Chapter 11

Distressed Debt Legal Insights: Fossil Group’s UK Restructuring Plan

By Leonard Klingbaum, Matthew Czyzyk, Sam Badawi, Nitin Konchady, Faiza N. Rahman, Matthew M. Roose, Natalie Blanc, Natalie Raine, …

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The Global Law of Debt

By Jared A. Ellias (Harvard Law School) and Narine Lalafaryan (University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law; Cambridge Endowment for …

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Houston, We Have (Another) Problem

By Jeffrey Pawlitz (Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP) In September 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of …

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Judging Business Judgment: The Federal Common Law of Bankruptcy Transactions in Chapter 11

By Dolan Bortner (Stanford Law School) When a federal judge encounters a statutory gap too wide to fill through ordinary …

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When Tort Liability Bankrupts Labor

By Alvin Velazquez (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) The main character in 2019 Game of the Year Award winning video …

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Liability Management Exercises Mature

By Robert Miller (University of South Dakota Law School) When large, distressed entities restructure, they typically prefer …

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Outnumbered, Not Outplayed: Minority Lenders Successfully Challenge Exclusive Backstop Agreement on Equal Treatment Grounds in ConvergeOne

By Debora Hoehne, Robert J. Lemons, Artem Skorostensky, and Katherine Lynn (Goodwin Procter) The District Court for the …

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Judge Goldblatt Reconsiders What Constitutes“Consent” Post Purdue Pharma

By Michelle Saney (Squire Patton Boggs) On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling regarding an …

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The Backstop Party

By Professor Vince Buccola (University of Chicago Law School), Adi Marcovich Gross (Columbia Law School and The Wharton School), …

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Do Rights Offerings Reduce Bargaining Complexity in Chapter 11?

By Professor Gunjan Seth (Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California) One of the primary challenges faced …

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False Venue Claims Signed Under Penalty of Perjury

By Professor Lynn M. LoPucki (University of Florida Levin College of Law) In a study of venue for the one hundred ninety-five …

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Lender Liability At Forty: Thinking Through “Implied Covenant” Claims

By James Tecce and Bennett Murphy (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan) Lender liability cases invariably invoke the …

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D&O Policy Coverage: Specificity Matters in Bankruptcy Context

By Charles Dale and Nathan Lander (Proskauer Rose LLP) A recent Texas bankruptcy court decision In re Walker County Hospital …

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When Defamation Comes to Bankruptcy Court

By Professor Christopher D. Hampson (University of Florida Levin College of Law) Shortly after Alex Jones and Rudy Giuliani …

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Boston Generating: Second Circuit Triples Down on Its Holding that Transfers Made Under Securities Contracts Are Safe Harbored in Bankruptcy if the Debtor-Transferee is a Customer of a Financial Institution

By Dan T. Moss, Daniel J. Merrett, and Ben Rosenblum (Jones Day) Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” …

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