Koch Industries Gets $2.5B in Dividends From Unit That Offloaded Asbestos Liability January 26, 2023 By Dan Levine and Mike Spector Industrial conglomerate Koch Industries received nearly $2.5 billion in dividend payments last year from its Georgia-Pacific unit, which had spun...
How a Bankruptcy ‘Innovation’ Halted Thousands of Lawsuits from Sick Plaintiffs June 24, 2022 By Dan Levine and Mike Spector Attorney Greg Gordon sat before a packed hotel ballroom of bankruptcy lawyers who had come to hear him hold court...
Dewey & Leboeuf Files for Chapter 11 in Record U.S. Law Firm Collapse May 29, 2012 The crippled law firm Dewey & Leboeuf LLP filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday night and will seek approval...
C.M. Meiers Legal Battle Goes On, Allegations Heat Up May 3, 2012 By Don Jergler With a quote from former president Ronald Reagan, an emergency motion from a sex toy business and increasingly acerbic accusations,...
National Underwriter, Summit Media File for Bankruptcy January 26, 2011 By Andrew G. Simpson Summit Business Media and its affiliates including The National Underwriter insurance publisher have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to address...