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In the height of Great Recession, this famous Ohio baker of cookies filed for bankruptcy and terminated its operations. It financial troubles cause approximately 700 employees to lose their jobs without notice. Jack and René were their counsel and settled the case against the company and its private equity parent for several million dollars.
Columbus Steel
Our clients made big things, manufacturing complex steel castings for rail cars, mining, construction, power generation and other heavy industries. Columbus Steel was once the largest single-site steel foundry in North America, known as Buckeye Steel and Castings. As part of the “pride-in-American-manufacturing comeback”, it was supposed to help revive manufacturing, repatriating steel manufacturing jobs by bringing them back home to the U.S.A. Instead, after 115 years, it closed doors letting go over 600 employees without 60 days’ notice. It filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware. Jack and René settled the case.
Lapeer Industries (Michigan)
Our clients manufactured automotive and defense components for major corporations and the U.S. military from three plants in Lapeer, Michigan, before Lapeer Industries shut down after almost 40 years of operations. It filed for protection under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Affected employees and anyone seeking the most up-to-date information on this case may follow this link to our WARN practice site.
Qimonda (Virginia)
This German producer of computer memory chips operated a U.S. branch, Qimonda North America and Qimonda Richmond, in Henrico County in eastern Virginia. It shut down without notice, letting go over 1,500 employees. After it filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, Jack and René settled the case for over $30 million..
Affected employees and anyone seeking the most up-to-date information on this case may follow this link to our WARN practice site.