Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, Securities Law

Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/22/2013

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. and Ahern Rentals Inc. are prime examples of the frothy market where junk-bond investors are fearless in the face of risk, as Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia and Bloomberg News...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - May 17, 2013

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/20/2013

In this issue: - CFTC Adopts Final Rules for Execution Facilities and Other Matters - FINRA Issues Interpretive Guidance on Use of Back Tested Index Data by ETPs - Mississippi District Court Defers to New...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Kodak Plan Bumps the Debt, Craters Stock [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/1/2013

May 2 (Bloomberg Law) -- Eastman Kodak Co. filed a Chapter 11 plan that cratered the stock and bumped up the unsecured notes, although the plan may be revised to pay off second-lien debt fully in cash, as Bloomberg Law's Lee...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Stockton May Win the Battle, Lose the War [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 4/3/2013

April 2 (Bloomberg Law) -- Although Stockton, California established the right to be in a Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy, the judge warned the city that victory may be short-lived if bondholders prove that pensioners must...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Secret Madoff Agreement May Harm Victims [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 2/27/2013

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Money stolen from victims of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme is earmarked for someone who may have been an accomplice in the fraud, and the agreement is being kept secret by a federal district judge. ...more

"Thinking Outside the Box - Using the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act to Resolve a Prospective Class Action"

by Deepshikha Dutt, Norm Emblem | Dentons on 12/10/2012

Originally published in the Ontario Bar Association's Class Action Law Section, Volume 3, No. 1 – December 2012. The Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") has long been lauded as a flexible tool that lends...more

Madoff Feeder Fund: Fairfield liquidators suffer major court reversal

by Harney Westwood & Riegels on 9/7/2012

Originally published in The Hedge Fund Journal - July 2012. In a series of decisions before the BVI (British Virgin Isles) Commercial Court and Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, the liquidators of Fairfield have...more

SDNY Bankruptcy Court Interprets Section 546(e)’s Safe Harbors in Lehman-JPMorgan Dispute

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/4/2012

On April 19, 2012, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part JPMorgan Chase, N.A.’s motion to dismiss an adversary complaint filed by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc....more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - March 23, 2012

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/26/2012

In this issue; - Senate Passes Revised Version of JOBS Bill - SEC Staff Issues Risk Alert on Municipal Securities Underwriting Practices - ISDA Dodd-Frank Documentation Project - CFTC Issues No-Action...more

Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Alert - March 2012

by Reed Smith on 3/13/2012

In this issue: - Foreclosures in New Jersey - Substantive Rights' Not Assignable, Intercreditor Voting Rights Assignment Nullified - Offshore Bankruptcy-Remote Entity is Not Bankruptcy-Proof; Trust...more

“It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Denies Madoff Trustee’s Bid for...

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 2/6/2012

Quoting the great sage Yogi Berra, on January 17, 2012, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied the motion of Irving H. Picard, the SIPA trustee for Bernard L....more

Recent Seventh and Ninth Circuit Cases Affect Federal Equity Receiverships

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 2/6/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and Commodities Futures Trading Commission often seek appointment of receivers in civil enforcement actions, including in actions alleging operation of...more

Federal District Court Remands Morgan Stanley MBS Suit to Ohio State Court

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/20/2011

On December 20, 2011, Judge S. Arthur Spiegel of the Southern District of Ohio granted the plaintiffs’ motion to remand and denied Morgan Stanley’s motion to transfer to the Southern District of New York an RMBS suit based on...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - December 5, 2011

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/5/2011

In This Issue: -Financial Industry Developments · Central Banks Increase Liquidity Support to Global Financial System · OCC Proposed Rule to Remove References to Credit Ratings · FHFA Retains Maximum...more

MF Global - U.S. Update as of November 7, 2011

by Reed Smith on 11/10/2011

SIPC Trustee Takes First Steps to Thaw Frozen Customer Securities Accounts On November 4, 2011, the SIPC Trustee took his first steps toward transferring frozen customer securities accounts held by MF Global Inc....more

New York High Court Applies the "Single-Entity Exemption" in the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/12/2011

In RGH Liquidating Trust v. Deloitte & Touche, LLP, 2011 WL 2471542 (N.Y. June 23, 2011), the New York Court of Appeals held that a liquidating trust established pursuant to a bankruptcy reorganization plan was a single...more

Bankruptcy Court Limits Applicability of Section 546(e) Securities Safe Harbor to Public Securities

by Dechert LLP on 5/12/2011

Introduction Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code provides a “safe-harbor” for certain transfers involving the purchase or sale of securities and protects those transfers from avoidance as constructive fraudulent...more

Securities Litigation Update

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 4/11/2011

Securities Class Actions Continue to Decline as Percentage of All Securities Litigation: Using different statistical methods, year-end studies published by both Advisen and Cornerstone Research found that, despite a strong...more

California Court Of Appeal Holds That Shareholders Have Standing To Pursue Derivative Actions After Dissolution Of A Corporation

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/11/2010

In Favila v. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, 188 Cal. App. 4th 189 (2d Dist. 2010), the California Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend its complaint and dismissal of...more

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Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk [Video]

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - May 17, 2013

Bill on Bankruptcy: Kodak Plan Bumps the Debt, Craters Stock [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Stockton May Win the Battle, Lose the War [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Secret Madoff Agreement May Harm Victims [Video]

"Thinking Outside the Box - Using the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act to Resolve a Prospective Class Action"

Madoff Feeder Fund: Fairfield liquidators suffer major court reversal

SDNY Bankruptcy Court Interprets Section 546(e)’s Safe Harbors in Lehman-JPMorgan Dispute

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - March 23, 2012

Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Alert - March 2012

“It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Denies Madoff Trustee’s Bid for...

Recent Seventh and Ninth Circuit Cases Affect Federal Equity Receiverships

Federal District Court Remands Morgan Stanley MBS Suit to Ohio State Court

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - December 5, 2011

MF Global - U.S. Update as of November 7, 2011

New York High Court Applies the "Single-Entity Exemption" in the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998

Bankruptcy Court Limits Applicability of Section 546(e) Securities Safe Harbor to Public Securities

Securities Litigation Update

California Court Of Appeal Holds That Shareholders Have Standing To Pursue Derivative Actions After Dissolution Of A Corporation

Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Kodak Plan Bumps the Debt, Craters Stock [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Stockton May Win the Battle, Lose the War [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Secret Madoff Agreement May Harm Victims [Video]

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