forcing bankruptcy judges to reckon with in-court deals that use aggressive liability management tactics to promote certain investors over others.

  • March 25, 2026

    Alaskan Airline Gets OK For $20M Asset Sale In Ch. 11

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday said he would approve Alaska-based airline operator Float Alaska's request for permission to sell aircraft, spare parts and an affiliate for more than $20 million.

  • March 25, 2026

    Cannabis Co. Seeks Ch. 15 As It Eyes Sales Of US Business

    The foreign representative for Cannabist Company Holdings Inc., a purveyor of cannabis products, asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday to recognize the company's Canadian insolvency in U.S. courts as it seeks to sell operations it is running in the U.S.

  • March 24, 2026

    Ch. 11 Cases Follow Auto Loan Fraud Claims From Stellantis

    Two new Chapter 11 cases have come on the heels of a lawsuit brought by a Stellantis unit, which alleged the debtors committed auto lending fraud by double-pledging collateral and keeping a fake set of books intended to dupe the lender into providing more financing.

  • March 24, 2026

    Judge Pushes Fight Over Gov't Contractor's Ch. 7 To July

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday delayed a fight over the conversion of government contractor Team Systems International's bankruptcy case until July so it can be heard alongside a fraudulent transfer trial, saying he didn't want to consider the conversion issue over multiple hearings.

  • March 24, 2026

    Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action

    The maker of spandex is looking to swap its debt for equity in Chapter 11, a longtime book distributor plans to finish winding down operations while its bankruptcy keeps an automatic stay on litigation, and a microbiome treatment developer wants to sell its assets in bankruptcy.

  • March 24, 2026

    Justices Weigh Change To Estoppel Rule Used In Ch. 13 Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether the Fifth Circuit erred in letting judicial estoppel bar a Chapter 13 debtor from pursuing tort litigation after failing to disclose the claim to a bankruptcy court, weighing whether to apply a holistic test to determine if the debtor's mistake was inadvertent.

  • March 24, 2026

    4th Circ. Affirms False Ads Verdict Against Chinese Pool Co.

    The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a jury verdict finding a Chinese pool parts company liable for falsely advertising its products as made in the USA as part of a larger judgment favoring a North Carolina manufacturer that has since ballooned to over $17 million.

  • March 24, 2026

    Caribbean Resort Seeks OK For Ch. 11 Global Settlement

    A bankrupt resort residence complex on the Caribbean island and British Overseas Territory of Anguilla asked a Delaware judge to approve a settlement with various parties including a family who alleged their child was attacked by a facility employee.

  • March 23, 2026

    4th Circ. Finds Mortgage Docs Didn't Violate Bankruptcy Stay

    The Fourth Circuit has declined to revive a debtor's lawsuit claiming his mortgage servicers violated bankruptcy protections, finding that none of the monthly account statements, payoff statements and tax statements the servicers sent him were related to debt collection. 

  • March 23, 2026

    NY Hotel That Housed Asylum-Seekers Hits Ch. 11

    A hotel north of New York City that had agreed to provide long-term shelter for asylum-seekers, and was subsequently sued by a municipality for doing so, has filed for Chapter 11 protection, listing between $1 million and $10 million worth of assets and liabilities.

Expert Analysis

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • Ch. 11 Ruling Confirms Insurer Standing Requirements

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    A New York bankruptcy court's recent decision in the Syracuse Diocese's Chapter 11 case indicates that insurers have misread the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum and that federal standing requirements remain unaltered, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

  • How Ch. 11 Can Alleviate Merchant Cash Advance Concerns

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    Merchant cash advance funding is one of the biggest challenges for small businesses today because funders are so prevalent, aggressive and expensive, but bankruptcy can provide several tools for dealing with MCA agreements that may allow the debtor business to restructure and survive, says Patricia Fugée at FisherBroyles.

  • 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

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    In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.

  • 8 Lessons Yellow Corp. Layoffs Can Teach Distressed Cos.

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    A Delaware bankruptcy court’s recent decision, examining trucking company Yellow Corp.’s abrupt termination of roughly 25,500 employees, offers financially distressed businesses a road map for navigating layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

  • Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

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