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Amini LLC Secures $2.2 Million Attorneys’ Fees Award in Fiduciary Breach Case

Amini LLC announces another victory before Justice Joel M. Cohen in New York County’s Commercial Division, awarding our client $2.2 million for the legal fees and ...
Insights

Outdoor Voices Bankruptcy Imminent According to Insiders

There are exceptions to the WARN Act, and I don’t know what exception they’re relying on, but it would be extremely unlikely that they would have ...
In the Media

U.S. News – Best Lawyers® recognized Amini LLC as a “Best Law Firm” for the year 2024!

We are proud to announce that U.S. News – Best Lawyers® has recognized Amini LLC as a “Best Law Firm” for the year 2024! Such ...
Decisions

Amini LLC Recovers Full Satisfaction of $52 Million Judgement Against Lynn Tilton

In a landmark legal victory, Amini LLC announces the successful recovery of a full payment totaling $52 million, following its decisive judgment against Lynn Tilton ...
In the Media

He Made ‘Seven Brides’ Less Sexist. But Can He Stage It?

“But according to a lawsuit filed this week in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the heirs of his ...
Decisions

2nd Circ. Says Lynn Tilton Owes $39.2 M to TransCare Estate

Amini LLC achieves a resounding appellate victory resulting from a high-stakes, 8-figure commercial trial in the Bankruptcy Court against Lynn Tilton, the ”Diva of Distressed”. ...
In the Media

Amini LLC and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York Win Lawsuit Upholding Prisoner’s Rights

Albany and New York, NY, July 21, 2020 -After 24 years in solitary confinement, Karen Murtagh, Executive Director of Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York ...
Decisions

For Profit Chain’s Bankruptcy Grinds to an End

The newly announced $8 million settlement is much smaller than an initial $37 million claim from the U.S. Department of Education. The department's primary concern was that ...
In the Media

Education Department settles with former Anthem Education operator

A former for-profit college operator settled with the U.S. Department of Education for $8 million as part of the company’s bankruptcy case, attorneys announced last ...
Decisions

Court Approves Trustee’s Settlement with US Government Closing the Bankruptcy of For-Profit, Post-Secondary Schools Operator, Florida Career College

Clingman & Hanger Management Associates, LLC  and Amini LLC today announced the approval of a settlement agreement with the US Department of Education (DOE), clearing ...
In the Media

Feds charge former Novato businessman in massive ‘Ponzi scheme’

Federal criminal investigators this week charged a former Novato businessman of operating a massive Ponzi scheme, defrauding more than a thousand investors and embezzling tens ...
In the Media

After 24 years, lawyer helps prisoner out of solitary

In 1996, cell phones weren’t quite a thing. Students didn’t type essays on laptops, or anywhere other than a stationary computer or even a typewriter. ...
In the Media

Jamie Salter, the $12 Billion Man

The founder and CEO of Authentic Brands Group submitted the winning bid late Tuesday to purchase Brooks Brothers for $325 million. Jamie Salter doesn’t like ...
In the Media

Is Fashion Using Bankruptcy as a Lifeline?

The list of bankruptcy filings in the fashion and retail space continues to grow longer with each passing day, so much so that some are ...
Decisions

Amini LLC wins significant outcome in its pro bono representation of New York State prisoner

Amini LLC has obtained a significant outcome in its pro bono representation of Imhotep H’Shaka, a prisoner in the New York State prison system.  After ...
In the Media

Lynn Tilton Faces $41.8M Loss After Ch. 7 Trial

A New York federal bankruptcy judge on Monday recommended a judgment of $41.8 million against distressed-debt maverick Lynn Tilton after a bench trial in a ...
Decisions

Amini LLC wins $42 million bankruptcy decision

Dear Clients and Friends: Amini LLC just received a very significant decision from U.S Bankruptcy Judge Stuart M. Bernstein in a case we tried last ...
Insights

Timely Relief to Help Small Businesses Reorganize

While the Payroll Protection Program under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) has captured the headlines these past few days, this amendment ...
Insights

Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 Subchapter V

By the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which became effective February 1, 2020, a new Subchapter V was added to Chapter 11 of the ...