A joint effort by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (“IFRS”) will fundamentally reset the accounting treatment of leases under both US-GAAP and...more
On October 20, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit delivered a victory for secured lenders by remanding the District Court’s order confirming the Debtors’ proposed plan to determine whether an efficient...more
The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “TIA”) codifies a select set of requirements and prohibitions intended to protect perceived “sacred rights” of holders of public bond instruments. When the U.S. District Court for the...more
On January 10, 2017, in the case of In re: Roust Corporation, et. al., (1623786 ) (RDD), pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”), Judge Robert D. Drain entered an...more