Prison Healthcare Company Gets Trustee Takeover Approved

An independent bankruptcy trustee was approved to take over embattled prison healthcare business YesCare Corp. to collect funds and pursue potential litigation for creditor recovery.

Former Purdue Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain Moves to M3 Partners

Robert D. Drain, a former judge who oversaw Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy, is departing the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP to join corporate advisory firm M3 Partners LP.

FTX Estate Reaches $165 Million Deal for Korean Fraud Victims

The estate for bankrupt FTX Trading Inc. struck a settlement with a receiver representing the estate of convicted Korean fraudster Junho Bang that would allow nearly $165 million to be distributed to victims of his Ponzi schemes.

Spirit Airlines Taps Hill City Unit for $88 Million Campus Sale

Collapsed low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines selected an affiliate of investment firm Hill City Capital LP as the stalking horse bidder for its campus properties with a proposed $88 million all-cash deal.

Bankrupt Trucker Yellow Sued Over Delayed Data Breach Warning

Former Yellow Corp. workers accused the trucking company of failing to protect sensitive employee data exposed in a cyberattack during its bankruptcy.

Spotlight on Judge David R. Jones

A Star Bankruptcy Judge’s Downfall: Bloomberg Law Investigation

Judge David R. Jones worked for years to make Houston a destination for high-dollar bankruptcy litigation before an intimate relationship with a local attorney, whose firm regularly brought cases before him, led to his disgrace.

A Star Bankruptcy Judge’s Downfall: Bloomberg Law Investigation

Judge David R. Jones worked for years to make Houston a destination for high-dollar bankruptcy litigation before an intimate relationship with a local attorney, whose firm regularly brought cases before him, led to his disgrace.

Texas Two-Step: Jones Day's Tactic to Evade Mass Tort Liability Through Bankruptcy

Through the legal tactic, known as the Texas Two-Step, corporations have been able to use bankruptcy to avoid mass tort liability. In this video we look at how it works, the reasons why plaintiffs' attorneys hate it, the reasons that companies and their lawyers use it, and how courts have ruled on it so far.

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AI’s Wildest Spenders Are Hitting the Accelerator: Chris Bryant

For anyone worried about the gargantuan costs of developing artificial-intelligence infrastructure, it was comforting to think that Big Tech firms could just turn off the spending taps if demand for chatbots and coding tools didn’t pan out. That’s starting to look like wishful thinking.

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