By Dan T. Moss, Daniel J. Merrett, and Ben Rosenblum (Jones Day) Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” …
The Gift of Exit Financing
By Professor Robert W. Miller (University of South Dakota, Knudson School of Law) Hostile restructurings have spilled over …
Inconvenient Bankruptcy Appeals
By Michael Cook (Schulte Roth & Zabel) Too many district courts and bankruptcy appellate panels (BAPs) have been refusing …
Creditor Coalitions in Bankruptcy
By Professor Jing-Zhi Huang, Professor Stefan Lewellen, and Professor Zhe Wang (Pennsylvania State University) Bankruptcy is …
Novel Issues in the Crypto Bankruptcy Cluster
By Jane VanLare and Jack Massey (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP) The past two years have seen a cluster of …
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Judge Rules SPAC Trust Account Sacred for Public Shareholders and Not Property of the Estate
Editor's Note: This will be the HLS BRT's last post of the semester and we look forward to resuming posts in late January 2025. …
Does Global Insolvency Law Affect Cross-border Capital Flows?
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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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
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] 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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