By Professor Yeejin Jang (School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales, Sydney), Jenny Jihyun Tak (School of …
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Corporate Transparency Act: Are Bankruptcy Trustees and Court Appointed Receivers Obligated to File Beneficial Ownership Information Reports with FINCEN on Behalf of Debtor Entities?
By Mark Wisniewski* (Berger Singerman) The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires both domestic and foreign reporting …
Equity for Intermediaries: The Resolution of Financial Firms in Bankruptcy and Bank Resolution
By Professor Edward J. Janger (Brooklyn Law School) Professor Edward J. Janger This Essay considers the role of bankruptcy …
Bankruptcy Court Frowns on SmileDirect’s Dismissal Request
By Timothy Q. Karcher, David M. Hillman, Vincent Indelicato, and Charles A. Dale (Proskauer Rose LLP) There is a growing …
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Everyone is Talking About Bankruptcy Directors
By Professor Robert W. Miller (University of South Dakota, Knudson School of Law) The proliferation of bankruptcy directors …
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Changes to Confirmed “Toggle” Chapter 11 Plan Required No Additional Disclosure and Voting Where Creditors’ Rights Not Materially and Adversely Affected
By Mark A. Cody (Jones Day) This article was originally published in Practical Guidance. The views and opinions set forth …
The Alchemist’s Inversion
By Professor Samir Parikh (Wake Forest University School of Law) Litigation finance makes the world go round. The capital …
A Tale of Two Debt Burdens: A Day of Reckoning for China’s Debt-Fueled Infrastructure Development at Home and Abroad
By Steven T. Kargman (Kargman Associates) In recent years, China has undertaken large-scale infrastructure development both …
Potential Resurrection of Creditor Derivative Suits on Behalf of Debtor LLCs
By Kate Scherling (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP) Until recently, the judges of the Delaware bankruptcy court …
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Fourth Circuit Holds that Bankruptcy Courts are not Limited by “Case and Controversy” Requirement of Article III
Editor's Note: This is the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable’s last scheduled post for the summer of 2024. The BRT intends …
Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Declines to Order Arbitration of Key Pension Claims
By Lisa M. Schweitzer and Emily P. King (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton) In an opinion issued on March 27, 2024, in …
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[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] Mass Torts, The Bankruptcy Power, and Constitutional Limits on Mandatory No-Opt-Outs Settlements
Editor's Note: We're pleased to continue our series of original content on the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling in the …
[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] What Happens After the Supreme Court’s Debacle in Purdue Pharma?
Editor's Note: We're pleased to continue our series of original content on the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling in the …
[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] The End(s) of Bankruptcy Exceptionalism: The Future of Mass Tort Reorganization After Purdue Pharma
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[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] Now Liquidate Purdue
Editor's Note: On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma that the nonconsensual nondebtor …
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Pledged Equity Proxy Rights and the Rise of the Board Flip
By David N. Griffiths and Alexander P. Cohen (Weil, Gotshal & Manges) Summary 1. Sponsors should be aware of recent …
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The Rise of The Sponsor-in-Possession and Implications for Sponsor (Mis)Behavior
By Dan Kamensky (Adjunct Professor of Finance & co-Director Altman – Paulson Initiative on Bankruptcy, Restructuring & …
Getting Public Information in Chapter 11
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 …