January 26, 2021

The Daily Bankruptcy News

View prior editions: Click Here
View prior case summaries: Click Here
Search prior headlines: Click Here
Search prior case summaries: Click Here

Format For Mobile Device



Law:

Am Law 100 Firm Offers 200% Profit-Sharing Bonus To Some Of Its Hardest Workers
(DBN)

Biglaw Firm Announces Bonuses Up To $30,000 Over Market Rates — If The Billable Hours Are Right
(DBN)

London: Fried Frank Grows Global Restructuring and Insolvency Practice, Welcomes Mandip Englund
(DBN)

Brown Rudnick Announces Retirement of Edward Weisfelner
(DBN)

Big Law's Working Parents Are Hurting. Money Is Not The Answer.
(DBN)

COVID-19 Hasn’t Hurt Law School Applications, Like At All
(DBN)

Halfway Through The Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Cycle: Applicants Are Up 22%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands
(DBN)

Lin Wood Wants His $1 Million Donation Back If Mercer Law School Removes His Name From Courtroom
(DBN)

Kirkland & Ellis Has No Place For Lawyers Who Fail To Overthrow Governments
(DBN)

Morgan Lewis' Split With Trump May Not Be Easy
(DBN)

Remote Work Yes, Remote Investigations and Depositions No
(DBN)

UK: Fifth of barristers want to quit profession as debt and stress levels soar
(DBN)

The Lessons and Implications of Big Law's Stunning 2020 Profitability
(DBN)

Pajamas in Court and Other 2020 Midadventures
(DBN)

Law prof focuses on positives from the COVID-19 pandemic
(DBN)

Lawyer Files Brief To Complain That We Made Fun Of His Dumb Hobbit Brief
(DBN)

Sleep-Deprived Fired Texas Lawyer, Experiencing 'Massive Sewage Backup,' Admits His Lord of the Rings-Themed Lawsuit Is 'Perhaps' Fantasy 'in a Sense'
(DBN)

Lin Wood Shows Up On Mercer Law School Call To Defend Himself, Doesn’t Go Great
(DBN)

Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw’s 2020 Bonus Bonanza
(DBN)

Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns
(DBN)

Black family handcuffed at gunpoint by Aurora police files suit against city
(DBN)

U.S. Supreme Court ends anti-corruption lawsuits against Trump • Supreme Court dismisses Trump emoluments lawsuits as moot
(DBN)

Cohen Believes Trump Issued Secret Pardons
(DBN)

Supreme Court Rejects Church, Refuses to Further Ease Covid Caps
(DBN)

Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle
(DBN)

Trump lawyer Giuliani faces $1.3 billion lawsuit over 'big lie' election fraud claims • Dominion files $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani • Dominion’s Libel Case Against Giuliani Will Be Hard to Prove • Dominion Sues Rudy Giuliani for a Billion Dollars and Doesn't Rule Out Suing Trump for 'Big Lie,' Too • Rudy Giuliani admits Biden is president hours after being sued for $1.3 billion by voting-machine company
(DBN)

Rudy Giuliani Didn’t Get Pardoned By Donald Trump, And Now He May Be Facing Criminal Charges
(DBN)

A son reported his father, who participated in the storming of the Capitol, to the FBI weeks before the siege, saying his father 'would always tell me that he's going to do something big' • Capitol rioter says he was following Trump orders, apologizes to AOC for threat • Woman Accused of Stealing Laptop from Nancy Pelosi’s Office May Lose Internet Access as Feds Allege Deepening Cover-Up • Florida police officer fired after Facebook posts supporting Capitol riot, mocking BLM • Zip Tie Guy Might Be Prime Candidate for Exceedingly Rare Sedition Charge, Prosecutors Reveal • FBI Says It Identified Maryland Man Who Sprayed Fire Extinguisher While on Capitol Steps During D.C. Insurrection • Pro-Trump ‘WalkAway Campaign’ Founder, Who Admitted ‘It Was Not Antifa’ That Stormed the Capitol, Hit with Federal Charges • ‘THIS IS ME’: Rioters flaunt involvement in Capitol siege • Oregon Republican Party falsely calls Capitol riot a 'false flag' meant to 'discredit President Trump' • Far-right police officers have been serving all along - the Capitol riot just pointed them out
(DBN)

Oregon man arrested after trashing store, spewing Islamophobic slurs in viral video
(DBN)

Lawyer Sanctioned for ‘Sarcastic’ Facebook Advice for Killing
(DBN)

Justice Dept. watchdog to investigate possible improper efforts by officials to 'alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election' • DOJ Watchdog to Probe If Staff Tried to Alter Election Outcome • DOJ OIG Investigating Pro-Trump Schemes to Alter Election in 45th Presidency's Final Days. Attorneys Say 'Those Involved Better Lawyer Up.'
(DBN)

Jeffrey Clark Was Considered Unassuming. Then He Plotted With Trump.
(DBN)

Biden DOJ Ordered to Provide Data to Defend Deportation Freeze
(DBN)

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a column in defense of militia members in the wake of Oklahoma City bombing when he was 15
(DBN)

Report of Trump plot to oust acting attorney general precedes internal DOJ probe, lawyer condemnation • 'Astonishingly Improper': What Lawyers Are Saying About Reported Trump Scheme to Oust Acting US Attorney General
(DBN)

Conservative Law Movement Faces Reckoning Over Post-Trump Future
(DBN)

Meet Butch Bowers, a lead attorney in Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial
(DBN)

Trial Lawyers Skew Democratic: What Does That Mean For Trump?
(DBN)

California prosecutors revolt against Los Angeles DA’s social justice changes
(DBN)

Food Network Pulls 'Worst Cooks in America' After Winner Charged With Murder
(DBN)

Apollo’s Leon Black to step down after probe into Jeffrey Epstein ties
(DBN)

Ghislaine Simply Wants Her Case Dismissed
(DBN)

Cops find dozens drinking inside NYC club with 'heavily fortified' door; Owner arrested
(DBN)

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper sprays unmasked man who confronted him with video camera
(DBN)

Federal Appeals Court Blocks California from Imposing Fixed-Person Limit on Church Attendance, But Allows Total Bans
(DBN)

Tennessee Attorney Suspended for Telling Woman How to Get Away with Killing Her Ex
(DBN)

15-year-old girl's killing shown on social media
(DBN)

'People Just Disappear for Days or Weeks': Customs and Border Protection Has No Idea What It's Doing with Asylum Seekers
(DBN)

A Morally Reprehensible Act Is Made Worse By A Legally Inexcusable Arrest
(DBN)

Texas Attorney and Client Ordered To Pay $150,000 for 'Outright Lies' in Court
(DBN)

______________

Judges:

Judge apologizes after posting photo with her husband in Capitol rioter costume
(DBN)

______________

Wall Street:

U.S. Stock Futures Edge Down After Bigger Drops in Asia
(DBN)

Bubble Fears Everywhere But All Investors Can Do Is Keep Buying
(DBN)

Parts of the market are in a bubble, but they pose low risk to the S&P 500, Goldman says
(DBN)

Mania in stocks like GameStop, surging options activity suggest a market pullback is coming
(DBN)

______________

Layoffs:

Women's fashion retailer Christopher & Banks to lay off 361 at Minnesota headquarters
(DBN)

______________

Sports:

Budweiser is skipping the Super Bowl for the first time in nearly four decades
(DBN)

Cactus League Proposes Delaying Start of Arizona Spring Training
(DBN)

COVID-Sniffing Dogs To Screen Fans At Miami HEAT Games!
(DBN)

Barcelona on the verge of bankruptcy: €1,173m in debt, €730m in short-term
(DBN)

NFL Ramped Up Covid Response in Mid-Season After Spread
(DBN)

Like So Much This Year In The NFL, The Pandemic Is Taking A Toll - On Super Bowl Ads
(DBN)

Advisor to Japanese PM names 4 conditions for the Tokyo Olympics to carry on
(DBN)

Florida offers to host Olympics if Tokyo backs out: state official
(DBN)

____________

Retailing:

Belk Department Store Chain Said to Plan Bankruptcy to Tame Debt • Belk reportedly nears a deal to file for bankruptcy, give lenders an equity stake
(DBN)

42% of retailers expect to restructure as industry revenue declines persist, BDO says
(DBN)

____________

Politics:

Biden may be stuck with some Trumpists
(DBN)

Filibuster clash paralyzes Senate. Democratic frustration grows on how to proceed • McConnell drops filibuster demand, paving way for power-sharing deal
(DBN)

Biden signs order overturning Trump's transgender military ban
(DBN)

Organizers of Trump Rally Had Been on Campaign’s Payroll
(DBN)

U.S. Supreme Court spurns former New York lawmaker Silver's appeal • Justices Gorsuch and Thomas Wanted to Reconsider Corrupt Democrat’s Conviction. Here’s the Interesting Reason Why.
(DBN)

GOP worried about raising money for midterm House races as corporations cut donations after riot
(DBN)

Google says it won’t fund members of Congress who voted against election results
(DBN)

Evidence piles up for Trump's impeachment trial • Leahy, not Roberts, expected to preside over impeachment trial as House to send article to Senate on Monday • Senators to be sworn in for historic Trump impeachment trial • Impeachment trial renews trauma of the Trump years • Trump begins speaking with impeachment lawyer, even as he scrambles to build defense team • Thousands of Guard troops to stay in Washington as threats target lawmakers ahead of impeachment trial • Biden tells CNN that Trump's impeachment trial 'has to happen,' though he doubts Senate will convict
(DBN)

Congressional Democrats face challenges in repealing Wall Street-friendly rules
(DBN)

GOP Sen. Rob Portman will not run for re-election, citing "partisan gridlock"
(DBN)

What All Those GOP Retirements Mean For The 2022 Senate Map
(DBN)

Some Trump aides stuck with him till the end. Now they're screwed.
(DBN)

Arizona GOP’s wholehearted embrace of Trumpism
(DBN)

Trump is threatening to form the Patriot Party. That name has already been used - by 'hillbilly' socialists • Trump Campaign Disavows Notice Linking Him to ‘Patriot Party’
(DBN)

Fact check: No evidence to support QAnon claims of mass arrests, military takeover, illegitimacy of Biden’s presidency or Trump’s return to power
(DBN)

Plane Banners Taunt in Palm Beach: 'You Pathetic Loser' 'Worst President Ever' 'Go Back to Moscow'
(DBN)

Trump is furiously watching Fauci give interviews about how relieved he is to be working for Biden, report says
(DBN)

Hawley tries to cancel Senate Democrats for “canceling” him
(DBN)

“We’re Going to Be Stunned by How Much Money He Makes”: Wall Street Looks to Donald Trump’s Next Con
(DBN)

Some Silicon Valley donors’ next political fight? Trying to oust California’s governor.
(DBN)

QAnon: Trump President Again on March 4
(DBN)

Why are 'Karens' so angry?
(DBN)

____________

Movie Theaters:

AMC says bankruptcy 'off the table' after raising equity, loans • AMC Dodges Bankruptcy With $917 Million Capital Infusion • AMC avoids bankruptcy after raising over $900 million since December • AMC Avoids Bankruptcy Again: Can It Hang On? • Oaktree, Centerbridge to Back AMC Loan Staving Off Default
(DBN)

AMC Entertainment Shares Rise as It Staves Off Bankruptcy
(DBN)

____________


Economy:

Seven High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
(DBN)

U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 50 Years
(DBN)

Biden to sign order aimed at pushing federal government to buy American-made products • Biden Aims To Close Loopholes In Federal 'Buy American' Provisions
(DBN)

Life after the COVID-19 vaccine: Americans won't rush back to restaurants and ballgames — or public transportation
(DBN)

Unemployment Is Much Worse Than You Think — Here’s Why.
(DBN)

Job losses from virus 4 times as bad as ’09 financial crisis
(DBN)

Service with a masked smile: How weaker demand reduced employment in 2020
(DBN)

Texas Manufacturing Falls Sharply In January, In Another Sign Of Slow Economic Recovery
(DBN)

Millions of Americans have been out of work for more than 6 months — these 2 charts break down who the long-term unemployed are
(DBN)

Pandemic destroyed 225 million jobs worldwide, but billionaires got richer, reports find
(DBN)

Mutations may delay return to normal
(WSJ)

UN Says Financial Markets the Big Winners From Pandemic Spending
(DBN)

World witnessing greatest rise in inequality on record
(DBN)

Dallas Fed: "Texas Manufacturing Expansion Moderates" in January
(DBN)

What’s the Fed doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis? What more could it do?
(DBN)

Janet Yellen gets Senate confirmation as first woman to lead the Treasury Department
(DBN)

Democratic, GOP lawmakers lobby White House for a more targeted relief bill • U.S. Senate aims to pass COVID-19 bill ahead of Trump trial: lawmaker • 'We can't wait:' Biden administration fights for $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan • Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill is in trouble, and Democrats might not be able to pass the next round of stimulus until March • Biden to push Congress on stimulus after senators question cost • Schumer aims to pass fresh COVID-19 relief plan by mid-March • Trump's impeachment trial threatens to derail speedy passage of Biden's stimulus package and set up another unemployment cliff • Can $1,400 Checks Pass? Senators Questions $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Cost
(DBN)

Joe Biden May Adjust Income Threshold for Third Stimulus Check in $1.9 Tn Relief Proposal
(DBN)

Vaccines emerge as top priority as Biden, Congress try to craft a Covid aid bill
(DBN)

9 questions about budget reconciliation you were too afraid to ask
(DBN)

Dalio Calls for Bipartisan Solution to Post-Pandemic Recovery
(DBN)

U.S. corporate buybacks are on the rise, lifting investor hopes
(DBN)

California lifts regional stay-at-home orders • California Lifts Stay-at-Home Orders as Worst of Virus Eases
(DBN)

Cuomo Says N.Y. Ready to Ease Rules After Holiday Spike Ends
(DBN)

US states ease virus restrictions even as variants take hold
(DBN)

Shutdowns by Democratic governors did not cause the pandemic jobs crisis
(DBN)

The danger for business under the Biden administration is taxes, EY CEO says
(DBN)

Black-owned businesses hope this round of PPP won’t fail them
(DBN)

Supreme Court Seeks Biden DOJ Views on Work-From-Home Taxes
(DBN)

Third of Staff May Work From Home Permanently Post-Virus
(DBN)

Biden looks to speed up putting Tubman on US$20 bill: Press Sec
(DBN)

A struggling Main Street fears it’s not the right time to raise the minimum wage
(DBN)

US Debt Clock
(DBN)

World Debt Clock
(DBN)

How People Really Live
(DBN)

______________

Real Estate:

The 365(h) Effect: Guaranty Survives Rejection of Underlying Agreement
(DBN)

Zillow: Expect another record year for home sales
(DBN)

Forbearances hold steady as exits slow
(DBN)

MBA Survey: "Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases Slightly to 5.38%"
(DBN)

Nearly 20% of renters in America are behind on their payments
(DBN)

California would extend eviction protections to June 30, subsidize rent for low-income tenants under proposal
(DBN)

Record Low Mortgage Rates; Loans Taking 2 Months to Close
(DBN)

Housing Inventory Weekly Update: At Record Lows
(DBN)

____________

Municipalities:

COVID-19, Governmental Insolvencies, and Malfunctioning Chapter 9
(DBN)

Tax Windfalls Drive States to Unlikely Role in U.S. Recovery
(DBN)

____________

Oil/Gas:

Diamond Offshore, Creditors Agree Debt Restructuring Plan
(DBN)

The Fall of a Shale Oil Superstar
(DBN)

BP's oil exploration team swept aside in climate revolution
(DBN)

Death of diesel looms as carmakers accelerate to electric future
(DBN)

U.S. oil refiners set for worst earnings quarter of the pandemic
(DBN)

Three NYC Pension Funds to Divest $4 Billion From Fossil Fuels
(DBN)

Biden to Replace Gov't Fleet with Electric Cars
(DBN)

____________

Hotels:

Impacts of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Hotel Franchisees
(DBN)

Hotelier Burned in Financial Crisis Loses Again in Pandemic Bust
(DBN)

____________

Climate:

IMF to intensify focus on economic impact of climate change, Georgieva
(DBN)

Many U.S. utilities plan to hang on to their coal plants for a decade: Sierra Club
(DBN)

Climate Change Is Melting Ice in Every Continent, New Study Shows
(DBN)

Californians Forced to Flee as River in Sky Threatens Mudslides
(DBN)

____________

Healthcare:

Coronavirus tally: Global cases of COVID-19 top 99.8 million and U.S. has more than 421,000 fatalities
(DBN)

Moderna says it believes vaccine will work against new variants • Moderna plans trial of altered COVID-19 vaccine booster to address South Africa variant
(DBN)

Pfizer board member Gottlieb defends move to ship fewer Covid vaccine vials
(DBN)

Merck ends COVID vaccine program, cites inferior immune responses
(DBN)

Fauci Says He’s Worried About Delaying Second Covid Vaccine Dose
(DBN)

NYC to Miss 1 Million-Shot Goal, Delay Megasites Amid Shortage
(DBN)

Biden floats prospect of 1.5 million vaccinations a day
(DBN)

Millions of US Vaccine Doses are Missing
(DBN)

The U.S. needs to ramp up vaccinations to reach herd immunity
(DBN)

Vaccine tourism on the rise as wealthy international tourists eye an opportunity in the U.S.
(DBN)

Wealthy couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, took vaccines meant for Indigenous elders, authorities said
(DBN)

Hollywood Elite in COVID-19 Vaccine Scramble: ‘It’s the Hunger Games Out There’
(DBN)

Judge Throws Out Case Against Doctor Accused Of Stealing Vaccines
(DBN)

'We continue to lead the nation.' In West Virginia, Covid-19 vaccinations are nearly double the national rate
(DBN)

Rural Texas vaccine sites are still waiting for doses
(DBN)

CDC Director: 'I can't tell you how much vaccine we have and, if I can't tell it to you, then I can't tell it to the governors'
(DBN)

Texas governor's hands-off approach to Covid-19 has allowed the virus to thrive
(DBN)

Newsom lifts stay-at-home orders across California
(DBN)

California may have its own highly contagious homegrown COVID-19 strain
(DBN)

Pandemic Gets Increasingly Local as U.S. Cases Keep Dropping
(DBN)

Google's chief health officer Karen DeSalvo on vaccinating America
(DBN)

Axios-Ipsos poll: Trust in federal coronavirus response surges
(DBN)

Dr. Fauci: Double masking ‘makes common sense’ during pandemic
(DBN)

Fauci says he worried Trump's disinfectant comment would make people 'start doing dangerous and foolish things'
(DBN)

Dr. Anthony Fauci is the federal government's top-paid employee, and was paid $18,000 more than Trump in 2019
(DBN)

CDC says U.S. set record for deaths by overdose:81,230 in a 12-month period
(DBN)

Recovered COVID-19 patients experience array of neurological issues: report
(DBN)

Merkel Welcomed U.S. Return to WHO in Call With Biden
(DBN)

Holocaust survivor recovers from Covid at 97
(DBN)

Minnesota confirms first known U.S. case of more contagious Covid variant originally found in Brazil
(DBN)

____________

Radio:

To Reduce Big Debt Burden, Alpha Media Files For Bankruptcy • Alpha Media, parent of KINK, KXL, files bankruptcy as media industry shakeup continues • Alpha Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection • Who’s Owed What: Behind Alpha’s Restructuring Plan • Radio giant Alpha Media ducks for cover with Richmond bankruptcy filing
(DBN)

____________

Personal Finance:

Six strategies for parents struggling with work-from-home interruptions
(DBN)


____________

Corporate Governance:

Investor payouts and job cuts jar with U.S. companies' social pledge
(DBN)

____________

Satellites:

Speedcast exits bankruptcy
(DBN)

____________

Television:

Pay TV's bleak post-pandemic outlook
(DBN)

____________

 
New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (14 new filings today)
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 new filings today)
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
(DBN)

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) • (2) • (3) •(4)• (5) • (6) • (7) • (8)
(DBN)

Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

______________

Bankruptcy Statistics:

Restructuring Outlook Survey Takeaways: Fed Stimulus Spoils Party for Distressed Players; Potential Increase in Involuntary Filings Due to ‘Creditor-on-Creditor Violence’; Overvalued Markets Vulnerable to Inflation
(DBN)

______________

Automatic Stay:

Supreme Court Rules Passive Retention of Estate Property Does Not Violate the Automatic Stay
(DBN)

____________

Private Equity:

The Development of Collateral Stripping by Distressed Borrowers
(DBN)

____________

Advisors:

Clear Thinking Group Awarded Restructuring Advisory Firm of the Year by Finance Monthly
(DBN)

____________

Aviation:

Boeing 737 MAX to fly again in Europe, angering some crash relatives
(DBN)

Delta plans to bring back 400 pilots, signaling optimism about future air travel
(DBN)

Air Canada Drops Most in Five Weeks on Virus, Travel Warnings
(DBN)

AirAsia to resume flying most routes by the end of 2021, Tony Fernandes says
(DBN)

____________

Food/Beverage:

Restaurants push for access to Covid vaccine, but most won’t require it
(DBN)

California lifts statewide Covid stay-at-home order, allowing restaurants to reopen
(DBN)

Godiva to close all 128 chocolate stores in North America
(DBN)

____________

Religion:

Inside the 'whites only' church sowing discord in a small Minnesota town
(DBN)

____________

Nursing Homes:

CVS completes first round of COVID-19 vaccination at 8,000 U.S. nursing homes
(DBN)

____________

Mass Torts:

A judge has approved a $17 million settlement plan for sexual misconduct victims of Harvey Weinstein • Weinstein Sexual Misconduct Settlement Confirmed by Bankruptcy Judge
(DBN)

____________

History:

How To Calm America's Hundred-Year Storm
(DBN)

____________

Maritime:

Idled Supertankers About to Get Junked
(DBN)

____________

Tech:

Twitter pilots feature allowing users to add context to misleading tweets
(DBN)

Twitter Permanently Bans My Pillow CEO
(DBN)

____________

Education:

How the pandemic forever changed higher education
(DBN)

Teachers Jumped to Front of Vaccine Line -- But Still Refuse to Teach
(DBN)

Chicago teachers deadlocked with school district over reopening plans
(DBN)

____________

Student Debt:

Biden extends student loan payment freeze for 8 months—here’s what experts say borrowers should do
(DBN)

____________

Utilities:

SoCal Edison Reaches $2.2 Billion Settlement for Woolsey Fire
(DBN)

____________

Cruise Lines:

Will cruises require vaccines? One line just set a standard.
(DBN)

____________

Sovereigns:

Does Pandemic Debt Relief Work?
(DBN)

____________

UK:

The UK Restructuring Plan: Key Features and the Story So Far
(DBN)

UK could become 'a failed state' without reform, former UK PM Brown says
(DBN)

Brussels threat to UK jab supplies as health chiefs tell Pfizer to tell them of vaccine exports
(DBN)

British Economy, Post-Brexit and Pummeled by Covid, Is Worst in G-7
(WSJ)

U.K. Working on Plan to Isolate Arrivals in Hotels, Johnson Says
(DBN)

Why is Katie Price bankrupt and what does this mean?
(DBN)

Luxury Retailers May Burn Returned Items Instead of Dealing With Post-Brexit Red Tape
(DBN)

Boohoo and ASOS climb on plans to snap up bankrupt retailers
(DBN)

Emily Eavis denies Glastonbury could go bankrupt due to recent cancellation
(DBN)

Online fashion retailer Boohoo to buy Debenhams brand for $75 million.
(DBN)

____________

EU:

Europe’s Bankruptcies Are Plummeting. That May Be a Problem.
(DBN)

ECB’s Lagarde says pandemic recovery might be delayed, but not derailed
(DBN)

Lagarde Says ‘No Doubt’ ECB Will Preserve Financing Conditions
(DBN)

COVID-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe’s pandemic
(DBN)

____________

PIIGS:

Spain's corporate insolvency proceedings rise 13% in third quarter
(DBN)

____________

Germany:

 Status quo on insolvency filing obligations and liability of managing directors during the crisis: a spotlight on recent reforms
(DBN)

German business morale hits six-month low as virus halts recovery
(DBN)

Deutsche Bank’s Schuetz Faces Initial Probe on Wirecard Trades
(DBN)

As Wirecard Collapsed, Key Player Fled by Private Jet to Belarus
(DBN)

Anger on Czech border as Germany demands tests
(DBN)

____________

Ukraine:

Ukraine completes tough COVID lockdown with optimistic expectations
(DBN)

____________

New Zealand:

New Zealand confirms first COVID-19 case in months, sparking Australia travel halt
(DBN)

____________

Japan:

Japanese PM faces mounting pressure over pandemic response
(DBN)

Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity in October, months after Olympics
(DBN)

____________

France:

Head of French health regulatory body: COVID situation is worrying
(DBN)

France May Be Headed for New Lockdown as Scientists Raise Alarm
(DBN)

France’s Le Maire Says New Lockdowns Threaten Growth Target
(DBN)

____________

Netherlands:

Riots explode across Netherlands over covid restrictions • Anti-curfew protesters clash with police in Netherlands for third night
(DBN)

____________

MENA:

Violence erupts in Israel's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods over covid restrictions
(DBN)

Israel closes skies to air travel, again
(DBN)

Netanyahu’s Economic Plan Draws Fire From Bank of Israel
(DBN)

Is Dubai’s party over? Record Covid cases spark fears of new lockdown
(DBN)

____________

Venezuela:

Attacks and Insults Greet Venezuelans Fleeing a Ruined Homeland
(DBN)

____________

Argentina:

In Argentina, Regional Debt Restructuring Efforts Reveal a Greater Challenge
(DBN)

YPF creditors blocked seven assemblies for the debt swap
(DBN)

____________

Australia:

Contagion liability risk in the United States and Australia for parent entities arising from the insolvency of a subsidiary
(DBN)

____________

Indonesia:

Indonesia’s confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 1 million
(DBN)

____________


The Daily Bankruptcy News is primarily a curated news link gathering service.   Most of the headlines contained in the publication are a collection of links to stories posted on the Internet by various third party publications.  Such content is owned by third party sources, not The Daily Bankruptcy News, and in some cases, these links change or expire, which means you may not be able to view some news stories in prior editions of the Daily Bankruptcy News. The DBN subptption fee is not a fee for access to the content of the links, but is a charge for the considerable work involved in gathering, organizing and presenting the links. Use of this site and The Daily Bankruptcy News is subject to our Terms of Use. If you received The Daily Bankruptcy News via email (and you have a paid subscription account), to view a news story, click on the headline, and the story should open in your web browser. To view additional stories, click back to the email and click on additional headlines, which will cause new stories to open in your web browser.  You can view the most recent edition of The Daily Bankruptcy News on the web at BKInformation.com.

Advertising
Advertising is available in The Daily Bankruptcy News. Click here for details  Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Passwords/Subscriptions
Access to certain links in The Daily Bankruptcy News is available only to readers holding a paid service subscription. These links are currently marked with a "DBN" notation. The cost of a subscription is $66.50/year, payable annually.  Volume discounts are available for sites with multiple users. Click here to see a schedule of discounts. Complimentary subscriptions are available for full-time educational and governmental employees and for full time students. For information about discounts or educational/governmental subscriptions, contact us by clicking here. A separate password is required for each member of a firm wishing access to restricted links.

New readers can receive a free password good for 30 days by clicking here. 30-day passwords are not available to readers who have previously had a password, even if the password was associated with a different email address used by the reader. Refunds are not available after purchase.

Readers who wish to change their passwords should click here. Readers who have forgotten their password should click here.

Adding Your Email Address To The Distribution List
If you would like to start receiving The Daily Bankruptcy News by email each day, click here, and fill in the information requested. There is no charge to be placed on the distribution list to receive the headlines, although access to many of the links behind the headlines requires a paid subscription (see above, under Passwords). If, after adding your email address to the distribution list, you do not receive an email confirming the addition, please contact us by clicking here for help.

Removing Your Email Address From The Distribution List
If you already receive The Daily Bankruptcy News by email and you wish to remove your email address from the distribution list, click here and send the email that should appear. You do not need to type anything in the body of the email message. Note that the email asking for removal must be sent from the same email address which is on our distribution list. If you do not receive an email confirming deletion of your email address from the distribution list, contact us by clicking here for help.

If receive the publication forwarded from an older email address, you will need to contact us as described below for help removing that older address from our distribution list.

Press Releases/News Tips
Please send press releases and news tips to admin@bkinformation.com

Contact Us
The Daily Bankruptcy News is published each business day by BKINFORMATION.COM, L.L.C. You can phone or text us at 281-402-3957. You can email us at accounting@bkinformation.com (email inquiries are usually answered substantially more quickly than phone inquiries). Our mailing address is 935 Eldridge Road, No. 350, Sugar Land, Texas 77478.
Copyright 2021