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Holding the defensive line: Delaware court rejects extension of WARN Act liability to private equity sponsor

  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

On May 10, 2013, Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware rejected an attempt to hold a

The Ninth Circuit holds that bankruptcy courts have authority to recharacterize debt as equity

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

On April 30, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the bankruptcy court has authority to recharacterize as equity

Supreme Court decides Bullock v. BankChampaign, N. A.

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

On May 13, 2013, the Supreme Court decided Bullock v. BankChampaign, N.A., No. 11-1518. Under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(4), an individual cannot obtain a

One potato, two potato, three potatoWell actually it’s all one potato.

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

The Delaware Bankruptcy Court recently held that a third amendment to a lease agreement entered into for the purpose of leasing a second building

The Supreme Court - May 13, 2013

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

The Supreme Court of the United States announced decisions in three cases today: Bowman v. Monsanto Co., No. 11-796: Respondent Monsanto brought a

Not so secret - when under seal isn't enough

  • Lowenstein Sandler PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

In a recent decision, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York found the standard for sealing under 107 of

Collateral damages: secured creditors, turn over repossessed collateral, or else!

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

It was just an old jalopy legally repossessed by his credit union . . . until he filed a bankruptcy petition and the red lights of the automatic stay

Ninth Circuit allows bankruptcy courts to recharacterize loans as equity, applying state law

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

The Ninth Circuit held on April 30, 2013 that a bankruptcy court "has the authority to determine whether a transaction creates a debt or an equity

Federal Home Loan Bank Legislation (E) Subgroup

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The NAIC's Federal Home Loan Bank Legislation (E) Subgroup (the "FHLB Subgroup") is considering, among other things, proposed amendments to the

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses precedent courts can recharacterize debt as equity to the extent allowed under state law

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

For nearly 30 years, bankruptcy courts within the Ninth Circuit were prohibited from recharacterizing purported debt as equity. This prohibition