The signs that the economy is improving are notwithstanding, the number and the size of large corporate bankruptcies has the possibility to be double in this new year. It has…
The law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP announced recently that Erika L. Morabito rejoined the firm’s Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office.…
In a statement released in Am Law Daily, the Howrey law firm’s lead bankruptcy counsel, H. Jason Gold, has said that the firm is seeking to convert to a voluntary…
Honolulu law firm Lynch Ichida Thompson & Hirota has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and saw all but one of its attorneys leave the firm this week. The general…
In the wake of chemical giant LyondellBasell filing for Chaptel 11, several top firms in the United States and the United Kingdom find themselves involved. Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has…
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Cary has ruled that lawyers for the Tribune Company’s bankruptcy case cannot charge hourly fees that exceed four figures. Lawyers from Sidley Austin LLP, who is…
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig has added Nathan A. Haynes to its New York office as a shareholder in the Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy Practice group. Prior to joining…
Another ex-Cadawalderer has landed a new gig: Bruce Zirinsky, the New York firm’s long-time financial restructuring group head, has joined Greenberg Traurig’s Big Apple office, along with long-time colleague John Bae. Zirinsky joins as co-chairman…
What’s left of San Francisco’s Heller Ehrman, which dissolved in November, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Former Heller partner Peter Benvenutti said the firm filed not because it is out…
From Financial Week: The counter-cyclical practices of bankruptcy lawyers are thriving amid the worst business collapse since the Great Depression. Their firms are buried in an avalanche of Chapter 11…
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