By Bruce Grohsgal (Widener University School of Law) A structured dismissal in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case is a court-approved …
Brief for Amici Curiae Law Professors in Support of Petitioners, In re Jevic
By Jonathan C. Lipson (Temple University Beasley School of Law) and Melissa B. Jacoby (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill …
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When Do Laws and Institutions Affect Recovery Rates on Collateral?
By Hans Degryse, Vasso Ioannidou, Jose Maria Liberti, and Jason Sturgess The effect of bankruptcy laws and institutions governing …
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Strategies for Purchasing and Selling Assets in Chapter 11
By Jacqueline Marcus (Weil, Gotshal & Manges) and Doron Kenter (Robins Kaplan) Sales of a debtor’s assets pursuant to section …
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Bankruptcy Sales
By Melissa B. Jacoby (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) and Edward J. Janger (Brooklyn Law School) Bankruptcy courts …
The Future of Solvency and Adequate Capitalization Analysis
By Michael Simkovic, Seton Hall University School of Law Valuation, solvency, and adequate capitalization analyses play a crucial …
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Did Bankruptcy Reform Contribute to the Rise in Structured Finance?
By Kandarp Srinivasan Financial contracts such as repurchase agreements (“repos”) have effective “super-priority” in a bankruptcy …
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Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split Over Structured Dismissals
By Douglas Mintz, Robert Loeb and Monica Perrigino of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe The Supreme Court recently granted …
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Establishing “Credible Losers” at Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies
By John Crawford, UC Hastings College of Law Systemically important bank holding companies (“SIBs”) have always had an abundance …
Successor Liability in § 363 Sales
By Michael L. Cook of Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP Bankruptcy Code §363(f)(1) empowers a bankruptcy court to order a debtor’s …
Priority Matters
By Douglas G. Baird, University of Chicago Law School Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code is organized around the absolute priority …
Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law
By Richard Levin of Jenner & Block The bankruptcy courts and their appellate courts continue to explore issues of interest to …
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Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Actual Fraud
By Richard Lear of Holland & Knight. The Supreme Court held 7-1 in Husky Int'l Electronics v. Ritz that "actual fraud" under …
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Bankruptcy Code Amendments Pass the House in Appropriations Bill
On July 7, the House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill (H.R. 5485) that includes a revised version of H.R. 2947, …
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Bankruptcy Court Disagrees with Second Circuit’s Holding in Tribune
By Lee Harrington of Nixon Peabody. Recently, in In re Physiotherapy Holdings Inc., the Bankruptcy Court in Delaware held that …
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Bankruptcy’s Quiet Revolution
Douglas G. Baird, University of Chicago School of Law Over the last few years, reorganization practice has undergone a …
Earnings Management and Firm Value in Chapter 11
Timothy C.G. Fisher, University of Sydney Ilanit Gavious, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Jocelyn Martel, ESSEC Business …
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Bankruptcy Resolution and the Restoration of Priority of Claims
Vedran Capkun, Associate Professor, Accounting and Management Control, HEC Paris Lawrence Weiss, Professor of International …
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Bankruptcy Advisory: What Can Oil Pipelines Do As Shipper Bankruptcy Risk Increases?
By Filiberto Agusti, Caroline H.B. Gaudet, and Steven Reed, Steptoe & Johnson LLP The expansion of North American petroleum …
Developing a New Resolution Regime for Failed Systemically Important Financial Institutions
Stephanie Massman, J.D. 2015, Harvard Law School In the wake of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, criticism surrounded not …