Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision of Judge Bruce Black of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois in the In re River Road Hotel Partners, LLC et al. chapter 11 cases. The decision which was the subject of the appeal denied approval of the debtors’ proposed bid [...]

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court decision (which had, in turn, affirmed a bankruptcy court decision) sustaining the debtors’ (Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. et al.) objections to the appellants’ (IRT Partners, L.P. and Equity One, Inc.) attempt to amend their claims post-confirmation of the debtors’ plan of reorganization. The claims arose in [...]

The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors has asked the bankruptcy court to force Signature Styles/Spiegel/Newport News/Shape Fx to honor gift cards, merchandise credits and other customer programs, as well as to actively participate in the sale process.  To learn more about the Committee’s request, please visit our newest article on this case: Signature Styles (Spiegel, [...]

The United States Trustee filed a bankruptcy court notice last Wednesday in the HearUSA, Inc. chapter 11 case.  In the notice, the U.S. Trustee disclosed that it has appointed an Official Committee of Equity Security Holders in the bankruptcy cases.  The members include two individual investors and three institutions: Arcadia Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.; Sherleigh Associates Inc., [...]

When Texas Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, who represents the 15th District which goes from McAllen at the Mexican border through Corpus Christi and up to Victoria, voted for the bankruptcy reform bill BAPCPA in 2005, little did he know that he would be subject to its provisions himself. Congressman Hinojosa whose family business has a loan [...]