Control of a Set-aside Entity
Number Holdings, Inc. the parent company of 99 Cents Only Stores LLC (“99 Cents” or the “Company”), an extreme value retail store operator, along with several affiliates, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in...more
Congress has made some small but important changes to the Bankruptcy Code through its enactment of the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act (the "Act") on June 21, 2022. The most important of these...more
The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) aims to simplify and shorten the Bankruptcy Code’s reorganization process for small-business debtors, making Chapter 11 more accessible. Effective as of February 2020,...more
Complex intercorporate structures and related financings pose specific challenges in the cross-border insolvency context. Where a number of affiliates are liable for the debts of a common corporate enterprise, complete...more
In the fifth opinion involving the repo liquidation saga of HomeBanc, the Third Circuit addressed several crucial issues involving the liquidation and valuation of repo collateral in bankruptcy. In re HomeBanc Mortg....more
Reorganization plans providing for non-debtor releases (i.e., releasing non-debtors from claims by creditors of the debtor) have been regularly challenged in recent years, frequently by the United States Trustee and other...more
Fifth Circuit finds that make-whole premiums should be considered unmatured interest subject to disallowance under Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code to the extent designed to compensate for future interest payments. ...more
Parties involved in cross-border bankruptcy /restructuring situations may be wary of the risk that repeated litigation in different courts with jurisdiction over the same debtor will result in conflicting judgments. The...more
The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench recently sanctioned the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") plan of compromise and arrangement (the "Plan") of Poseidon Concepts Corp. and certain of its affiliates (together,...more
On June 22, Sears Canada Inc. ("Sears Canada") and certain affiliates1 (collectively, the "Sears Canada Group") sought and obtained insolvency protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) from the Ontario...more
The doctrine of substantive consolidation (generally- the power of a bankruptcy court to consolidate the assets and liabilities of affiliated entities in bankruptcy) is a recognized remedy exercised by bankruptcy courts – one...more
On May 11, 2016, the Delaware bankruptcy court issued an opinion in the RadioShack bankruptcy case addressing an intercreditor dispute between Salus Capital Partners, LLC, the “last out” lender in RadioShack’s prepetition...more
Certain North American based affiliates of Essar Steel Ltd (Mumbai) have today filed Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 petitions in Delaware. ESML Holdings Inc. and Essar Steel Minnesota LLC have filed Chapter 11 proceedings in...more
The latest in a long line of troubled retailers, Sports Authority Holdings, Inc., and certain affiliated entities, filed for bankruptcy protection on March 2, 2016. The bankruptcy case highlights one of the key aspects of...more
PT Holdco, Inc. and four of its affiliates, including Primus Telecommunications Canada, Inc., which resell residential and business telecommunications services, have commenced cases (Lead Case No. 16-10131 (LSS)) under...more
Thirty-four affiliates of Variant Holding Company, LLC (“Variant”) have filed chapter 11 petitions before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The debtors will seek to have their cases jointly...more
Consumer product marketer Thane International, Inc. and six affiliates have filed a chapter 15 petition before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Lead Case # 15-12186). The case has been...more
Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. (OTC: AFFM), a provider of non-standard personal automobile insurance policies, and ten affiliates have filed chapter 11 petitions before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the...more
American Apparel, Inc. (APP, NYSE) and five affiliates have filed chapter 11 petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (lead case # 15-12055-BLS) and will seek approval of a pre-packaged...more
On Friday, May 15, 2015, Golden County Foods, Inc. (“GCF”), a business that manufactures prepared foods, filed a voluntary chapter 11 petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. It was joined...more
On October 16, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit entered an order requiring a real estate lender, First National Bank (the “Lender”), to refund certain mortgage payments it received from...more