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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Chinese Over Solar Panel Dumping

Green Building Law Update

District Court Eastern District of Michigan, claims the object of the Chinese companies’ illegal actions was to drive established solar industry leader Energy Conversion Devices out of business. and their U.S. affiliates, seeking over $950,000,000 in damages.

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Florida developer files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Construction Dive

The filing comes amid lender claims that 550 Seabreeze Development defaulted on a $36.9 million mortgage loan for the Fort Lauderdale resort.

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Trustee in bankruptcy case says MGT Construction may have "undisclosed assets" to pay $28M debt

Construction Dive

A trustee in the case of MGT's Chapter 7 bankruptcy has asked the court to consider that the company may have more than the $50,000 in assets it claims.

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Mechanics Lien and Bond Claims Best Practices

Best Practices Construction Law

Through the years of consulting with folks in the construction industry about mechanics lien and bond claims, I’ve unearthed a set of principles to help navigate the very complicated world of liens. They barely even mentioned that they could file a bond claim, and that this is commonly even referred to as a lien.

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Ahern Second Reorganization Plan Approved

Construction Equipment

Bankruptcy Court. The plan will help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which it filed Dec. The second lien noteholders agreed to the plan and will receive all of their allowed claims. Ahern Rentals'' second amended reorganization plan was approved by the U.S. Don Ahern and John Paul Ahern, Jr.,

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Chinese Military Hackers Charged with Disrupting U.S. Solar Market

Green Building Law Update

” I had written in a blog post last October, Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Chinese Over Solar Panel Dumping , about a case filed in the U.S. Asbeck, founder and CEO of SolarWorld, issued an open letter to President Barack Obama requesting his “support for both the U.S.

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PG&E Faces Jury Trial for Fire as Bankruptcy Continues

ENR Construction

A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a jury should determine whether Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. is responsible for the Tubbs fire of 2017, one of California’s worst wildfires, which could account for as much as two-thirds of the wildfire claims for 2017 and 2018.