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[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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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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Update on Corporate Bankruptcy Tax Refund Litigation
By Michael L. Cook (Schulte Roth & Zabel) Federal courts regularly resolve consolidated corporate tax refund disputes in …
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More Clarity on What Constitutes a Final, Appealable Order in Bankruptcy After Ritzen Group Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC
By Charles Tabb and Carly Everhardt (Foley & Lardner) In Ritzen Group Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, the Supreme Court …
Do Bankruptcy Courts Have Constitutional Authority to Approve Nonconsensual, Third-Party Releases?
By Shmuel Vasser and Cara Kaplan (Dechert) The Third Circuit, applying the Supreme Court’s decision in Stern v. Marshall, …
Updated Overview of the Jevic Files: How Courts Are Interpreting and Applying the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Structured Dismissals and Priority Skipping
By Shane G. Ramsey and John T. Baxter (Nelson Mullins) The U.S. Supreme Court in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., 137 S.Ct. …
The Year in Bankruptcy: 2017
by Charles M. Oellermann and Mark G. Douglas (Jones Day). In their annual chronicle of business bankruptcy, financial, economic, …
Insider Status and U.S. Bank v. Village at Lakeridge
By Ronit J. Berkovich and David Li (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP). The U.S. Supreme Court, in U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n v. Village …
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Applying Jevic: How Courts Are Interpreting and Applying the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Structured Dismissals and Priority Skipping
By Shane G. Ramsey and John T. Baxter (Nelson Mullins). The U.S. Supreme Court in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., 137 S.Ct. 973 …
Justice Scalia’s Bankruptcy Jurisprudence: The Right Judicial Philosophy for the Modern Bankruptcy Code?
By Megan McDermott (Lecturer, University of Wisconsin School of Law). The late Justice Scalia is best known among mainstream …
Merit Management v. FTI: Law Firm Perspectives
On February 27, the Supreme Court decided Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., holding unanimously that the § …
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FTI Argument Analysis: Justices Dubious About Limiting Bankruptcy Court’s Right to Recover Fraudulently Transferred Assets
By Ronald Mann. Published by SCOTUSblog and re-posted with permission. Perhaps a week with only two cases on the argument …
Amicus Brief on the Scope of the Bankruptcy Safe Harbor for Securities Settlement Payments Filed in Merit Mgmt. v. FTI Consulting
By Ralph Brubaker (University of Illinois College of Law), Bruce A. Markell (Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law), …
Through Jevic’s Mirror: Orders, Fees, and Settlements
By Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos (McKinney School of Law, Indiana University) This article takes the United States Supreme Court’s …
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Post-Jevic, Expansive Interpretation by Bankruptcy Courts Possible
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina, Jr. (Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP) In Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., 137 S. …
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Understanding the Scope of the § 546(e) Securities Safe Harbor Through the Concept of the “Transfer” Sought to Be Avoided
By Ralph Brubaker (University of Illinois College of Law) Bankruptcy Code § 546(e) contains a safe harbor that prevents avoidance …
Jevic: Law Firm Perspectives
On March 22, the Supreme Court decided Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., holding that bankruptcy courts may not approve structured …