06/09/2015
Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP engaged as counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Newton Manufacturing Company (Bankr. S.D. Iowa)
On June 9, 2015, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Newton Manufacturing Company (Bankr. S.D. Iowa) engaged Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP as its legal counsel. Founded in 1909, Newton was a nationwide distributor of customer customized promotional products, such as writing instruments, golf balls, apparel and travel bags. On June 26, 2015, with the Committee's backing, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Iowa approved the sale of substantially all of Newton's non-real property assets to HALO Branded Solutions, Inc., one of the largest promotional products distributors in the U.S.