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Character.ai Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Names Disney $20 Million Stalking Horse Bidder    citybiz Read full article

Character.AI Bankruptcy: Disney Bids $20M for IP [2026]    https://tech-insider.org/ Read full article

Disney Circles Character.ai as Chatbot Company Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy    The Hollywood Reporter Read full article

Getty Images to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in deal to go private following failed Shutterstock merger    Adgully.com Read full article

Character.AI files for bankruptcy; Disney bids $20M for assets    Dealroom Read full article

Westbrook pickleball club to remain open amid bankruptcy    WGME Read full article

airBaltic grows in passengers and ACMI, but fuel costs send its losses soaring amid Chapter 11 proceedings    Read full article

Austin gun-rights advocate Michael Cargill gets 'one more chance' in bankruptcy case    Austin American-Statesman Read full article

Character.AI Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Lines Up $20 Million Disney Bid    Technology Org Read full article

The pool supply chain you've probably visited just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy    Yahoo Read full article

It is not very hard to plead cases under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. However, some rules are honored more in the breach. Take Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2) which requires a "short and plain statement of the claim." A short and plain statement makes it easier to draft a responsive answer without 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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