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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Stern Rebuke: Bankruptcy Courts have Constitutional Authority to Confirm Plans Containing Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases

On December 19, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit became the first federal circuit court of appeals to hold that a bankruptcy court may confirm a plan containing nonconsensual third-party releases without exceeding...more

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Due-on-Sale Clause Not Mandatory in Cramdown Chapter 11 Plan, and Plan Acceptance Requirement Applies on "Per Plan" Basis

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In Grasslawn Lodging, LLC v. Transwest Resort Properties Inc. (In re Transwest Resort Properties, Inc.), 881 F.3d 724 (9th Cir. 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered, in connection with a...more

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Clear Error They Say! Supreme Court Opines On Standard Of Review For Determining Non-Statutory Insider Status

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Last April, we updated you that the Supreme Court had granted review of In re The Village at Lakeridge, LLC, 814 F.3d 993 (9th Cir. 2016). ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In “Non-Statutory Insider” Case, Supreme Court Clarifies the Standard of Review for Mixed Questions of Law and Fact

In U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC, No. 15-1509, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 1520 (Mar. 5, 2018), the Supreme Court analyzed the appropriate standard of review for appellate courts reviewing a bankruptcy court’s...more

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Supreme Court Adopts Deferential Standard of Review on Chapter 11 Insider Status

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In U.S. Capital Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC, No. 15-1509 (U.S. Mar. 5, 2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that an appellate court should apply a deferential standard of review to a bankruptcy court's decision as to...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Supreme Court Lakeridge Decision Clarifies the Standard of Review of Mixed Questions of Law and Fact

In another decision affecting Chapter 11 cases, U.S. Bank National Association v. Village at Lakeridge, --- S. Ct. ---, 2018 WL 1143822 (2018), on March 5, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Who Is A Non-Statutory Insider? The U.S. Supreme Court Provides (Some) Guidance on the Appropriate Standard of Review for this...

On March 5, 2018 the United State Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in U.S. Bank NA v. The Village at Lakeridge, LLC, 583 U.S. ___ (2018), answering the narrow question of what is the proper standard of review for...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC

On March 5, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC, No 15-1509, holding that a bankruptcy court’s determination of whether a set of facts demonstrated an arms-length...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Fifth Circuit Crafts New Test For Foreign Debtor Relief

Originally published in the New York Law Journal on January 3, 2012. On Nov. 28, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in In re Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. issued a groundbreaking decision under Chapter 15 of...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Fifth Circuit Crafts New Test For Foreign Debtor Relief

Originally published in the New York Law Journal on January 3, 2012. On Nov. 28, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in In re Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. issued a groundbreaking decision under Chapter 15 of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fifth Circuit Refuses to Enforce Mexican Reorganization Plan's Proposed Release of Non-Debtor Bond Guarantors

The Fifth Circuit recently upheld a Texas Bankruptcy Court’s refusal to enforce non-debtor third party releases in the Mexican reorganization proceeding (known as a concurso mercantil) of Mexican glass manufacturer Vitro SAB...more

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