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Bill on Bankruptcy: Lehman Test Case on Judicial Nullification
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Lessons Learned from the BizJet Executives FCPA Enforcement Actions
Konczal: Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report, a Bargain at $83 Million
Sullivan & Cromwell's M&A Hotline is Ringing
Bill on Bankruptcy: Stockton May Win the Battle, Lose the War
On February 22, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC held that certain individuals who had invested indirectly in Bernard L. Madoff Investment...more
The Trustee overseeing the liquidation under the Securities Investor Protection Act (“SIPA”) of Lehman Brothers Inc. (“Lehman”) in the U.S. and the Joint Administrator of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“LB Europe”)...more
On 29 February 2012 the Supreme Court of England and Wales dismissed the appeal by GLG Investments and ruled that clients whose money had not been properly ring-fenced when Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“LBIE”) went...more
On February 29, the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision upholding, in part unanimously and in part by a 3-2 majority, the Court of Appeal’s November 2010 decision in the LBIE client money case - Re Lehman Brothers...more
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
The initial meeting of client and creditors of MF Global UK Limited ("MFG UK") took place yesterday, 9 January 2012, at 11 a.m. The meeting was chaired by Richard Heis (the "Chairman"), one of the joint special administrators...more
On 16 December 2011 the special administrators of MF Global UK Limited ("MFG UK") published their proposals for achieving the purpose of the special administration. Purpose of the proposals The special...more
Judge James M. Peck of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on December 8, 2011 issued an opinion on a motion of the Lehman Brothers Inc. (“LBI”) trustee (“Trustee”) to confirm his...more
Although no official claims process has been announced, on November 10 and 11, the Trustee and its counsel provided additional information to securities claimants of MF Global Inc. ("MFGI") on how the process will work....more
On November 7, 2011, the SIPC Trustee (the "Trustee") announced that MF Global Inc. ("MFGI") commodity customer accounts that had not yet been transferred by the Trustee can now be transferred provided that the account holder...more
On September 27, 2011, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff issued an important ruling in the action commenced by Irving Picard ("Trustee"), trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Securities LLC ("Madoff"), against a group of individuals...more
Introduction For all of the legal difficulties which market participants are facing in light of the insolvency of Lehman Brothers, the insolvency is providing the Courts with the opportunity to pass judgment on many of...more
Just last Wednesday, October 27, 2010, the LandAmerica 1031 Exchange Company Liquidating Trustee (the “Trustee”) and CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc. (“CGMI”) reached an agreement for the purchase of all auction rate securities...more
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts recently denied a motion for summary judgment on the issue of damages by investors in Access Cardiosystems, Inc. against one of the defendants, Randall Fincke. The...more
When alter ego is alleged, the question may arise as to whether the theory is to be applied generally (i.e., for all of the creditors) or specifically (i.e., in the particular case presented by the creditor). This...more
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
Basic meaning of securitisation: "Securitisation" in its widest sense implies every such process which converts a financial relation into a transaction. History of evolution of finance, and corporate law, the latter...more
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