Hawaiian Airlines parent company to buy Island Air’s assets – Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

HONOLULU (AP) Hawaiian Airlines’ parent company agreed to purchase Island Air’s operating certificate and other assets in a move that could save the failed company from liquidation. The trustee overseeing Island Air’s bankruptcy case filed a last-minute motion disclosing Hawaiian Holdings Inc.’s purchase. If the sale is approved, then the trustee’s attorney Simon Klevansky said…

Parekh Aluminex intimates of initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process – Business Standard

With effect from 23 November 2017 Parekh Aluminex announced that Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process has been initiated under the provision of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 by an order of the National Company Law Tribunal with effect from 23 November 2017. The powers of the Board of the… Read the full article at: http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/parekh-aluminex-intimates-of-initiation-of-corporate-insolvency-resolution-process-117122000985_1.html

Grocon did not pay Queensland subbies for ‘six to eight months’: CFMEU – The Australian Financial Review

The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union says construction company Grocon has not paid several groups of sub-contractors in Queensland for six to eight months, as concerns about the company’s future continue to simmer. Some contractors working on the group’s Queensland projects such as the Parklands Project, which forms the athletes’ village for next April’s…

HK: Ashurst snaps up restructuring partner from White & Case – Legal Business Online

HK: Ashurst snaps up restructuring partner from White & Case | Asian Legal Business HK: Ashurst snaps up restructuring partner from White & Case Ashurst has hired restructuring specialist Damien Whitehead as a partner in… Read the full article at: http://www.legalbusinessonline.com/appointments/hk-ashurst-snaps-restructuring-partner-white-case/75212

Sorrento Tech, Inc. Announces Voluntary Delisting from Nasdaq and Closing of its Stock Transfer Books – PR Newswire (press release)

As previously disclosed, on October 4, 2017, the Company filed a definitive proxy statement for a special meeting of its stockholders, which was held on October 26, 2017 (the “Special Meeting”).  At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an asset purchase agreement for the sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets (the “Asset Sale”)…

FRDI bill: Why India needs a new legal framework to prevent bank failures – Economic Times

Safety of bank deposits has vaulted into the centre-stage of public discourse for the first time since the minirun on savings at ICICI Bank in 2008. Selective reading or more fittingly, misreading of the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill has led the general public to interpret the proposed legislation as draconian – one…