• In re J&M Sales, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Consulting | Transportation
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Dorsey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68928

    Adversary proceeding to recover allegedly wrongfully withheld funds correctly dismissed where an express contract exclusively governed the relationship between plaintiff and debtor and where plaintiff could therefore not seek to hold debtor's agent liable for debtor's failure to perform contractual obligations.

  • In re: Tribune Media Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68912

    Debtors' objection to defamation claims sustained where plaintiff failed to prove by preponderance of the evidence that allegedly defamatory newspaper article contained misstatements or omissions of material facts.

  • In re: FAH Liquidating Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-15
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Gross
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68840

    Terminated employees were entitled to priority treatment of claims where employer had experienced cessation of business during the workforce reduction because it stopped design and manufacture of its products and had laid off the employees necessary to restart product design and production.

  • In re Emerge Energy Serv. LP

    Publication Date: 2020-01-08
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Owens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68833

    Bankruptcy court determined that a plan for reorganization could be approved, but only if a third-party release provision was modified.

  • In re Solutions Liquidation LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-11-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Consulting | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew P. Ward and Ericka F. Johnson, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; David J. Stone, Brager Eagel & Squire, P.C., New York, NY for liquidation trust.
    for defendant: Marc J. Phillips and William R. Firth, III, CKR Law, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants Stienes, Lavenberg, Taylor and Garver. Daniel C. Kerrick and Garvan F. McDaniel, Hogan & McDaniel, Wilmington, DE for defendant Barker.

    Case Number: D68762

    An exculpation clause in a limited liability company agreement did not bar a claim for breach of the duty of care based on gross negligence.

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  • In re Oldapco, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Walrath
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark L. Desgrosseilliers, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lars C. Golumbic, Groom Law Group, Wash-ington, DC for Stout Risius defendants.
    for defendant: Mark Minuti and Monique B. DiSabatino, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig C. Martin, David Jimenez-Ekman, Melissa M. Root and Michael T. Graham, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago, IL for former directors and officers. Carl N. Kunz, III, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Scheier, Brian P. Muething and Jacob Rhode, Keating Mue-thing & Klekamp, Cincinnati, OH for Argent Trust Co. Christine Mackintosh, Vivek Upadhya, R. Alexander Gartman and Gordon Z. Novod, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE and New York, NY for co-trustees of Appvion Liquidating Trust.

    Case Number: D68761

    Bankruptcy court determined that it had subject matter jurisdiction to hear non-core proceedings related to this Chapter 11 matter.

  • In re FAH Liquidating Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Gross
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68706

    The parties' agreement specifically covered issues regarding certain upfront payments, so the litigation trustee was not enti-tled to pursue an action for unjust enrichment.

  • In re: Old BPSUSH Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Accounting | Consumer Products | Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Carey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68618

    Bankruptcy court determined that the work product doctrine did not prevent the liquidation trustee from receiving records relating to a law firm's pre-petition work for debtor's audit committee, except for internal firm documents.

  • In re: Managed Storage Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-01
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Walrath
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Grant Dick, IV and Robert W. Pedigo, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Dennis A. Meloro, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Wilmington, DE, Annapoorni R. Sankaran, Holland & Knight LLP, Houston, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: D68544

    Stipulation between debtor and secured creditor required dismissal of bankruptcy trustee's avoidance action where transfers were made in ordinary course of business and parties would likely have no difficulty in collection at time of stipulation.

  • In re Maxus Energy Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-20
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Dehney, Curtis S. Miller and Daniel B. Butz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert Lemons, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Edward Soto, Miami, FL for Repsol defendants.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Christopher Shore,White & Case LLP, New York, NY for liquidating trustee.

    Case Number: D68497

    Bankruptcy court declined to abstain because neither mandatory abstention nor the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applied to the facts, and permissive abstention would interfere with the creditors' recovery.