James Nani

Though not unprecedented, the Jones and Cardi B cases highlight the intersection of bankruptcy law, defamation, and popular culture at a time when social media has turned everyone into a potential publisher who could be liable for their public pronouncements. They also reinforce a quiet part of law that debtors, creditors, and attorneys should keep in mind before weighing bankruptcy court.

The sudden resignation of a Houston judge credited with turning his federal district into a corporate bankruptcy hub is raising questions over whether struggling corporations will increasingly look elsewhere to file for Chapter 11.

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Friday proposed a bankruptcy exit plan that offers to settle with Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ families by paying them at least $55 million over 10 years.

The amount represents at least $30 million less than what the families had proposed, and is a fraction of the roughly $1.4 billion judges ruled

“How Kirkland Uses Court Shopping to Get an Edge in Bankruptcy; Big Law behemoth favored Houston, Delaware, Richmond courts; Practices raise concern over bankruptcy system fairness”:

The entity behind the satirical news site The Onion, along with families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, are on tap to purchase right-wing provocateur Alex Jones' Infowars website.

The entity behind the satirical news site The Onion, along with families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, are on tap to purchase right-wing provocateur Alex Jones' Infowars website.

A frustrated bankruptcy judge said he has concerns over the process in which satirical news site The Onion won an auction for right-wing provocateur Alex Jones’ Infowars website.

A frustrated bankruptcy judge said he has concerns over the process in which satirical news site The Onion won an auction for right-wing provocateur Alex Jones’ Infowars website.

A frustrated bankruptcy judge said he has concerns over the process in which satirical news site The Onion won an auction for right-wing provocateur Alex Jones' Infowars website.