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1. Rudy Giuliani Makes Last-Ditch Deal to End Bankruptcy Case  The Daily Beast
2. Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors financial adviser $400k  New York Post
3. Giuliani may avoid testimony in bankruptcy case amid settlement on fees  The Washington Post

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The statue of a scout stands in the entrance to Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas, February 5, 2013. REUTERS/Tim Sharp Acquire Licensing Rights

Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America has received a U.S. bankruptcy judge's approval to pay about $245 million in fees to lawyers and financial advisers who crafted the youth organization's $2.46 billion settlement of sex abuse claims.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein in Wilmington, Delaware, late on Tuesday mostly approved final fee applications from more than two dozen law firms and advisers who worked on the bankruptcy case. The overall bankruptcy fees could end up closer to $275 million, based on outstanding requests for payment from other groups that participated in the bankruptcy.

Silverstein had decried the "staggering" legal fees racked up in the case in 2021, when the number crossed the $100 million threshold.

White & Case, which served as lead counsel during the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy, received the highest fee award, at $71 million. Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, which represented the official committee of abuse claimants, received $37.8 million, and Alvarez & Marsal, the Boy Scouts' financial adviser, received $19 million.

White & Case attorneys told Silverstein at an Oct. 5 hearing that they recognized the fees were high, but noted that the case was extraordinarily complex and ultimately led to a successful bankruptcy settlement that allowed the Boy Scouts to emerge from Chapter 11 in April.

White & Case attorney Jessica Lauria said at the Oct. 5 hearing that the Boy Scouts' overall fees compare favorably to amounts spent on other complex bankruptcies, pointing out that Johnson & Johnson spent more than $170 million on failed efforts to resolve talc-related lawsuits through a subsidiary's bankruptcy cases.

The fees approved Wednesday include payments for the Boy Scouts' court-appointed committees representing sex abuse claimants and other creditors, and a future claims representative that advocated for abuse victims who had not yet stepped forward when the case was filed in February 2020.

The judge deferred ruling on an additional $5 million in fees requested by those parties, which have been challenged as unreasonable by the U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog.

Silverstein is still considering separate requests for payment from other groups that helped negotiate the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy settlement, including a $21 million request from the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice, the largest group of abuse claimants in the case, a $3.5 million request from two firms that advocated for plaintiffs with higher-value abuse claims, and a $1.5 million request from a group of Catholic organizations that sponsored Scouting programs.

Debtors do not normally cover the legal costs of outside groups, other than those that are officially appointed by the court. But the abuse claimants and Catholic group have sought reimbursement for their "substantial contribution" to the success of the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy settlement.

The Boy Scouts exited bankruptcy in April after finalizing a settlement that resolved the claims of more than 80,000 men who say they were abused as children by troop leaders.

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The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) bankruptcy was bad news for investors placing big bets in the autism therapy space. But there are upsides for the company.

CARDs new owners, Doreen Granpeeseh and Sangam Pant get a clean slate at the scaled autism therapy company. And its a company with which they are well acquainted. Granpeesheh founded the company. She was its CEO for all but a few years of its 32-year existence. Pant, Granpeeshehs business partner, has advised and worked with the company for years.

About a month before closing, Granpeesheh and Pant set about remaking CARDs finances. Granpeesheh personally threw herself into leadership and staffing efforts. She re-hired several ex-CARD executives. She also whittled down the top administrative structure of the company, flattening its hierarchy.

As we were doing this, our goal was to bring in as many savings as we could, and we were successful, Granpeesheh said on the Behavioral Health Business Perspectives podcast. Were starting out with a much more lean company.

Thats the answer. We have to keep the company lean, go back to taking care of our patients and staff and also pay attention to the business.

Henderson, Nevada-based CARD remains largely intact and at similar staffing levels post-bankruptcy. The Audax Group bought 15 clinics and three special education schools in the bankruptcy proceedings. That leaves CARD with 115 centers and other business assets.

Looking to slow down a bit, Granpeesheh had planned an exit to a board role after selling a majority stake in the company. She reversed course when the bankruptcy proceedings began.

[Granpeeshehs] buying back the company at a lot less than what she was paid, Kevin Taggart, managing partner at the M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart, told Behavioral Health Business. The sales good for many stakeholders other than the debt and equity holders.

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) invested $700 million for a 70% stake in the company in May 2018. Ares Capital Corp (Nasdaq: ARCC) provided at least $253 million in debt to CARD. This included $18 million to finance the bankruptcy, according to a review of bankruptcy documents.

Other investors find themselves in the same situation.

Starting around 2017, the market for autism therapy platforms was hot. Valuations for autism therapy providers were at an all-time high. M&A volumes hit a streak of historic highs leading into the pandemic. On top of that, deals were financed when interest rates were low, based on continued low Federal Reserve rates.

But then the COVID pandemic led to a series of headwinds that made these juicy deals bitter.

The Federal Reserve interest rate has doubled since this same time five years ago, sending the cost of new debt and variable-rate financing through the roof. A national reassessment of work-life balance and other needs facilitated the Great Resignation phenomenon. Inflation made doing business more expensive while worsening workforce challenges.

The year 2023 has been rough for autism therapy platforms. Several have whittled their footprints or offerings to adjust to the headwinds in the market, showing a reassessment of how to approach the autism therapy market.

Golden Gate Capital-backed Invo Healthcare closed its home- and clinic-based operations over the summer. Arsenal Meanwhile, Capital Partners-backed autism provider Hopebridge has pulled back from the Colorado market and faces substantial Medicaid rate cuts in Indiana, its home state, and where it operates the most locations.

CARD culled underperforming clinics from its portfolio as a last-ditch effort before filing bankruptcy.

These painful adjustments reset platforms for the present reality of an unfavorable autism therapy market. The major headwinds workforce issues, flat or diminishing payer rates, high-interest rates make meeting the tantalizingly high demand for autism therapy services a complicated prospect.

I think a lot of investors mistook a surplus of demand for an easy ability to generate good financial outcomes, John Hennegan, partner with Chicago-based private equity firm Shore Capital Partners, told BHB. Meaning that there were so many children who needed access to care, they assumed your financial success would follow.

In the five to seven years leading into 2023, several large platforms grew through aggressive M&A or de novo strategies, often opting for large national footprints. CARD and others opted for the latter approach. Hennegan notes that the greater focus across the autism therapy industry is on market density.

Despite the challenges from the investment perspective, the bankruptcy for CARD allows it to go through a cleansing process, Adam Abramowitz, managing director and head of health care for Intrepid Investment Bankers, told BHB.

Thats a real benefit for CARD, Abramowitz said. You can unload a lot of baggage and distractions and focus on the right operational things and not have these other factors that are negatively impacting the business.

Granpeesheh and Pant acquired CARD for $37.4 million to own the company outright. Granpeesheh held a 21% stake in the company before the deal.

Abramowitz added that Granpeesheh and Pant acquiring the company with cash demonstrates their confidence in the core business at CARD and that they want to help more children and see that entity be successful.

Despite the challenges, there is still a case for new autism investments.

But theres much more to consider in the space than the massive demand for and shortage of service.

You should never invest in a company or target a particular market just because theres a lot of demand, Abramowitz said. That certainly sets a good foundation for opportunity. But youve got to make sure you can make ends meet.

The key to differentiating a business from the rest of the market is with high-quality care and providing value for three constituents, Abramowitz said: patients and families, providers and payers.

The foundation of demand is as strong as ever, Hennegan said.

It is very hard to find a sector anywhere in the economy, particularly within health care, that is this fragmented and growing this quickly, Hennegan said. Is it perfect? No. No sector is.

An additional impact that complicated autism therapy investing is multiple compressions. While low-end valuations havent moved much in recent years, the average for high-end valuations has come down significantly, according to research from The Braff Group. This makes the prospect of selling a platform acquired at the top of the market for a profit nearly impossible.

For CARD, the immediate-term and short-term work focuses on internal reform and a slight focus on reestablishing operations where it pulled back.

We have a lot of work to do with the existing clinics, Granpeesheh said. Our focus will be to get the centers back up to capacity.

After that, the specific growth plan is fuzzy. Granpeesheh said she hopes that CARD will reopen clinics in previously abandoned markets. She mentioned Oregon as an example.

The new reality of the autism sector requires a different approach. Granpeesheh will take over the CEO role at CARD and already plans to establish new programs.

CARD will reestablish programs for adults and older children. In recent years, the company has zeroed in on young children and early intervention. The company will also outsource fewer functions to cut costs.

As CEO, Granpeesheh plans to be very hands-on and spend a lot of time in the field to understand the deeper issues centers face. In so doing, she hopes to show frontline staff that she prioritizes their issues.

Although its a bigger company, its still half the size of what Im used to, so its not that hard for us to interact with our employees and get focused on what we need in order to do their jobs better, Granpeesheh said.

Staffing is CARDs No. 1 challenge, Granpeesheh said. The company has about half as many board-certified behavioral analysts (BCBAs) as it had in the past, she added.

To address retention, she plans on reestablishing incentive efforts, including a bonus system for registered behavior technicians, and other programs to enrich clinicians work lives.

CARD will also broaden its clinician hiring beyond clinicians that focus on early intervention. The company will also deepen its training efforts, Granpeesheh said. In doing so, she hopes to deepen a mission-focused culture.

The people who last and come in and make this a career are mission-driven, Granpeesheh said. It really is about reminding people about the mission and giving them a sense of how much of an impact they have on those with autism and their families.

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Eight U.S. senators, including Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Roger Marshall (R-KS), have formally requested the Department of the Treasury consider a potential going concern bid to save good-paying, union trucking jobs as Yellow Corp.s bankruptcy proceedings continue.

Sen. Marshall issued a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Oct. 19 about interested parties attempting to make a going concern bid before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware. To aid the effort, the Kansas senator asked the Treasury to work with the U.S. Justice Department to extend the maturity date of loans that Yellow obtained under the CARES Act a move that would secure financing for the bid and help retain thousands of trucking jobs that may otherwise remain lost in the wake of Yellows collapse.

Through no fault of their own, 30,000 employees have been left without a job after [Yellows] utter mismanagement of the company. This comes even after Yellows union workers provided concessions with their own money and benefits to help the company reach financial stability, Sen. Marshall wrote to Yellen. It would be a disservice to these workers to not allow the opportunity for a going concern bid. I ask Treasury to seek the authority to change the terms of the loan provided to Yellow. It will not only benefit the economy, but also protect thousands of workers across the nation.

Yellow Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Aug. 6, resulting in job losses for 22,000 hardworking Teamsters. With bankruptcy proceedings underway and the threat of liquidation of Yellows freight and real estate assets, the Teamsters are fighting for significant corporate bankruptcy reform in the U.S. to ensure workers are first in line for financial restitution. Teamsters at Yellow were the companys biggest creditors, voluntarily sacrificing more than $5 billion in wage and pension concessions to keep Yellow afloat for the last 20 years.

In addition to Sen. Marshall, seven other senators issued a joint letter to the U.S. Treasury on Oct. 6. Alongside Sen. Brown and Sen. Sanders, the letter was signed by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-PA), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), and Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN).

It is our understanding that a [going concern] bid would expediate payments to creditors, including to taxpayers, while preserving jobs, the senators wrote to the Treasury. A going concern bid has the potential to make [working] families whole again as new ownership will have the incentive to build a sustainable future for Yellows workforce and shareholders. We urge you to do what is possible to reimburse taxpayers while potentially preserving tens of thousands of American jobs.

The entire Teamsters Union is keeping a close eye on the proceedings in Delaware as the Yellow bankruptcy carries on, and we are extremely grateful for the support of these U.S. senators standing up for American workers seeking relief, said Teamsters General President Sean M. OBrien. With the assistance of the U.S. Treasury and the Justice Department, if a going concern bid is presented during this bankruptcy process, the Teamsters will do everything in our power to rebuild as many strong union jobs as possible in the less-than-truckload space that Yellow abandoned with its corporate recklessness. The battle for high-paying careers in American trucking is far from over.

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Meridian Restaurants is selling 67 of its 91 restaurants following an auction. | Photo: Shutterstock.

Several different buyers are acquiring Burger King restaurants out of bankruptcy after winning an auction for the assets of large franchisee Meridian Restaurants Unlimited earlier this month.

But the biggest buyer is, apparently, Burger King itself.

Sixty-seven of the 91 restaurants still operated by Meridian were sold in a 10-hour auction held earlier this month, according to court documents, for a total of about $17.5 million.

Four franchisees, mostly existing Burger King franchisees, are buying restaurants in specific states. But Burger King was the largest individual buyer, agreeing to pay $4.4 million for 29 restaurants in Utah and Montana.

KRAF Inc., an Arizona Burger King franchisee that had provided the initial stalking horse bid for the restaurants out of bankruptcy, is paying $7 million for seven locations in that state, though $1.5 million of that is reserved for construction to repair hurricane damage on one of the locations.

Kansas King is acquiring 16 locations in Nebraska and Kansas for $2.2 million, a deal that includes $1.5 million in support funding from Burger King itself.

Dakota Restaurant Partners is acquiring a dozen locations in North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana for $3.4 million. Snake River Foods, a Burger King operator out of Idaho, is buying three Montana units for just over $600,000.

A bankruptcy court was set to approve the deals this week.

It is unclear as of yet what will happen to the restaurants that are not sold but there are some local reports of closed locations in the aftermath of the auction. It also suggests that only just more than half of the 120 restaurants Meridian did operate before it filed for bankruptcy in March will survive the process still open.

Burger King struggled coming out of the pandemic, as perpetually lower-than-average unit volumes proved problematic as costs surged in late 2021 and 2022 and the chains sales did not grow like those of rivals McDonalds, Wendys and Taco Bell. The brand closed about 60 locations last year and more have closed so far this year amid bankruptcy filings and other closures.

Meridian was one of two major Burger King operators to file for bankruptcy earlier this year when it filed in March. It closed restaurants entering the filing and closed several others after seeking debt protection. And, though the company said its sales and profits were coming back, Burger King itself demanded a sale, arguing that the operator was spread too far and wasnt a strong enough operator to warrant continuing in the system.

Meridians restaurants are in several states, from Minnesota to Utah. Burger King is pushing to focus on smaller operators with 50 or fewer locations, and not so far apart. In an ideal world, Id like it if they could drive to all their restaurants, Josh Kobza, CEO of Burger King parent company Restaurant Brands International, said in May.

Burger King has shown some improvement of late, however, as sales have improved and franchisees have worked on operations. The other operator that filed for bankruptcy this year, Toms King, sold for $33 million in April to multiple buyers.

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.

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Noble House Home Furnishings joined the ranks of furniture suppliers to file for bankruptcy earlier this month, with the company blaming cost inflation and past supply chain disruptions, among other challenges.

When the company filed for Chapter 11, it owed suppliers and warehousers in its supply chain some $10 million from the period leading up to its bankruptcy, according to a court filing. Trade debts from importers and vendors in China and Vietnam make up a majority of the largest claims by the companys unsecured creditors.

Since filing, Noble House asked for and received court permission to make emergency payments to keep its suppliers in good stead and prevent warehousers from seizing inventory. Without the ability to pay claims to vendors as they arise, Noble House would face significant disruption to [the companys] operations at this critical time, it said in the filing.

Founded in 1992, the family-owned company drop-ships merchandise for some of the largest retailers in the U.S., including Amazon, Walmart, Costco, Wayfair, Overstock, Target and Home Depot, the companys current CFO, Gayla Bella, said in court papers. Among its wholesale customers are off-price giants Ross Stores and TJX Cos.

For Noble House, rising lead times and inventory costs contributed to its financial malaise.

Bella noted that rising and persistent inflation, and supply chain challenges have put significant downward pressure on the Companys business. Those challenges, combined with liquidity shortfalls and falling sales, became a crisis.

Noble House carries a core product base of 8,000 SKUs and sources from a network of more than 50 suppliers, based mainly in China, Malaysia, Vietnam and India. With the majority of its merchandise originating in China, it was prone to logistics and production disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As it tried to stem the bleeding this year, the company cut costs by reducing headcount and optimizing its inventory management, according to Bella. It also vacated a distribution facility in Edgewater, New Jersey.

But those efforts werent enough to keep the company out of bankruptcy. Now in Chapter 11, Noble House is looking to sell itself.

The company entered bankruptcy with a baseline bid from the logistics and technology firm GigaCloud Technology to buy it for $85 million.

Noble Houses filing comes shortly after that of fellow home goods supplier Mitchell Gold Co., which shut down abruptly, citing a shortfall of cash and dispute with its lender in its Chapter 11 filing.

Among Mitchell Gold Co.s customers is the luxury furniture retailer RH. The latter companys CEO, Gary Friedman, said that RH did not anticipate any interruptions from its suppliers bankruptcy or from broader risk in the supply chain.

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It also created a new position player in the reorganization game the Subchapter V Trustee. The primary role of the Subchapter V Trustee is to facilitate a consensual plan of reorganization. In other words, to be a mediator between the debtor and its creditors.

In certain cases, however, a Subchapter V Trustee's role can be expanded from facilitator to investigator. This can occur when there is a reasonable suspicion of bad behavior by the debtor. The standard is "cause," a little word with an expansive definition. Depending on the case, it can mean mismanagement by the debtor or the debtors insiders or principals, failure to provide documents or accounting records, failure to account for assets, criminal charges against the debtor or a principal of the debtor, squandering of estate assets, potential insider or intercompany claims, or significant questions about the debtor's true financial condition.

If the Bankruptcy Court finds cause, then it can order a Subchapter V Trustee to investigate the acts, conduct, assets, liabilities, and financial condition of the debtor, the operation of the debtors business, and the desirability of the continuance of such business, and any other matter relevant to the case or to the formulation of a plan.

Related to the investigation, the Trustee must file a statement of any investigation, including any fact ascertained pertaining to fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, misconduct, mismanagement, or irregularity in the management of the affairs of the debtor, or to a cause of action available to the estate.

The Court can enhance the Trustee's powers on its own. A creditor also can move the Court to turn the Trustee into a private investigator. As a general rule, the debtor pays the fees and expenses of the Trustee, so the debtor could find itself paying to be investigated. This is not a remedy available in every case. But where a creditor believes the debtor is not being honest, it can be a powerful weapon. In some cases, the mere threat of a motion might cause a debtor to be more cooperative and transparent about its affairs.

This article is based on a presentation Mr. Martin gave at the 2023 National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees in Washington, DC.

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The increase in large corporate bankruptcies in the first half of 2023 marked a reversal from a gradual decline in filings since the start of 2021, according to a report released by Cornerstone Research.

The report, Trends in Large Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial DistressMidyear 2023 Update, found that the number of bankruptcies filed by public and private companies with over $100 million in assets increased during the first half of 2023 to 72 filings, already surpassing the 53 bankruptcy filings in 2022. While the number of bankruptcies increased, the average assets at the time of filing, $780 million, were well below the 20052022 average of $2.05 billion and the 2022 average of $1.62 billion.

Retail Trade, Services, and Manufacturing saw the most notable increases in bankruptcy filings in the first half of the year, while Mining, Oil, and Gas continued to decline. Manufacturing has already seen nearly twice as many bankruptcies as in the previous year (24 filings in 1H 2023 compared to 13 in 2022) and accounted for 33% of all bankruptcies filed in the first half of 2023.

"The surge in large corporate bankruptcy filings in the first half of 2023 is consistent with economic conditions posing heightened bankruptcy risk for highly leveraged companies," said Matt Osborn, a principal at Cornerstone Research and coauthor of the report. "Along with a general rise in interest rates, credit spreads for highly leveraged corporate issuers compared to investment grade issuers began widening in mid-2022, a shift that generally persisted into the first half of 2023."

The number of mega bankruptcies, those filed by companies with over $1 billion in reported assets, also increased. In the first half of 2023, the number of mega bankruptcies already matched the full-year total for 2022 of 16 and surpassed the 20052022 half-year average of 11. The largest bankruptcy was filed by SVB Financial Group, with $19.68 billion in assets at the time of filing. The largest non-financial-firm bankruptcy filing was by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., with $4.40 billion in assets at the time of filing. Six mega bankruptcies were filed by companies in the Services industry.

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The company that has been sued by various states for alleged deceptive business practices surrounding 40-listing agreements, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 33 states.

Florida-based MV Realty came under scrutiny for allegedly paying homeowners a few hundred dollars in exchange for the right to be the listing agent in the event a homeowner decided to sell their home, CBS News reported.

Under the 40-year contracts, MV Realty would receive money if the company sold the property, the homeowner canceled the agreement or if the property was transferred in some other way, including foreclosure or a transfer when the owner dies.

The contracts also allegedly permitted MV Realty to obtain mortgages on the homes, unbeknownst to the homeowners.

North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, among others, have sued MV Realty for alleged deceptive, unfair trade practices.

I was shocked, Philadelphia homeowner Timothy Calhoun, who entered into a contract with MV Realty, said at a hearing concerning MV Realtys practices earlier this year. They never told me that I was signing a mortgage. If I had known that I was gonna put a mortgage on my house, I would have never had signed the agreement.

The lawsuits in every state seek to stop MV Realty from entering into new contracts, void the existing contracts and have courts assign civil penalties to the company.

MV Realty, which operates in 33 states nationwide, previously denied it engaged in any false or deceptive practices.

We are confident that after a full airing of the facts, the conclusion will be that MV Realtys business transactions are legal and ethical and that our team has operated in full compliance with [Massachusetts] law, the firm said in a statement to CBS Boston.

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