In a Chapter 15 case presenting interesting considerations for cross border lenders and borrowers, the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas declined to implement in the Uni...
In an apparent attempt to address delay and cost in the restructuring process, a provision of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) has imposed an u...
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Contested Valuation in Corporate Bankruptcy: A Collier Monograph
In a recent decision issued in the Lehman Brothers Inc. SIPA proceeding in the Southern District of New York, In re Lehman Brothers Inc., Case No. 08-01420 (JMP) (SIPA), slip op. (Bankr. ...
On September 13, 2011, Judge Mary Walrath of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware surprised many parties in interest and observers of the case by issuing an opi...
The release of two rules on resolution planning by the FDIC last week means that the basic contours of the U.S. regulatory framework for resolution plans are now known. On September 13, 2...
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The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
On September 13, 2011, Judge Mary Walrath of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware surprised many parties in interest and observers of the case by issuing an opi...
On June 28, 2011, in a much anticipated decision, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in In re River Road Hotel Partners, LLC, affirmed a decision of th...
Late last week, the United States Supreme Court affirmed a 2010 ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and held that a bankruptcy court, as a non-Article III court, did not have the...
Requiring systemically important financial institutions to prepare living wills has the potential to be one of the most effective tools in improving risk management, reducing systemic ris...
