AGG’s Restructuring Roundup newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to commercial litigation and bankruptcy. The newsletter is a curation of published articles and news, and contains original content developed by AGG’s Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights, & Financial Restructuring attorneys. |
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March 18, 2024
(Trading View)
Lemma Technologies, a Panamanian firm controlled by an embattled South Korean trader, has backed down from a bankruptcy deal over an FTX distressed asset. According to reports, Lemma refused to continue with the transaction following the skyrocketing value of the asset it acquired after FTX failed.
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March 16, 2024
(MSN.com)
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Now we know better. Hertz, reeling from a bankruptcy and the pandemic, announced plans to buy 100,000 Teslas in late 2021. The splashy move certainly helped Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker, which saw its market cap surge past $1 trillion for the first time.
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March 15, 2024
(Trading View)
A group of creditors of bankrupt crypto lending firm Celsius, which is facing over $3 billion in claims, is complaining of an allegedly 30% or greater reduction of payments versus what they were promised under the original bankruptcy plan. The reduction is allegedly caused by a rule where only 100 Celsius corporate accounts can receive distributions through the Coinbase exchange.
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March 14, 2024
(Yahoo! Sports)
Fisker (FSR), responding to reports that it's moving toward a bankruptcy filing, said late Thursday that it's in "strategic" talks with a big automaker. FSR stock soared early Friday after losing more than half of its value Thursday.
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March 13, 2024
(Fortune)
The largest global industrial wood pellet supplier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, announcing its intention to cut about $1 billion of debt by restructuring agreements with creditors, including those who have invested heavily in new facilities.
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March 13, 2024
(Bloomberg)
Bayer AG is weighing whether to use a controversial legal maneuver known as the Texas Two-Step bankruptcy to try to resolve tens of thousands of US lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, according to people familiar with its thinking.
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March 11, 2024
(The Wall Street Journal)
A Texas bankruptcy judge denied the Justice Department’s motion seeking to dismiss or transfer the Sorrento Therapeutics chapter 11 case, ruling a bank account and mailbox the company’s lawyers established justified its bankruptcy petition in Houston days later.
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March 11, 2024
(Yahoo! Finance)
The Body Shop is shutting down its U.S. operations after filing for bankruptcy. The U.K.-based chain filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in New York last week, according to a court filing.
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AGG's Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, & Financial Restructuring Team |
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March 18, 2024
(agg.com)
AGG's Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, & Financial Restructuring team provides valuable knowledge and experience in the areas of commercial debt restructuring, settlements, bankruptcy trusteeships, fiduciary work, and bankruptcy and creditors’ rights litigation.
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