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Employer’s failure to issue WARN notification excused due to abrupt termination of financing

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 31 2013

Despite the increasing prominence of pre-packaged or pre-negotiated chapter 11 cases in recent years, not every bankruptcy filing by or against a

Sovereign debt restructuring update

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Argentina, USA
  • -
  • March 31 2013

On March 29, 2013, the Republic of Argentina proposed an alternative payment formula to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that, if

In re Lothian Oil: no tolling of statute of limitations for chapter 11 plan revocation

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 31 2013

Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan providing for the reorganization or liquidation of a debtor is the culmination of the chapter 11 process. To

First (post-) impressions: insider distribution violates absolute priority rule, and competition is essential element of new value corollary

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 31 2013

Until 2013, no circuit court of appeals had weighed in on the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's pronouncement in the 203 North LaSalle case

The year in bankruptcy: 2012

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2013

December 2012 marked the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Great Recession, which officially began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009

Sovereign-debt restructuring update

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Argentina, USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

On January 10, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied a request by participating bondholders in 2005 and 2010 restructurings

In brief: recent rulings on sovereign debt restructurings

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Argentina, USA
  • -
  • December 1 2012

On October 26, 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in a ruling that may impact sovereign debt restructurings, upheld a lower-court order enjoining Argentina from making payments on restructured defaulted debt without making comparable payments to bondholders who did not participate in the restructurings

Sale "free and clear" does not extinguish sublessee's right to remain in possession

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 1 2012

The ability of a trustee or chapter 11 debtor in possession (“DIP”) to sell bankruptcy estate assets “free and clear” of competing interests in the property has long been recognized as one of the most important advantages of a bankruptcy filing as a vehicle for restructuring a debtor’s balance sheet and generating value

Stockton, California, ruling: bankruptcy court powerless to prevent retiree benefit reductions by municipal debtor

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 1 2012

Amid the economic hardships brought upon us by the Great Recession, the plight of cities, towns, and other municipalities across the U.S. has received a significant amount of media exposure

In brief: claims-trading hobgoblins redux?

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 1 2012

In the JulyAugust 2012 edition of the Business Restructuring Review, we reported on a Delaware bankruptcy-court ruling that reignited the debate concerning whether sold or assigned claims can be subject to disallowance under section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code on the basis of the seller’s receipt of a voidable transfer