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Harmonizing a Debtor’s Right to File for Bankruptcy Against a Creditor’s Desire to Protect Its Financial Interests
How to harmonize a debtor’s right to file against a creditor’s desire to protect its financial interests in that debtor has sparked a number of different judicial opinions.
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Did 'FTX' Start Trend of Using the Threat of an Examiner Costs and Complications As a Source of Leverage?
There are some indications that parties may in fact be using the threat of an examiner and its associated costs and complications as a source of leverage, although the jury is still out on the full impact of the FTX decision on examiner motion practice.
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Enforceability of Governance Provisions Restricting Access to Seek Bankruptcy Relief
For more than six years there has been an ongoing debate regarding the enforceability of governance restrictions, whether blocking rights, golden shares and other provisions designed to manage access to bankruptcy relief. This year, another governance restriction was upheld in dismissing a bankruptcy filing by a debtor that failed to obtain the consent of the lender-approved independent manager as required by its LLC agreement.
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Mastering AI for Legal Professionals
Mastering AI tools is vital for law firms striving to remain competitive. The increasing demand for prompt and effective services means firms that do not adapt may fall behind. Mastery of AI enhances workflow efficiency while enabling predictive analysis, client insights, and improved decision-making.
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J&J’s Third Talc Bankruptcy Case Begins
A critical trial in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder bankruptcy began on February 18, with several lawyers arguing to dismiss the Chapter 11 case and reject the $10 billion plan.
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Empty Bankruptcy Win for Commercial Landlord
In In re Sears Holdings Corporation, the Second Circuit apparently ended a multi-year litigation by affirming the district court’s decision that the landlord’s appeal was “moot for lack of a remedy because, although [that] court [had properly] vacated the assignment and assumption of the lease …, the lease would not revert to [the landlord under Code] §365(d)(4), and that [the landlord] had no alternative remedy.”
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Bankruptcy Code Can Present Significant Risks to Lenders
This article discusses two situations where a lender received payments and later was forced to disgorge them. These opinions illustrate two of the ways the bankruptcy code can present significant risks to lenders even after the lender receives payments in accordance with loan agreements or even a court order.
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Pragmatic Post-Purdue Approach Behind NJ’s Rise As Strong Venue Option for Chapter 11 Cases
The Chapter 11 filing statistics clearly show that New Jersey has emerged as a strong venue option. The question is why? The answer, we submit, is consistency and pragmatism.
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U.S. Trustee, Insurers, Object to J&J’s $10B Talc Bankruptcy Plan
The objections, filed ahead of a key hearing on whether to confirm the Chapter 11 plan, cite the Supreme Court’s decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, which invalidated nonconsensual releases in the $6 billion bankruptcy plan granted to Purdue’s founders, the Sacklers.
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New York Bankruptcy Judge Allows Case Against Crypto CEO to Move Forward
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that a lawsuit, in which the plaintiff alleged that Alex Mashinsky, the founder and ex-CEO of Celsius Network, caused the insolvent crypto lender to incur billions of dollars in damages, can move forward because the terms of the agreement to stay stated that it would be lifted when the litigant’s criminal trial ended.
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