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Seward & Kissel LLP

I Love it When a Plan Comes Together, Shutting Down Forever, and A Matrix Resurrection?

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Purdue Pharma files new bankruptcy plan for $7.4 billion opioid settlement | CNN - Purdue Pharma filed another chapter 11 reorganization plan aiming to implement $7.4 billion in opioid settlements....more

Goldberg Segalla

Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts Announce Intent to Destroy Data and Documents

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Earlier this year, at least four asbestos bankruptcy trusts including WR Grace, Babcock & Wilcox, Pittsburgh Corning and Owens Corning, issued notices regarding their intent to destroy data and documents submitted by...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

The Ultra Vires Exception to the Barton Doctrine is Very Narrow

Q: I am a state court receiver in a case that has been disrupted by a bankruptcy filing. The bankruptcy trustee has been threatening to sue me, in the bankruptcy court, for what she claims were negligent actions and to...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Third Circuit: Unpaid Royalties in Bankruptcy are Subject to Constructive Trust under Colorado Law

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit determined that, under Colorado law, unpaid royalties are real property interests and not property of the bankruptcy estate, reversing lower courts in Delaware that...more

White and Williams LLP

Federal Rules Of Bankruptcy Procedure Amended In Response To Small Business Reorganization Act Of 2019

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On February 19, 2020, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) took effect after being signed into law in mid-2019. Among other things, the SBRA created a new subchapter (Subchapter V) to chapter 11 of title 11 of...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2017 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

The fourth quarter of 2017 concludes a unique year in the planning arena. With the new administration and a Republican-led Congress in power, both taxpayers and tax professionals have kept a close eye on the potential for tax...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Creditors Beware! Give the Trustee Time To Breathe Or Risk Violating The Automatic Stay

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The Bankruptcy Code’s (the “Code”) automatic stay applies to all companies and individuals; it protects the debtor’s property, and the bankruptcy court’s jurisdiction, by barring any act to gain possession of property in the...more

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