Bankruptcy, Communications & Media Law, Commercial Law & Contracts

Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Alert - February 2013

by Peter Clark, Joseph Filloy, Joanne Finch, Marsha Houston, Jeanne Stancampiano Lofgren, Elizabeth McGovern, Charlotte Møller, Ann Pille, Christopher Rivas, Jared Roach, Richard Robinson, more +Brian Schenker, Alison Wickizer Toepp, Lauren Zabel | Reed Smith on 2/21/2013

In this Issue: - Lenders Beware - International Insolvency Laws: Will One Size Fit All? The Debate Continues - ‘Fair and Equitable’ Means More Than Amortization Schedule - Pre-Petition Security License...more

Collateral Value of FCC Broadcasting Licenses Less Uncertain After 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 11/5/2012

In its recent decision in Valley Bank and Trust Company v. Spectrum Scan, LLC (In re Tracy Broadcasting Corp.), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit overturned lower court decisions that were casting serious doubt...more

Seventh Circuit: Bankruptcy Code's Definition of 'Intellectual Property' Does Not Include Trademarks

by Levenfeld Pearlstein on 10/9/2012

Originally published in the October 2012 issue of The Bankruptcy Strategist. Much has been written over the past 20-plus years, in court decisions and scholarly articles, about the omission of “trademarks” from the...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