Finalizing the legal team to handle cases related to Foxwoods Casino’s bankruptcy hasn’t been a simple task. As DLA Piper was recently able to overcome the U.S. trustee’s objections to the firm’s representation of Foxwoods in its parent company’s bankruptcy filing, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General declined to represent the state in a sister suit in which the company is seeking to recover $50 million from the state government.
Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, Foxwoods’ parent company, filed for bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, claiming as the estate’s main asset the $50 million application fee it paid to get a license to operate a casino in Philadelphia. The only trouble was, that license was revoked and the fee was never repaid to PEDP. So the company filed a separate action in the bankruptcy court against the state, seeking recovery of that $50 million.
