Bankruptcy & Restructuring News & Analysis

The DBS and DISH Wireless plans formally split onto separate tracks on August 27. In the two weeks since, DISH Wireless has litigated a battery removal dispute at abandoned cell sites, pushed through a wave of retail lease rejections, and drawn an emergency motion asking the court to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee for its estates.

Sleep Number Corporation's Chapter 11 case moved from a closed asset sale into active plan negotiations across late August and early September 2026. This report gives brief background, then focuses on what actually happened on the docket between August 24 and September 5.

Since the Bankruptcy Court finalized RNDC's DIP financing on August 31, the estate has closed out its settlement with Reyes, watched an official creditors' committee retain its own counsel, filed schedules and statements for its affiliated debtors, proposed a September 28 deadline for filing claims, and put the Control States business under contract with Martignetti.

Mexico's primary polyethylene supplier filed on August 17, 2026 with approximately $3.6 billion of outstanding principal, a restructuring support agreement executed the same day, and a proposed plan that would reduce prepetition funded debt by more than $920 million

No qualified bid arrived by the August 7, 2026 deadline. The debtors cancelled the auction, and the amended plan would convert approximately $1.1 billion of funded debt into a reorganized capital structure of approximately $129 million