CNBC discusses how July’s inflation data should provide signs that there’s at least some relief in the pipeline for now, with consumer prices being flat for the month. The trend was mostly led by a fall in energy prices, although it was offset by gains in other items, including a 1.1% monthly rise in food
Reuters reports that Coinbase’s shares rose more than 16% last week after the cryptocurrency exchange announced its partnership with BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. Under the agreement, Coinbase’s institutional trading platform Prime, which services hedge funds, corporate treasuries and other financial institutions, will provide crypto trading and custody services to Coinbase’s institutional clients using
According to The Wall Street Journal, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has reached a national settlement agreement worth nearly $5 billion, including about $3.7 billion in cash, to resolve thousands of lawsuits over its alleged role in the opioid crisis. The plaintiffs’ executive committee, which represents local and state governments and Native American tribes, reported
Shareholders in the Revlon bankruptcy have asked that an official committee of equityholders, not affiliated with the debtor-retailer’s majority owner Ron Perelman, be appointed in the case. According to The Wall Street Journal, a group of minority shareholders sent a letter to the US Trustee on July 13th requesting the formation of an official
The Wall Street Journal reports that corporate chapter 11 filings are increasing, reflecting market concern over market volatility, interest rate hikes, and a potential economic slowdown. Many expect default rates to increase this year, though perhaps by not as much as one would expect given the current economic headwinds, based on many companies having taken
Reuters reports that the New Jersey bankruptcy judge overseeing the bankruptcy proceedings of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management will allowing certain talc tort cases against Johnson & Johnson to proceed while LTL Management proceeds in bankruptcy. Specifically, Judge Michael Kaplan has stated that he may allow some of the 38,000 lawsuits against Johnson &
The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Treasury moved on Tuesday to block U.S. investors from purchasing Russian debt in secondary markets. As a response to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, Treasury had originally prohibited the purchase of newly issued Russian government and corporate debt but Treasury has now expanded that policy to
Law 360 reports that a ruling by the Chancery Court of Delaware has left the chapter 11 bankruptcy sale of cosmetics company, Stila Styles LLC, at a standstill based on a dispute over the authority of a manger appointed in Stila’s bankruptcy proceedings. The Court found that, as a matter of contract, the company’s 2017
Reuters reports that an April 12, 2022, decision by Judge Ernest Robles of the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, “highlights what appears to be a substantial drafting error” in Subchapter V of the Bankruptcy Code. Subchapter V is a relatively new Bankruptcy Code intended solely for small businesses. The drafting error identified
Law360 reports that Coinbase included new bankruptcy-related risk factors in a recent SEC filing, explaining that “custodially held” digital assets (i.e., cryptocurrency) could be considered property of a bankruptcy estate if the company were to file for bankruptcy and that Coinbase customers could be treated as general unsecured creditors, which would decrease their likelihood of