Read Civil Procedure updates, alerts, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:
Do you know the restrictions for a probationary driver in New Jersey?
Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk
Legal Rights When Moving - Interview of Larry Bodine on Better Kansas City KCTV 5
Larry Bodine's Interview on News 4 Jax (WJX4)
Bill on Bankruptcy: Kodak Plan Bumps the Debt, Craters Stock
Does Canada Need a New Uniform Arbitration Law?
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report, a Bargain at $83 Million
Bill on Bankruptcy: Stockton May Win the Battle, Lose the War
Serving Legal Documents Through Social Media
Supreme Court Closes CAFA Loophole in Standard Fire v. Knowles
Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff
Viewer's Guide to Gay Marriage Oral Arguments
Arbitration - An Alternative to Litigation for Dispute Resolution
Weekly Brief: 78% of Law Schools Ignore ABA Rule
Bill on Bankruptcy: Secret Madoff Agreement May Harm Victims
Street Legal Cars
Newsbreak: Surprising Results in Three Cases
Will The Debt Ceiling Standoff End Up In Court?
Newtown Shootings Could Give Rise to More Litigation, Says Pinsky
Bill on Bankruptcy: Big Surprises For AMR, MF Global Creditors
On June 11, 2013, Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff dismissed the complaint of the Trustee for the SemGroup estate seeking to avoid a novation made to Barclays pre-bankruptcy under a swap agreement. The Court...more
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed an order rejecting an objection to the confirmation of a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Dynegy, Inc. and Dynegy Holdings, LLC (together, Dynegy) for...more
In This Issue: Rating Agency Development; Second Circuit Rules That Payments Made to Purchase Notes Are Exempt from Avoidance Under Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code; Lehman Derivative Litigation Still Looms Large;...more
In this issue: - CFTC Expands List of Acceptable Legal Entity Identifiers - CFTC Delays Effective Date for Clearing Exemption for Swaps Between Affiliates - “Sophisticated Plaintiff” Found to Be Adequate...more
In this issue: - Make–Whole Claim in the Amount of 37% of Loan Balance is Enforced by Delaware Bankruptcy Court - Seventh Circuit Requires Competition for Insider’s New-Value Plan of Reorganization -...more
A. INTRODUCTION - Courts in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere have issued conflicting decisions regarding the appropriate time period to consider in determining a foreign debtor’s “center of its main...more
It is not an uncommon practice for commercial lenders or real estate owners to employ a broker to assist with the sale of property for a commission. Recently, a corporation owning a marina in South Florida filed for Chapter...more
Mary Melendrez et al., v. Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles - COURT OF APPEAL, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT (April 30, 2013) - Petitioners and Plaintiffs Mary Melendrez, individually and...more
This week Federal Insurance Company achieved an important victory in a long-standing insurance coverage litigation concerning the proper trigger of excess directors and officers insurance. DLA Piper represented Federal, a...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently resolved a split within the circuit when it held that a bankruptcy court has the power to recharacterize debt as equity. In In re Fitness Holdings International, Inc.,...more
In the final days of the Illinois Supreme Court's recently concluded May term, the Court allowed petitions for leave to appeal in five new civil cases. Today, we begin our detailed previews of those cases, discussing the...more
We are pleased to present the 28th edition of the Bernstein Shur Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter. This month, we highlight cases that address cloud-computing contacts as the basis for jurisdiction, clarification...more
If you are considering filing bankruptcy and have assets you are concerned could be liquidated, or you have any related concern, you will want to read this post! Contact: Attorney George E. Bourguignon, Jr. Phone: ...more
In a decision issued last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a debtor’s qualified subchapter S subsidiary (QSub) status is not property of the bankruptcy estate. The Third Circuit’s opinion...more
In Kasten Energy Inc. v. Shamrock Oil & Gas Ltd., 2013 ABQB 63, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench considered the application of Kasten Energy Inc. (“Kasten”) to appoint a receiver over all of the assets and undertakings of...more
For the last 27 years, bankruptcy courts in the Ninth Circuit consistently held that debt could not be recharacterized as equity unless the movant proved inequitable conduct by the debt holder. On April 30, 2013, the Ninth...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently considered “the issue of whether class representatives and class counsel are adequate where the settlement agreement conditions payment of incentive awards on...more
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
Deanne E. Maynard is a partner in Morrison & Foerster LLP's Washington, D.C., office. She chairs the firm's appellate and U.S. Supreme Court practice group and is a former assistant to the solicitor general at the United...more
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York granted motions to dismiss involuntary Chapter 7 petitions filed against TPG Troy LLC and T3 Troy LLC (the Troy Entities). Petitioners filed numerous...more
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi denied the motion of defendant ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation (ACA) to dismiss a class action complaint, finding that the issues were previously...more
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
Bankruptcy trustees and lenders to a potentially insolvent debtor — particularly any lender who has or intends to acquire an equity stake in the borrower — should take note of a recent decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court...more
If you are considering bankruptcy or are wondering what is required of a debtor who files for bankruptcy, then you will want to read this post! Contact: George E. Bourguignon, Jr. Phone: (508) 769-1359...more
On April 30, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the bankruptcy court has authority to recharacterize as equity, rather than debt, advances of funds made purportedly as a loan to the...more
JD Supra gets your content noticed, increases your visibility and makes your marketing efforts hassle free...
Learn More or Schedule a demo
