Cases of Interest

Puerto Rico Teachers Association negotiates educators' pensions - Caribbean Business

06/04/19

Puerto Rico Teachers Association negotiates educators' pensions  Caribbean Business

By María Miranda on June 4, 2019. ShareTweetShareShareShareShare. Elba Aponte, Myrna Ortiz, Aida Díaz, Grichelle Toledo and Sara Bonilla (Courtesy) ...

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Steve Case Backs $4.7M Seed Round for Blockchain Database Startup Fluree - CoinDesk

06/04/19

Steve Case Backs $4.7M Seed Round for Blockchain Database Startup Fluree  CoinDesk

Blockchain startup Fluree, a Public Benefit Corporation, received a $4.7 million round of funding from 4490 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund, along ...

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Billing fraud allegations connect cast of characters - Fulton Sun

06/04/19

Billing fraud allegations connect cast of characters  Fulton Sun

It was CBS News that turned Miami businessman Jorge Perez and Sunrise personal injury attorney Aaron Durall into poster boys for alleged billing fraud ...

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Magnetek Says Travelers Must Defend It In PCB Suits - Law360

06/04/19

Magnetek Says Travelers Must Defend It In PCB Suits  Law360

Law360 (June 4, 2019, 5:23 PM EDT) -- Magnetek Inc. said Travelers Indemnity Co. can't rid itself of its obligation to defend it in a slew of lawsuits over ...

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Accusers nearing settlement in Harvey Weinstein ‘sex trafficking’ case, attorneys say - Page Six

06/04/19

Accusers nearing settlement in Harvey Weinstein ‘sex trafficking’ case, attorneys say  Page Six

Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein’s former film studio and for a group of women who say the disgraced film producer sexually assaulted them told a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday that a settlement agreement with the lecherous producer’s accusers is “imminent.” News that Weinstein, his accusers, board members from

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Escrow Accounts and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Inherent Problems with Form B410A - JD Supra

06/04/19

Escrow Accounts and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Inherent Problems with Form B410A  JD Supra

The intersection of Chapter 13 bankruptcy and escrow accounts is complicated and confusing. Since 2011, various bankruptcy rule and form changes have ...

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Steinmetz's BSGR Bankruptcy Fends Off Vale's $2 Billion Award - Bloomberg

06/04/19

Steinmetz's BSGR Bankruptcy Fends Off Vale's $2 Billion Award  Bloomberg

Billionaire Beny Steinmetz’s mining company sought bankruptcy protection in the U.S., two months after losing a $2 billion arbitration award to Brazilian mining giant Vale SA. The court filing by BSG Resources Ltd.

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€18m awarded in US to Seán Dunne's bankruptcy trustee - RTE.ie

06/04/19

€18m awarded in US to Seán Dunne's bankruptcy trustee  RTE.ie

The jury in the Seán Dunne civil trial in the United States has made a multi-million euro award to his bankruptcy trustee.

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Client Alert: Supreme Court Holds Bankruptcy Cannot Nullify License Agreement - JD Supra

06/04/19

Client Alert: Supreme Court Holds Bankruptcy Cannot Nullify License Agreement  JD Supra

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC clarifies that a bankruptcy debtor cannot unilaterally revoke its ...

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Mission Product: Trademarks? Yes. Mootness? No - Lexology

06/04/19

Mission Product: Trademarks? Yes. Mootness? No  Lexology

In Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), the Supreme Court held that a debtor's rejection of a trademark license does not ...

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