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
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[Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Series] What Happens After the Supreme Court’s Debacle in Purdue Pharma?
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[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 …
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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