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  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Lex
    US bankruptcies: Houston, we have a solution Premium content

    Last month saw a surge in big cases

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    Lex
    Sacklers/Purdue: judges do not want perfect to be enemy of good Premium content

    A court ruling clears the way for swift payment for those affected by the US opioid crisis

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    US opioid epidemic
    Purdue Pharma allowed to shield Sackler owners from opioid lawsuits

    Appeals court says some liability releases are ‘appropriate’ under US bankruptcy law

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    US credit squeeze triggers rise in corporate bankruptcies

    Chapter 11 filings by indebted companies jump in May, including five during a 24-hour span

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    LexCapital markets
    US bankruptcies: easy capital is a drug that induces myopia Premium content

    In the case of Vice and Envision, running out of cash and bad business models were no bar to raising more money

  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Vice Media Inc
    Vice Media files for bankruptcy protection ahead of sale

    Struggling group agrees to sell to consortium that includes Soros Fund Management and Fortress

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    News in-depthBed Bath & Beyond Inc
    How a rescue turned to regret in Bed Bath & Beyond’s bankruptcy

    Tensions with Sixth Street Partners reveal the knife-edge nature of distressed-debt investing in a weaker economy

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    Airlines
    Indian airline Go First files for bankruptcy blaming US engine maker

    Low-cost carrier claims Pratt & Whitney’s failing engines led to grounding of half its fleet

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    News in-depth
    ‘Tyranny of the majority’: creditor infighting comes to $1.4tn leveraged loan market

    Serta Simmons bankruptcy ruling has opened the door to aggressive new tactics

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    Bed Bath & Beyond Inc
    Bed Bath & Beyond files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    Once popular US home goods retailer failed to keep up with the rise of online shopping

  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    UK consumer credit
    UK lenders report rise in household and company defaults

    Bank of England’s quarterly survey points to squeeze on borrowers caused by increase in interest rates

  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
    LexJohnson & Johnson Co Inc
    Johnson & Johnson: talc settlement shows virtues of Chapter 11 process Premium content

    US bankruptcy may be a tolerable, if imperfect, forum for resolving these cases

  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Johnson & Johnson Co Inc
    Johnson & Johnson proposes $8.9bn talc settlement

    Healthcare company tries to put thousands of lawsuits behind it with latest offer to plaintiffs

  • Monday, 3 April, 2023
    Revlon Inc
    Revlon to leave bankruptcy without longtime owner Ron Perelman

    Judge approves plan to end cosmetics group’s three-year fight with creditors over errant $900mn payment by Citigroup

  • Monday, 3 April, 2023
    Cineworld Group PLC
    Cineworld announces debt restructuring plan

    Chief Mooky Greidinger says agreement is ‘vote of confidence’ in cinema chain

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    Cineworld Group PLC
    Cineworld lenders prepare to oust CEO in management shake-up

    Chain entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year and is currently run by grandson of founder

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Private credit
    Big debt investors dealt blow in mattress maker bankruptcy ruling

    Serta Simmons court decision is milestone in ‘creditor-on-creditor violence’ litigation

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    SVB Financial Group
    SVB Financial clashes with FDIC over fate of $2bn in bankruptcy hearing

    Creditors believe cash under banking regulator’s control could be used to repay them

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    SVB Financial Group
    SVB parent files for bankruptcy after bank collapse

    Company to use court-supervised process to salvage value from surviving units

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    On Wall StreetMark Vandevelde
    Highland court saga tests fact vs fiction

    Dallas judge’s novel that features a financier is raised in court battle

  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    Who drives the restructuring bus?

    Hint: Not the lenders

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    Coronavirus economic impact
    EU bankruptcy filings jump to 8-year high as pandemic aid ends

    Struggling ‘zombie’ companies kept afloat by government support are folding as costs rise

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    Special ReportUK’s Leading Management Consultants
    Restructuring experts gear up as inflation drives insolvencies

    Rising costs and interest rates are fuelling UK company defaults and demand for advice

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    News in-depthCapital markets
    $50bn credit fund caught on both sides of distressed debt dispute

    Angelo Gordon’s positions differ in contested Revlon and Serta Simmons bankruptcies

  • Monday, 13 February, 2023
    UK business & economy
    UK pub closures in 2022 near to highest level in a decade

    More than 500 businesses fold as sector struggles with rising costs and falling demand

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