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U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge sets parameters for recusal in bankruptcy action

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2013

In preparing a statement supporting the determination that recusal from a bankruptcy proceeding was unnecessary, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Richard

The intersection between criminal law and bankruptcy law: can filing for bankruptcy affect a criminal defendant's sentence?

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 5 2013

Criminal defendants facing onerous restitution obligations as part of their sentence might contemplate a bankruptcy filing, in the hope of staving

School specialty, Inc., files bankruptcy in Delaware seeking to sell substantially all of its assets

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 30 2013

On January 28, 2013 (the “Petition Date”), School Specialty, Inc, (“School Specialty” or “Debtor”), along with various affiliated entities, filed

Furniture retailer, Carl's Patio, files for bankruptcy in Delaware

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

On January 21, 2013, Carl’s Patio, Inc., and various related entities, filed chapter 11 petitions for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy

Free requests for standard compensation by debtor’s counsel in 13 cases

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 23 2013

A recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision considered whether a request for compensation submitted by a chapter 13 debtor's

Penson Worldwide files for bankruptcy in Delaware

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 19 2013

On January 11, 2013, Penson Worldwide ("Penson"), a clearing and settlement provider for the investment trading industry, filed chapter 11 petitions

Good news: trademark use after licensor's bankruptcy

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2012

Title 11 of the United States Code, better known as the “Bankruptcy Code”, allows companies to not only restructure their debts, but to modify current

Bankruptcy trustee in ultimate electronics files more preference actions

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2012

In July of 2011, the Chapter 7 Trustee (the "Trustee") in the Ultimate Acquisition Partners (formerly "Ultimate Electronics") bankruptcy

Default interest greater than 5 questioned in bankruptcy

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 20 2012

The US Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts says default rates must be justified as a reasonable measure of damages at the time of the making of the loan and that a floating default rate that can exceed 5 will not be allowed as part of a creditors claim in the borrower's bankruptcy

Investment adviser Ivy Asset Management settles Madoff lawsuits for $210 million - installment 86

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 17 2012

On November 13, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) issued a press release entitled “US Labor Department Recovers Nearly $220 Million for Madoff Victims.”