Finance & Banking, Bankruptcy, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning

Indalex: What Are the Pension Implications?

by Lesha Van Der Bij | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/13/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much anticipated decision in Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v. United Steelworkers, a case which pitted the claims of pensioners against those of secured creditors in...more

New Concerns for Bondholders, Lenders and Other Creditors Following SCC’s Indalex Decision

by Richard Orzy, Raj Sahni, Kevin Zych | Bennett Jones LLP on 2/13/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its much-awaited decision in the Indalex case. While the central issue in Indalex was the priority of wind-up deficiencies in defined benefit pension plans...more

Update on Preparing Living Wills for Bank Holding Companies and Depository Institutions

by Joseph T. Lynyak III, Rodney R. Peck | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/8/2013

This analysis updates a previous memo and incorporates advice we have received from the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) regarding the preparation of living wills for bank...more

Supreme Court of Canada Affirms Federal Paramountcy in Insolvency but Leaves Uncertainty for the Credit Community Regarding...

by Anthony Devir, Edward Sellers | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/1/2013

The Supreme Court of Canada released its highly anticipated decision in Indalex Limited (Re) this morning. The ruling stemmed from an appeal of an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that had created commercial uncertainty...more

Is your IRA safe from creditors?

by Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 11/30/2012

If a substantial portion of a person’s wealth is in one or more IRAs, protecting the assets in those accounts is critical to his or her estate plan. IRAs provide significant benefits, including tax-deferred wealth...more

Fifth Circuit Rules that Inherited IRAs Are Exempt under Code

by Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 6/8/2012

Originally posted in the ABI Journal, Vol. XXXI, No. 5, June 2012. Editor’s Note: For additional perspective on inherited IRAs, read the May 2011 cover article and a letter to the editor published in the July/August 2011...more

Wealth Management Update - March 2012

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/5/2012

A monthly report for wealth management professionals. In This Issue: - March Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - In re Grube...more

FDIC Adopts Final Rule Requiring “Living Wills” For Financial Institutions; Rule Requires Financial Institutions To Describe How...

by Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 9/14/2011

On September 13, 2011, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved a final rule requiring certain financial institutions to prepare a plan for their dismantling in the event of material financial distress or...more