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Forever 22, Powder Room, and Initial Here

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Forever 21 plans nearly 200 store closures in second bankruptcy, Bloomberg News reports | Reuters - The U.S.-based operator of clothing retail chain Forever 21 is planning to shut down at least 200 additional locations as...more

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Cryptocurrency: the Next Chapter in the Valuation Conundrum

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Earlier this week, the Singapore High Court handed down a decision concerning cryptocurrency valuation in the context of assessing damages for breach of contract and made some important observations in the process. The Court...more

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Union Jacked, Founders Keepers, Cold Comfort, and Little Appeal

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International Longshore and Warehouse Union files for bankruptcy | Reuters - The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to fend off long standing litigation...more

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Not the Rite Stuff, Delusions of Evergrandeur, Withdrawal Symptoms, and FTX Frenzy

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Rite Aid, bracing for bankruptcy, will close hundreds of stores | SuperMarket News - As it prepares to file for bankruptcy, Rite Aid is gearing up to close as many as 500 of its 2,100 stores. The Philadelphia-based...more

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Media Circus, You Have Got to Be Kiddeng, Celsius-Fahrenheit Conversion, Voyager Distribution, and Bankruptcy Boom?

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Vice Media Files for Bankruptcy as Ad Business Suffers | Reuters - Once valued at $5.7 billion, Vice Media Group filed for bankruptcy this week with a planned sale to a group of lenders. The bankruptcy filing comes at a...more

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Hong Kong Court Confirms the Proprietary Nature of Cryptocurrencies but Denies Clients’ Proprietary Claims

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This is the first decision by the Hong Kong Court on whether clients of a crypto exchange have proprietary claims to cryptocurrencies held on the platform. It confirms that cryptocurrency constitutes property under Hong Kong...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Primer on Avoidance Actions in the Context of Crypto Bankruptcies

In 2022, there were several high-profile crypto bankruptcy filings.  A big question in these cases is whether there will be any money to satisfy unsecured creditor claims.  If there are funds to distribute, then the...more

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FTX Finds Assets and Is Looking for More

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FTX filed its presentation to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (UCC), reporting that FTX has located about $5.5 billion of cash and other liquid assets but less than $1.8 billion of digital assets identified with...more

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2022: A Turbulent Year for the Cryptocurrency Sector

2022 was a turbulent year for the cryptocurrency sector, with one of the worst bear markets ever recorded and the collapse of several major cryptocurrency platforms. The breaking of Terra’s UST stablecoin peg caused a domino...more

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Crypto Punked? Industry Bankruptcies Rattle Markets and Expose Major Sector Vulnerabilities

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The crypto winter is starting to look more like a crypto ice age. In addition to hundreds of billions of dollars in lost market value, the crypto industry has seen major industry players seek protection in bankruptcy court,...more

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Stunning Collapse of Global Cryptocurrency Exchange FTX Leads to Bankruptcy

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In a sudden and stunning collapse, FTX, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency exchange, run by 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried along with more than 130 entities affiliated with FTX, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...more

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The Other Side of The Coin: Cryptocurrency Assets in Bankruptcy

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On July 5, 2022, cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital filed for chapter 11 in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court, citing a short-term “run on the bank” due to the “crypto winter” in the cryptocurrency...more

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Cryptic Crypto: Creditors Move for Ch. 7 for Alleged Madoff-Like Fraud

On Wednesday, November 18, two customers of Cred Inc., a cryptocurrency investment platform currently in Chapter 11, asked Delaware Bankruptcy Judge John T. Dorsey to convert the Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation...more

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Financial Services Weekly: Amendments To SEC Proxy Solicitation Rules Approved By A 3-1 Vote

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In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its proxy solicitation rules that will modify the practices of proxy advisory firms, providing them with greater transparency and...more

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The Magic of Mt. Gox

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Arthur C. Clarke famously observed: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Our regulatory, legislative, and judicial systems illustrate this principle whenever new technology exceeds the...more

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