Filings

Bankruptcy Courts' Turf War With FERC Escalates - Law360

08/28/19

Bankruptcy Courts' Turf War With FERC Escalates  Law360

Recent Chapter 11 filings by Pacific Gas & Electric and FirstEnergy Solutions have reignited debate over whether U.S. bankruptcy courts can reject contracts ...

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Bankruptcy Courts' Turf War With FERC Escalates - Law360

08/28/19

Bankruptcy Courts' Turf War With FERC Escalates  Law360

Recent Chapter 11 filings by Pacific Gas & Electric and FirstEnergy Solutions have reignited debate over whether U.S. bankruptcy courts can reject contracts ...

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Bernie Sanders overstating medical debt-bankruptcy link, newspaper analysis finds - Becker's Hospital Review

08/28/19

Bernie Sanders overstating medical debt-bankruptcy link, newspaper analysis finds  Becker's Hospital Review

A Washington Post fact checker analysis has found flaws in a claim by Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders regarding the number of Americans who go bankrupt ...

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Michigan farmers brace for new Chinese tariffs as trade war rolls on - MLive.com

08/28/19

Michigan farmers brace for new Chinese tariffs as trade war rolls on  MLive.com

Escalating tariffs imposed on Michigan agricultural exports to China have been “devastating” for family farms across the state, said Kathy Maurer with the ...

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New Legislation Likely To Spur Increase In Bankruptcy Filings - JD Supra

08/28/19

New Legislation Likely To Spur Increase In Bankruptcy Filings  JD Supra

On August 23, President Trump signed into law two new pieces of legislation—the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019 and the Small Business Reorganization Act ...

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Kirkland Earns $2.6 Million in Fees So Far from Barneys - Bloomberg Big Law Business

08/28/19

Kirkland Earns $2.6 Million in Fees So Far from Barneys  Bloomberg Big Law Business

Kirkland & Ellis has earned more than $2.6 million in fees so far this year as restructuring counsel for Barneys New York, according to new filings in the luxury ...

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EdgeMarc Energy Gets OK For $50M Ohio Asset Sale In Ch. 11 - Law360

08/28/19

EdgeMarc Energy Gets OK For $50M Ohio Asset Sale In Ch. 11  Law360

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave his nod for bankrupt oil and gas producer EdgeMarc Energy to sell its Ohio assets for $50 million to ...

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Weekly Digest: Continue using current Form I-9 - Progressive Dairy

08/28/19

Weekly Digest: Continue using current Form I-9  Progressive Dairy

Digest Highlights Continue using current I-9 Form CoBank: U.S. farmers taking brunt of tariff wars Update: Trump signs Chapter 12 bankruptcy bill raising debt ...

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Sacklers to Remain Billionaire Family If Purdue Settles Opioid Lawsuits - Fortune

08/28/19

Sacklers to Remain Billionaire Family If Purdue Settles Opioid Lawsuits  Fortune

The Sackler family may lose most of their wealth if they settle to resolve lawsuits against them and their Purdue Pharma, but they'll be far from poor.

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Rep. Duncan Hunter has almost depleted his legal expense fund - Roll Call

08/28/19

Rep. Duncan Hunter has almost depleted his legal expense fund  Roll Call

Rep. Duncan Hunter has spent almost all of his money from a legal expense fund, a potentially bleak harbinger leading up to his fast-approaching trial in ...

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