By Melissa B. Jacoby (Graham Kenan Professor of Law - University of North Carolina School of Law) After a district court halted …
The Importance of Being Bound: Bondholders’ Vote and Workouts in the U.S. and in Italy
By Francesca Prenestini (Bocconi University, Milan) Most legal systems follow one of two rules for regulating the capacity of …
Corporate Bankruptcy Has Lasting Effects on CEO Careers through Frictions in Executive Labor Market
By Andreas Kostøl (Arizona State University - W.P. Carey School of Business; Norges Bank), Morten Grindaker (Norwegian Business …
Recent Delaware Bankruptcy Rulings Address Whether a Plan of Reorganization Can Deny a ‘Make-Whole’ Payment Without Impairing Lenders’ Claims
By Ron E. Meisler, Carl T. Tullson, Jennifer Madden, Justin Larsen (Skadden) A number of recent bankruptcy court rulings have …
Arbitrate? You Can’t Make Me! Rejection Trumps Arbitration, Says Texas Bankruptcy Court
By Ronit J. Berkovich (Weil Gotshal & Manges) and Eric Einhorn (Weil Gotshal & Manges) In a recent decision, In re …
Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee Hearing on the “Texas Two-Step”: A Recap
By Amelia S. Ricketts (Harvard Law School) and Jin Lee (Harvard Law School) On February 8, 2022, the Senate Subcommittee on …
Scarlet-Lettered Bankruptcy: A Public Benefit Proposal for Mass Tort Villains
By Samir D. Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School) Financially distressed companies often seek refuge in federal bankruptcy …
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Ongoing Concern: Bankruptcy and Restructuring Perspectives on Venue Disputes March 4 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Please join the Harvard Association for Law and Business (HALB) and the Harvard Bankruptcy Roundtable for our flagship bankruptcy …
S.D.N.Y. Judge Holds Bankruptcy Code Prohibits Board-Appointed Officers from Receiving Payments Under a KERP
By Sarah M. Bartlett (Harvard Law School) On July 9, 2021, Southern District of New York Judge J. Paul Oetken held that §503(c) …
J. Crew, Nine West, and the Complexities of Financial Distress
By Kenneth Ayotte (University of California - Berkeley School of Law) and Christina Scullly (University of California - Berkeley …
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Creditor Rights, Corporate Leverage and Investments, and the Firm Type
By Aras Canipek (University of Konstanz), Axel H. Kind (University of Konstanz), and Sabine Wende (University of Cologne - Faculty …
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Congressional Committees Propose Changes to Bankruptcy Code Prohibiting Non-Consensual Releases of Third Parties and Limiting Other Important Bankruptcy Tools
By Michael J. Cohen, Michael A. Rosenthal & Matthew J. Williams (Gibson Dunn) The recent decision in In re Purdue Pharma did …
Mandatory Aggregation of Mass Tort Litigation in Bankruptcy
By Ralph Brubaker (James H.M. Sprayregen Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law) The recent decision in In re …
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Bankruptcy Grifters
By Lindsey Simon (University of Georgia School of Law) The recent decision in In re Purdue Pharma did not uphold the third-party …
Viability Assessment in Corporate Debt Restructuring: Optimizing the Filtration Effect of the European Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency
By Lydia Tsioli (King’s College London) Despite being pivotal in corporate debt restructuring, viability, an intricate notion …
The Case for Bankruptcy Court Discretion to Shift Attorney’s Fees
By Daniel J. Bussel (Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law) Neither the “American Rule” (each party pays its own attorney) nor …
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COVID-19 Debt and Bankruptcy Infrastructure
By Robert K. Rasmussen (USC Gould School of Law) The COVID pandemic put unprecedented pressure on all economies around the …
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“Confessions” of a Forum Shopper, Part II – Debtors Without Borders
By Andrew Dietderich (Sullivan & Cromwell LLP) Part II of Andrew Dietderich’s treatment of the practical side of forum …
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“Confessions” of a Forum Shopper – A Debtor’s View of Venue Choice
By Andrew Dietderich (Sullivan & Cromwell LLP) Corporate debtors can decide if, when and how to file for chapter 11. …
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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rebuffs U.S. Trustee Effort to Collect Statutory Fees from Litigation Trust Distributions
By Paul, Weiss On June 28, 2021, in the chapter 11 cases of Paragon Offshore plc and certain of its affiliates (“Paragon” or the …