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Derek F. Meek
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Hanna Lahr
Proper planning is key to ensuring a company's financial health when facing an economic downturn. Although companies will come into such planning with different levels of financial health, the same considerations can be helpful in determining the best path forward.
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Gerald D. Davis
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Amy L. Drushal
Restaurants are already fragile businesses, not known for lucrative revenue, but instead known for surviving on tight margins. When the industry reopens to the "new normal," what will the restaurant industry look like?
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Mark S. Melickian
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David M. Madden
this article provides an overview of the legal landscape governing §363 sales and the types of Internet-based resources available to potential asset sellers.
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Paul A. Rubin
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Hanh V. Huynh
The intra-district divide in the Southern District of New York continued to deepen on the issue of whether claims disallowance under section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code applies to the claim or to the claimant.
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Victoria Hudgins
Businesses reeling after multiple international stay-at-home mandates are finding themselves out of options and filing for bankruptcy. The situation has led some law firms to cash in on bankruptcy service, and made many cautiously optimistic that the bankruptcy practice will be in high-demand during the current recession.
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Samantha Stokes
It's no secret that major law firm bankruptcy practices are ramping up for a historic rise in Chapter 11 filings as industries are battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Controversial comments by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell in April raised the possibility that restructuring lawyers could also gain a new clientele: state governments.
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Hugh McDonald
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Deborah Kovsky-Apap
The COVID-19 pandemic is already leaving its mark on the bankruptcy asset sale landscape. Despite the uncertainty — or even because of it — bankruptcy should still be viewed as a useful tool to effectuate the acquisition of assets. The current situation and anticipated distress across many industries presents opportunities for purchasers to acquire assets on favorable terms.
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Joseph H. Lemkin
With Uncertainty As to When the Pandemic Will Ease, Bankruptcy Courts Do Not Seem to Be a Panacea Leading to Successful Reorganizations or Orderly Liquidations for Troubled Companies
The impact of COVID-19 on efforts of businesses to reorganize or even orderly liquidate in bankruptcy has been swift and devastating
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Samantha Stokes
Law firms have always counted on bankruptcy as a countercyclical practice in hard times. Now, those that prepared when the economy was booming may be about to get their reward.
Features
Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr.
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Drew S. McGehrin
The ruling in In re Jarvis that the grant of a security interest to a corporate lender will not necessarily "spread" that security interest to the lender's affiliates underscores the need for precision and care in the drafting of loan documents, particularly with respect to the granting language contained in security agreements.
