By Justin Henry | April 28, 2022
A Chapter 7 trustee's claims accusing a Chicago partner of practicing law in California without a license and the firm of breaching its fiduciary duty advanced, but the California bankruptcy judge dismissed a claim of professional negligence without prejudice.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 19, 2022
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell, who previously rejected a similar request back in November, shut down the objections of litigation funders Stillwell Madison, California Attorney Lending II and Virage SPV 1 LLC, all of whom are potential targets of the trustee's investigation.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 2, 2022
Three lenders filed objections to Girardi Keese trustee Elissa Miller's request to expand the role of special counsel Larry Gabriel to investigate whether the firm's lenders knew about Tom Girardi's fraud.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 3, 2022
In three amicus briefs granted Thursday, law professors specializing in bankruptcy, constitutional law and complex litigation—including University of California Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky—supported dismissal of the Chapter 11 case involving thousands of talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson.
By Jessie Yount | January 27, 2022
Cecchi Gori Pictures, an Italian production studio behind Il Postino, 300 and Se7en, filed for bankruptcy in 2016.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 21, 2021
Lawyers for talc claimants have moved to dismiss the Chapter 11 case, filed by LTL Management, a newly created subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, to resolve more than 38,000 lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder products cause ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.
By Meghann M. Cuniff | December 6, 2021
The adversary action against Avenatti's ex-law partner is among approximately two dozen filed by the trustee for the bankrupt law firm.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 16, 2021
At a brief hearing on Tuesday, a bankruptcy judge allowed Chicago-based Edelson PC to pursue its embezzlement lawsuit against Erika Girardi, the estranged wife of Tom Girardi.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 11, 2021
The trustee replaced Richards, a Beverly Hills attorney, two days after he was accused of conducting a "bizarre shakedown" to make way for a settlement with Tom Girardi's estranged wife, Erika Girardi.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 10, 2021
A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ordered that all talcum powder lawsuits be stayed for 60 days, pending transfer of the Chapter 11 filing of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management from North Carolina to New Jersey.
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