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RT @angelicaserran0: NEW: A Delaware bankruptcy judge will recognize the foreign restructuring of Mexican lender Crédito Real SAB de CV, de…

RT @JamesJNani: NEW: The firing of the director of the Justice Department’s US Trustee Program, Tara Twomey, casts a partisan shadow onto t…

RT @angelicaserran0: 👋🏼 Hi, I’m a new bankruptcy reporter with Bloomberg Law, looking to connect and gather story ideas and tips. My email…

RT @awolf86: FTX customers who haven't started the "know your customer" process by March 1 will lose their claim for good. At last check a…

RT @angelicaserran0: Government entities like the SBA, which hold debt against a company, often abstain from voting on small business restr…

RT @angelicaserran0: El “fee examiner” en el caso de quiebra de Puerto Rico, Brady Williamson, falleció. La designación de un sucesor está…

RT @JamesJNani: NEW: Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s disqualification as bankruptcy counsel for Franchise Group Inc. is a lesson for Big Law fir…

RT @angelicaserran0: A letter from 76-year-old Frank Deni to the bankruptcy judge handling SunPower Corp.’s case led me to uncover a broade…

RT @JamesJNani: NEW: The operator of NY-area restaurant chain Sticky's Finger Joint, @SFJNYC, wants to convert its bankruptcy into a liquid…

After saying last year that Jackson Walker's failure to disclose a judge-lawyer romance "defiled the very temple of justice," the judge who recommended disciplinary action is withdrawing his complaint. by @awolf86 https://t.co/XzEWCF0fni

RT @JamesJNani: NEW: Jackson Walker LLP rebuffed advice from its own outside ethics expert to disclose a relationship between a partner and…

RT @angelicaserran0: NEW: The IRS urged a court to dismiss Grupo HIMA San Pablo's liquidation plan, a major Puerto Rican hospital network,…

We've got @angelicaserran0's first deep dive since she joined the @BLaw bankruptcy team last month! She's got good stuff on how small businesses are finding creative ways to meet a low debt limit that will make them eligible for bankruptcy relief. Check it out:

Angélica Serrano-Román @angelicaserran0

Small businesses are revising strategies to meet a bankruptcy filing eligibility limit after a higher threshold expired last year, narrowing the pool of qualifiers for faster reorganization. My latest story via @blaw: https://t.co/b4dkitELsf

Crazy day in Rudyland. The two election workers holding a $148 million defamation judgment against him agreed to a deal, letting him keep his homes. by @JamesJNani https://t.co/xjbCVFmt2T

More juicy deets from @JamesJNani on who knew what and when about the bankruptcy judge-attorney romance mess. "George then volunteered that he 'thought it was odd' that Freeman, a bankruptcy partner, lived with Houston bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones."

James Nani @JamesJNani

SCOOP: Jackson Walker litigation partner Ross Forbes was having dinner with a friend at Moxies in Dallas on Jan. 31, 2022, when he became the unsuspecting recipient of bombshell information—one of his colleagues was secretly living with a prominent judge. https://t.co/BHwCexpMQV

Kirkland's star restructuring partner on Judge Jones' bankruptcy cases after Jones' secret romance with an attorney, from @JamesJNani “I would absolutely say that I do believe it tarnishes all these cases,” Sussberg responded. “And that’s a great concern from our perspective.”

James Nani @JamesJNani

EXCLUSIVE: A top restructuring attorney for powerhouse law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP told government attorneys that a relationship between an ex-judge and a former bankruptcy partner for Jackson Walker LLP should have been disclosed. https://t.co/sHRBhoSQIz

Ex-judge tied up in a romance scandal wasn't thrilled w/ questions on his personal life during deposition. A tidbit: A government attorney asked if Jones had intimate relationships with others who appeared before him in court. Jones cited his Fifth Amendment rights in response.

James Nani @JamesJNani

EXCLUSIVE: Former Houston bankruptcy judge David Jones made his frustration clear while being deposed in a Justice Department civil probe related to his once-secret romance with a local attorney, often appearing combative or refusing to answer questions. https://t.co/16Ej4ah0XV