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USA - March 20 2013
When does the selection of a technically correct venue become "unjust"? This was the core question Judge Shelley Chapman was required to grapple with…
USA - November 7 2012
Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code is a “safe harbor” provision which restricts a debtor’s ability to recover or “clawback” what would otherwise be “avoidable” payments made to creditors.
USA - June 22 2012
In the 2010 decision of In re Philadelphia Newspapers, 599 F.3d 298 (3d. Cir. 2010), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that a plan proponent could deny a secured creditor the right to credit bid on its collateral when the sale was made pursuant to a plan of reorganization.
USA - February 29 2012
Although 2011 saw major decisions concerning many facets of bankruptcy law, perhaps no area of bankruptcy law drew as many high-profile decisions as the standards for confirming a chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
USA - February 29 2012
In a September 7, 2010 article, the Wall Street Journal reported an uptick in bankruptcy claim activity by traders and the desire of the traders to not comply with certain bankruptcy disclosure requirements that applied to “committees.”
