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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

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

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

Ninth Circuit holds bankruptcy courts may recharacterize debt as equity

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

The Ninth Circuit has joined the majority of Circuit Courts in holding that bankruptcy courts have the authority to recharacterize alleged debts as

The year in bankruptcy: 2011

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2012

A "roller-coaster ride of financial and economic uncertainty" would be one way to describe 2011

Artificial impairment of classes in a cramdown plan permitted in Fifth Circuit

  • Saiber LLC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

In a recent decision, the Fifth Circuit provided its answer to the question of whether 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code draws a distinction between

Lehman reaching beyond the grave

  • Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

As widely reported, in the latest Lehman bankruptcy “fundraiser,” managers of the Lehman estate are now demanding millions of dollars from non-profit

Judgment creditor collaterally estopped by default judgment against insured

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, applying Georgia law, has held that a default judgment against an insured in a

In re Big M, Inc.

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

In re Big M, Inc., No. 13-10233 (DHS), 2013 WL 1681489 (Bankr. D.N.J. April 17, 2013). In Big M, the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey