Clara Geoghegan

Former banking middleware firm Synapse Financial Technologies Inc.'s Chapter 11 has been dismissed by a California bankruptcy judge after the debtor said it didn't have the funds to try to sell its assets again.

A Texas bankruptcy judge has granted the Chapter 15 petition of the United Kingdom unit of jewelry maker Fossil, giving U.S. recognition of a deal that will restructure $150 million in unsecured notes, drum up $32.5 million in liquidity and provide releases.

Klöckner Pentaplast Verwaltungs GmbH, a European plastic packaging maker, filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas to trim €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) of debt from its balance sheet through a debt-for-equity swap Chapter 11 plan after seeing cooling demand in recent years.

Guardian Elder Care's unsecured creditors committee urged a Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge to deny the nursing home operator's latest request to extend its exclusive window to propose a Chapter 11 plan, arguing it hasn't made enough progress in its 15 months in bankruptcy.

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge agreed Friday to dismiss the Chapter 11 proceedings for entities connected to troubled real estate group CBRM Realty Inc., diffusing creditors' efforts to have the cases thrown out as bad-faith filings.

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge agreed Friday to dismiss the Chapter 11 proceedings for entities connected to troubled real estate group CBRM Realty Inc., diffusing creditors' efforts to have the cases thrown out as bad-faith filings.

Groff Tractor Mid Atlantic, a construction equipment dealership operator, is seeking Chapter 11 protection in Texas, estimating between $100 million to $500 million in liabilities. Guiding the private equity-owned group through bankruptcy are two attorneys with Forth Worth-based Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP.

The Office of the U.S. Trustee has urged the swift appointment of an examiner to probe car parts group First Brands' Texas bankruptcy, echoing a creditor's call for an independent investigation into over $2 billion in unaccounted funds.

A string of real estate owners and developers sought Chapter 11 protections. The publisher behind a 1970s science fiction magazine is looking to liquidate in Chapter 7. A Florida physician group said it's hoping to cut down on its debt and restructure through Chapter 11. And a mid-Atlantic construction equipment dealer owned by a Texas private equity group filed for Chapter 11.

Published in August, "Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy" looks at a sample of U.S. Chapter 7 and 13 consumer bankruptcies filed between 2013 and 2023, painting a picture of people's debts, demographics and lives before bankruptcy.