Before the enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), indefinite extensions of a debtor’s initial 120-day exclusive period in which to fi...

Law360, New York (December 01, 2011, 3:38 PM ET) — Ten years ago, Enron Corporation — having enjoyed a long reputation of corporate success — became a symbol of corporate greed, exc...

The Dodd-Frank Act, signed into law on July 21, 2010, outlined an ambitious plan for the implementation of its comprehensive reform of the over-the-counter derivatives market.

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On September 13, 2011, Judge Mary Walrath of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware surprised many parties in interest and observers of the case by issuing an opi...

Section 7 of the Clayton Act, enacted in 1914 and amended in 1950, is the principal US antitrust statute governing mergers and acquisitions. Section 7 prohibits acquisitions of assets or ...

Existing supervisors, as well as the new institutions that the Dodd-Frank Act created, collect and aggregate an unprecedented amount of commercially sensitive financial information. Altho...