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Settlement Bankruptcy Code

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Bondholders Fail to Thwart Global Settlement Approval as Bankruptcy Estate’s Largest Creditor

As bankruptcy practitioners, we generally see proposed settlements get approved without objection. However, when objections are lodged, court involvement is necessitated. In this case, United States Bankruptcy Judge...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

A Discharge Lesson Courtesy of the Worst Person in the World

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Alex Jones, the despicable, chest-thumping, conspiracy-peddling radio host, for years, blabbered on his radio show that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. When the families of the murdered children sued him...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds that Selling Peace Does Not Require Business Judgment

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In Spark Factor Design, Inc., et al. v. Hjelmeset (In re Open Medicine Institute, Inc.), No. 22-60017 (9th Cir. Oct. 30, 2023), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently found that a bankruptcy court has discretion of...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

LTL, Part Deux (now with even more fraudulent transfers!)

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Here we go again. Precisely one hour and thirty-nine minutes after the dismissal of the bankruptcy filing of LTL, Johnson & Johnson’s artificially created talc-liability subsidiary, the company was right back at it again with...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Denial of Assumption of Pre-Bankruptcy Workout Agreement Demonstrates How Settlement Value Can Change with Time and Circumstances

The bankruptcy court’s decision in Svenhard’s provides a path forward for potentially increased creditor recoveries. To assume an agreement under section 365, the agreement must be an “executory contract,” which generally...more

Bracewell LLP

Parting Advice: Judge Drain Rules That Dividends Paid From the Proceeds of Safe-Harbored Transactions Are Not Safe-Harbored in In...

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In his final opinion, Judge Robert D. Drain of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held that dividends paid from proceeds of safe-harbored transactions under section 546(e) of the...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

First Circuit Issues Important Ruling on Valuing Secured Claims in Settled Causes of Action

In a recent decision addressing valuation issues, the First Circuit has issued an important reminder – and warning – to creditors seeking to establish a secured claim in settlement proceeds based on a security interest in the...more

Carlton Fields

Financial Services Update: Week Ending November 1, 2019

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Financial Services Update - FCCPA and FDCPA: The plaintiff did not demonstrate a genuine issue of material fact that medical providers and their attorney violated the FCCPA and FDCPA by conditioning medical services on a...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Delaware District Court Dismisses Appeal by Creditors’ Committee After Case is Converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7

The Bankruptcy Code provides for the appointment of a creditors’ committee in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. See 11 U.S.C. § 1102. There is no parallel provision applicable to chapter 7 cases. When a bankruptcy case is...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

The Jevic Fallout: Settlement DENIED

In one of the first of many cases to determine the scope of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jevic, the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee denied a proposed settlement by the Debtor that the court...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

In Conflict With Other Circuits, Seventh Circuit Rules That Certain Transfers Involving Financial Institution Intermediaries Not...

Section 546(e) of the bankruptcy code prohibits a bankruptcy trustee from avoiding “settlement payment[s]”, or payments “made in connection with a securities contract,” that are “made by or to (or for the benefit of)”...more

Cole Schotz

U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh in on Structured Dismissals and Settlements Circumventing the Bankruptcy Code’s Priority Scheme

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On June 28, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to a Third Circuit-affirmed settlement and dismissal of the chapter 11 cases of Jevic Transportation, Inc. (“Jevic”) and certain of its affiliates. See...more

BakerHostetler

Will Congress Finally Act? The ABI Commission on Business Bankruptcy Reform: Exiting the Case - Changes to the Plan Confirmation...

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This is the sixth in a series of alerts regarding the proposals made by the American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Reform Chapter 11 Business Bankruptcies (the “Commission”). This alert covers the Commission’s...more

Troutman Pepper

Settlement Proceeds: When Does Cash Become Quasi Real Estate?

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Farmer v. Citizens Nat’l Bank of Athens (In re Davis), 528 B.R. 757 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2015) – A chapter 7 trustee sought a court determination that the trustee had a superior claim to settlement proceeds arising from...more

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