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Spanish Steel Co. Tubos Reunidos Gets Ch. 15 Recognition    Law360 Read full article

National Christmas retailer files for bankruptcy before start of holiday season    thv11.com Read full article

Over 300 Wendy’s Locations in Jeopardy as Major Franchisee Files for Bankruptcy    complex.com Read full article

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Wendy’s Franchisee with Over 300 Locations Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Here’s How It Will Impact Restaurants    People.com Read full article

Judge OKs Up To $3.2M In BioExcel Employee Ch. 11 Bonuses    Law360 Read full article

Large Wendy's franchisee files for bankruptcy, cites record beef prices    USA Today Read full article

Weekly Bankruptcy Alert September 21, 2026 (For the Week Ending Sep Read full article

Operator of 314 US Wendy's locations files for bankruptcy protection    bozemandailychronicle.com Read full article

Yardbird files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy    Nation’s Restaurant News Read full article

Ever since Stern v. Marshall , bankruptcy lawyers are frequently asked to consent to entry of final orders by the Bankruptcy Court. I routinely agree to consent because the Bankruptcy Court is a familiar forum and the judges are a known quantity. Occasionally I will say no for strategic reasons. Read full article

 A recent Fifth Circuit opinion brought back memories of a case I was involved with as a young lawyer. The lesson to be learned is that debtors are required to appear for a hearing on a complaint objecting to discharge regardless of whether they have been subpoenaed. Fed.R.Bankr.P. 4002(a)(2) Read full article

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A motion to lift the automatic stay to allow a tort claimant to proceed against the debtor's insurance coverage is one of the simpler pleadings to file in bankruptcy. Because insurance involves a third party's obligation to defend a suit or pay claims, property of the estate is not implicated. Read full article

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 The Fifth Circuit has long applied judicial estoppel aggressively when a debtor fails to list a cause of action. It once held (in a panel opinion overruled by the en banc court) that a trustee was bound by a debtor's failure to disclose assets. Reed v. City of Arlington , 620 F.3d 477 (5th Cir. Read full article

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