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  • In re Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Aprile Sawczuk, Steven Yachik, Goldstein & McClintock LLP, Chicago, IL; Steven Louis-Prescott, Hamre, Rodriguez Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., Denver, CO; Matthew D. Skeen, Jr., Skeen & Skeen, P.C., Denver, CO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Marc R. Abrams, Richard W. Riley, Stephen B. Gerald, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLC, Wilmington, DE; Christopher Marcus, P.C., Allyson Smith Weinhouse, Ciara Foster, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; Anna Rotman, P.C.m Kenneth Young, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX for reorganized debtors.
    Case Number: D69564

    Bankruptcy court granted a motion to dismiss an adversary proceeding for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, because royalty claimants failed to exhaust their administrative remedies under state law.

  • In re Maxus Energy Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam G. Landis, Matthew B. McGuire, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE; Victor L. Hou, Ari E. MacKinnon, Cleary Gottleib Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY for YPF defendants.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Christopher Shore, Matthew L. Nichol-son, White & Case LLP, New York, NY for liquidating trust.
    Case Number: D69369

    Bankruptcy court denied a motion to disqualify the firm that served as lead counsel for a liquidating trust, because the firm had implemented a screen with respect to an attorney who had joined the firm.