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Chapter 11 Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing

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Second Circuit Rules that Syndicated Loans Are Not “Securities” Under State and Federal Law

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On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Kirschner unanimously  held that notes evidencing syndicated loans do not plausibly qualify as “securities” covered by state and federal securities laws...more

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Caveat Lendor: Serta Confirmation Opinion Permits Uptier with Finding of “Good Faith” and Provides Indemnity for Participating...

Majority lender groups and stressed borrowers notched another win in the uptier wars when Judge David Jones of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Court”) issued a June 6, 2023 opinion (the...more

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‘LightSquared’: Defining the Permissible Boundaries of Plan Injunctions

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On Oct. 7, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated a plan injunction that had been approved by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 cases of LightSquared and certain of its affiliates...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions - AC36506 - Sidorova v. East Lyme Board of Education - Due to budget cuts, the Board of Education laid off the plaintiff who was a tenured French teacher. She sued for...more

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