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Meet The Attys In Machine Dealer GT Mid Atlantic's Ch. 11
Groff Tractor Mid Atlantic, a construction equipment dealership operator, is seeking Chapter 11 protection in Texas, estimating between $100 million to $500 million in liabilities. Guiding the private equity-owned group through bankruptcy are two attorneys with Forth Worth-based Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP.
What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week
Village Roadshow's third proposed sale will go before a judge. A bankruptcy court will consider confirming Heritage Coal's liquidation plan. And a CVS Health subsidiary will seek final approval of its bankruptcy financing.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Ninth Circuit supported a man's bid to protect an Arizona property and his RV from his Chapter 7 trustee, a bankrupt vaccine maker struck a deal with the federal government to allow an asset sale hearing so long as government property is not affected, and a New Jersey federal judge stood by his ruling in a copyright suit between an attorney's film company and Netflix. Here are some of the bankruptcy-related stories you might have missed in the last week.
Meet The Attys In Machine Dealer GT Mid Atlantic's Ch. 11
Groff Tractor Mid Atlantic, a construction equipment dealership operator, is seeking Chapter 11 protection in Texas, estimating between $100 million to $500 million in liabilities. Guiding the private equity-owned group through bankruptcy are two attorneys with Forth Worth-based Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP.
What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week
Village Roadshow's third proposed sale will go before a judge. A bankruptcy court will consider confirming Heritage Coal's liquidation plan. And a CVS Health subsidiary will seek final approval of its bankruptcy financing.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Ninth Circuit supported a man's bid to protect an Arizona property and his RV from his Chapter 7 trustee, a bankrupt vaccine maker struck a deal with the federal government to allow an asset sale hearing so long as government property is not affected, and a New Jersey federal judge stood by his ruling in a copyright suit between an attorney's film company and Netflix. Here are some of the bankruptcy-related stories you might have missed in the last week.
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A New York bankruptcy judge disqualified Reed Smith LLP from continued work in the Chapter 11 case of reorganized oil and gas shipping company Eletson Holdings on Thursday, saying the law firm's clients no longer exist.
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