Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Conflict of Laws

Ninth Circuit Widens Circuit Split Over Application of State or Federal Bankruptcy Law To Determine Whether Claims of...

by Alyson Allen, Mark Bane, Stephen Moeller-Sally, James Wilton | Ropes & Gray LLP on 5/3/2013

In an important decision for private equity sponsors and other insiders who advance loans to their businesses, on April 30, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in In re Fitness Holdings International confirmed that...more

Eighth Circuit Rules That a “Perpetual” Trademark Licensing Agreement Is an “Executory” Contract Subject to Rejection Under...

by Casey Servais | Cadwalader - Financial Restructuring on 11/20/2012

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently ruled that a perpetual, royalty-free, and exclusive trademark licensing agreement qualified as an executory contract subject to assumption or rejection under...more

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments - The Usual Rules Apply (no exception for insolvency)

by Steven Loble on 11/13/2012

This an important case from the English Supreme Court relating to the enforcement of foreign judgments in England. In the judgment, Lord Collins posed the following question, “Should there be a more liberal rule for...more

Twenty-Six Years Later, a Lubrizol Split by the Seventh Circuit

by Cadwalader - Financial Restructuring on 11/2/2012

Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook of the Seventh Circuit recently created a split of authority regarding the rejection intellectual property licenses in bankruptcy by upholding a decision protecting a trademark licensee’s ability...more

"Rejection of Perpetual, Royalty-Free, Exclusive Trademark License Permitted by Eighth Circuit Ruling: Lewis Brothers Bakeries...

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/1/2012

The U.S. Bankruptcy Code generally limits a Chapter 11 debtor-licensor’s ability to reject intellectual property licenses, but trademark licenses are not subject to such limitations. Trademark license agreements that are...more

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Bankruptcy › Commercial Law & Contracts › Conflict of Laws

Ninth Circuit Widens Circuit Split Over Application of State or Federal Bankruptcy Law To Determine Whether Claims of...

Eighth Circuit Rules That a “Perpetual” Trademark Licensing Agreement Is an “Executory” Contract Subject to Rejection Under...

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments - The Usual Rules Apply (no exception for insolvency)

Twenty-Six Years Later, a Lubrizol Split by the Seventh Circuit

"Rejection of Perpetual, Royalty-Free, Exclusive Trademark License Permitted by Eighth Circuit Ruling: Lewis Brothers Bakeries...

"Fifth Circuit Holds That Electricity Agreements Are Shielded From Avoidance Powers Under Bankruptcy Safe Harbor"

Federal-Mogul Court Confirms That Bankruptcy Law Trumps Anti-Assignment Provisions in Insurance Policies

Seventh Circuit Allows Trademark Licensees to Continue Using License After Rejection of Licensing Agreement

Insolvenzrecht - Konkursanfechtungsrecht - Belgisches Konkursrecht

Insolvenzrecht - Neues Gesetz bezüglich der Fortführung von Unternehmen in Zahlungsschwierigkeiten.pdf

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