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Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP on Tuesday told a New York bankruptcy court that allegations of conflicts of interest involving the bidding for Breitburn Energy Partners LP’s assets were baseless, saying the deal being offered as evidence was wit read more

The U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday called for reforming, but not repealing, regulators’ power to take over and unwind major financial institutions on the verge of failure, a key provision of the Dodd-Frank Act that Republicans in the U.S. H read more

Texas is home to relatively complex statutory frameworks for liens and bonds used to secure payment for services rendered. Statutory and constitutional liens provide powerful remedies for nonpayment, but only if the proper guidelines are strictly obs read more

Holland & Knight LLP said Wednesday that it has bolstered its commercial litigation practice in Houston with the hiring of a former Greenberg Traurig LLP partner who has significant experience in bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation. read more

Regional supermarket chain Tops Markets LLC opened a nearly $1.2 billion Chapter 11 restructuring in New York bankruptcy court on Wednesday, saying it needs to reduce its debt load, optimize supply and lease agreements and “constructively engag read more