Although individual states in the United States have laws that govern the relationship between debtors and their creditors, insolvency law in the United States is primarily dictated by ...
On September 23, 2013, U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan of the Southern District of New York issued a decision with potential implications for the interpretation of Section 546(e) of ...
Firms offering comprehensive financial services scored a significant victory on April 9, 2013, when Judge Robert Sweet of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New...
On July 9, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a significant decision holding that a trademark licensee could continue to use a licensed trademark notw...
The first wave filers – the largest and most complex domestic and foreign bank holding companies – have now filed their living wills and the public portions have been posted on the FD...
In a Chapter 15 case presenting interesting considerations for cross border lenders and borrowers, the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas declined to implement in the Uni...
In an apparent attempt to address delay and cost in the restructuring process, a provision of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) has imposed an u...
In a recent decision issued in the Lehman Brothers Inc. SIPA proceeding in the Southern District of New York, In re Lehman Brothers Inc., Case No. 08-01420 (JMP) (SIPA), slip op. (Bankr. ...
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...
The release of two rules on resolution planning by the FDIC last week means that the basic contours of the U.S. regulatory framework for resolution plans are now known. On September 13, 2...
