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    We Don’t Talk About Insolvency (No, No, No …)
    2022-07-07

    As a parent of three young children, Disney’s excellent new movie, Encanto, has been on heavy rotation in my household. It’s a story of an extended family whose members possess unique magical gifts. Through several humorous songs, the film reveals that the family has ostracized one member, Bruno, whose mystical visions of future calamities upset the rest of the family. Rather than confront the unpleasant aspects of the future, the family finds it easier to simply “not talk about” them, or Bruno.

    Filed under:
    USA, Delaware, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Robins Kaplan LLP
    Authors:
    Thomas Berndt
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Robins Kaplan LLP
    Purdue Bankruptcy - Opioid Update
    2021-05-21

    Mass tort cases do not usually bankrupt the defendant. But, in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation, three of the defendants have so far declared bankruptcy. The litigation involves the claims brought by thousands of cities, counties, tribes, and other plaintiffs, all consolidated into multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of Ohio (the “MDL”).  Their damages, caused by the opioid epidemic, total in the trillions of dollars.

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    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Robins Kaplan LLP, Mediation
    Authors:
    Holly H. Dolejsi
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Robins Kaplan LLP
    Financial Daily Dose 5.4.2020 | Top Story: J.Crew Files for Bankruptcy Protection
    2020-05-04

    J.Crew filed for bankruptcy protection; the company’s lenders have agreed to “convert $1.65 billion . . . into equity.” Neiman Marcus Group Inc. and J.C. Penney are also on the bankruptcy path, already entering talks with lenders – WSJ and NYT

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    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Robins Kaplan LLP, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Juvian Hernandez
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Robins Kaplan LLP
    Financial Daily Dose 5.26.2020 | Top Story: Covid-19 Drives Already-Troubled Hertz to Bankruptcy
    2020-05-26

    Unable to reach a last-minute deal with investors, rental car mainstay Hertz filed for bankruptcy late Friday night, doing so “without a clear plan with creditors in place—a rare move for a company of its size.” Though, like the other big-name bankruptcies in recent weeks, the pandemic pushed the company over the edge, Hertz has been in pretty miserable shape for years, beset by “a series of strategic missteps and other blunders that kept Hertz behind competitors and buried in debt” –

    Filed under:
    USA, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Public, Robins Kaplan LLP, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Michael D. Reif
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Robins Kaplan LLP
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