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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Former Tribune Shareholders Still Merit Safe Harbor Upon Revision

We have noodled on the impact that the Supreme Court’s decision in Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., which held that the safe harbor provided in Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code does not apply when the...more

Dechert LLP

Second Circuit Paves a Way to Protect LBO Payments from Avoidance Actions 

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in In re Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation, No. 13-3992-cv (L) (2d Cir., Dec. 19, 2019) that Bankruptcy Code Section 546(e) barred claims seeking to avoid...more

King & Spalding

Second Circuit Finds That Tribune Qualifies as Financial Institution Under Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbor Provision

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On December 19, 2019, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion (the “2019 Opinion”) arising out of the In re Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation,[i] finding that Tribune Company, which employed...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

District Court Applies Section 546(e) Safe Harbor to Customer of Financial Institution, Revitalizing Key Defense

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has breathed new life into the Bankruptcy Code Section 546(e)’s securities transaction safe harbor for fraudulent conveyance actions. Judge...more

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