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Brazilian antitrust clears sale of Oi fixed telephony unit    Telecompaper Read full article

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AirBaltic files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as Iran war costs bite    Reuters Read full article

airBaltic Initiates Chapter 11 Financial Reorganisation; Flights and Customer Services to Continue    Breaking Travel News Read full article

AirBaltic files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York    WTVB Read full article

AirBaltic files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York By Reuters    Investing.com Read full article

Distressed Marmalade Cafe Files for Chapter 11    Los Angeles Business Journal Read full article

Latvian government reports airBaltic Chapter 11 proceedings in US court    UA.NEWS Read full article

Air Baltic Files for Chapter 11 to Help Restructure Debts    bloomberg.com Read full article

Dublin flights continue 'as scheduled' as Air Baltic files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection    Irish Examiner 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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