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The Distressed Shipping Market Attracts Private Equity
June 26, 2012
Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, private equity has explored the distressed markets to find hidden value. With the decline in world demand, the workhorse of the transportation sector, shipping, is an obvious target. This article explores some of the risks in an investment in shipping.
Asbestos Claims
May 27, 2012
Asbestos defendants that file for reorganization under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and seek to establish a personal injury trust for the payment of claims may transfer their liability insurance recovery rights to the trust even if the insurance policies include provisions barring the transfer of such rights.
Court Reverses 'Ponzi-Like' Fraudulent Transfer Ruling
May 27, 2012
The Fifth Circuit recently reversed a district court's fraudulent transfer judgment based on a financially troubled entity's gift to a charity. <i>The American Cancer Society v. Cook</i>.
Issue-Specific Withdrawal of the Reference
May 27, 2012
This article considers the genesis, tendency and scope of the district courts' withdrawals of the reference in some of the more complex proceedings pending today.
Lehman Brothers' ADR Procedures for Resolving Its Derivative Contracts in Bankruptcy
May 27, 2012
Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy case was the largest and most complex Chapter 11 case in history. Here's an inside look.
<B><I>Online Exclusive:</b></i> <b>Lexis Practice Advisor Takes on Bankruptcy</b>
May 09, 2012
LexisNexis announced a new Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy module for Lexis Practice Advisor, a web-based legal content service designed to give transactional lawyers a step-by-step approach to deal with a particular issue.Suzanne Petren Moritz, vice president and managing director of Lexis Practice Advisor, says the new module includes content from leading transactional lawyers in the field such as DLA Piper partner George B. South III; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &amp; Jacobson partner Gary L. Kaplan;'
First Circuit Raises Troubling Questions
April 26, 2012
The First Circuit opinion in <i>Rosciti v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania</i> presents an increasingly common interplay between two often conflicting areas of law ' insurance coverage and bankruptcy.
Avoid Mistakes of the Past
April 26, 2012
This article discusses a number of cases to have considered officer and director fiduciary duties in the context of insolvency.
Dispelling (Some) of the Darkness of Stern v. Marshall's Bleak House
April 26, 2012
The Amended Standing Order issued by Judge Loretta Preska has significantly reduced the procedural quagmire and uncertainty faced by attorneys and the courts as a result of <i>Stern v. Marshall</i>. Here's why.
Offshore, But Not Off-Center
March 27, 2012
The recent case <i>Millenium</i> and its implications for insolvency proceedings in another jurisdiction, particularly in the context of offshore funds.

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