By Thomas Moers Mayer and Nancy M. Bello (Kramer Levin) Companies in Chapter 11 must publicly report substantial financial …
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Bankruptcy Law in the Wake of the MeToo Movement
By Adi Marcovich Gross (Postdoctoral Fellow, Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation; JSD Candidate, Columbia Law …
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New York Bankruptcy Court: Setoff and Unjust Enrichment Cannot Be Asserted as Affirmative Defenses in Bankruptcy Avoidance Litigation
By Daniel J. Merrett (Jones Day) In a 2021 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived nearly 100 …
Academic Roundup 2023-2024 with Reorg
The Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable’s collaboration with Reorg continues with the first Reorg/BRT Academic Roundup. This …
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Do Hedge Funds Exploit Material Nonpublic Information? Evidence from Corporate Bankruptcies
By Professor Wei Wang, Yan Yang, and Professor Jingyu Zhang (Smith School of Business, Queen’s University) Hedge funds …
Can Reasonable Minds Disagree? Wesco Sends Uptier Claims to Fact-Finding
By Ryan Preston Dahl, Leonard Klingbaum, Stephen Iacovo, and Tessa Ptucha (Ropes & Gray LLP) Judge Isgur’s recent …
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FTX’d: Conflicting Public and Private Interests in Chapter 11
By Professor Jonathan C. Lipson (Temple University- James E. Beasley School of Law) and Professor David A. Skeel (University of …
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Mass Tort Bankruptcy Goes Public
By Professor William Organek (Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College) Large companies like 3M, Johnson & Johnson, …
The Legal Anomaly of Non-Recourse Financing
By Professor Steven Schwarcz (Duke University School of Law) and Christina Trepczynski (Duke University School of Law JD …
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Against Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy by Another Name
Editor's Note: As the Supreme Court considers the bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma and whether the nonconsensual nondebtor releases …
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One Step Ahead: Restructuring Considerations in an Uncertain Economic Climate
By Lisa M. Schweitzer and Thomas Kessler (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP) At the end of 2023, economic indicators …
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Bankruptcy’s Turn to Market Value
By Professor Mark Roe (Harvard Law School) and Professor Michael Simkovic (USC Gould School of Law) Many lawyers viewed …
Early Stage Capital Raising Trends in Chapter 11 Reorganizations
Editor's Note: See Professor Kenneth Ayotte's recent Roundtable article on sub rosa DIP loans here. By Judge Robert D. Drain, …
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A Commitment Rule for Insolvency Forum
By Professor Anthony Casey (University of Chicago Law School), Professor Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez (Singapore Management …
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SPAC Bankruptcies
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Turnarounds & Workouts, Vol. 37, No. 6., pp 1-5 (subscription …
Predicting Bankruptcy: Ask the Employees
By Professor John Knopf (University of Connecticut School of Business) and Professor Kristina Lalova (Michigan State University - …
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Chapter 11 Restructurings of Latin American Energy Companies
By Richard Cooper, Luke Barefoot, and Jack Massey (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP) Recent volatility in the global …
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The Potential of Trust Law in Sovereign Debt Restructuring Unveiled
By Charles Mak (The Law School, Robert Gordon University) The interplay between sovereign debt defaults and legal frameworks …
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Filling an Empty Arsenal: Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy from the Recovery Act to PROMESA
By Richard Cooper (Cleary Gottlieb) and Antonio Pietrantoni (Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez) Editor's Note: This article was …
Opaque Capital and Mass Tort Financing
By Professor Samir Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School) Complex litigation is resource intensive and places a staggering …
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