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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The “Insurance Neutrality” Doctrine is Heading to SCOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Kaiser Gypsum regarding an insurer’s standing to object to a bankruptcy plan under the “insurance neutrality” doctrine. Under the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Will the Supreme Court Grant Cert to Address the Issue of the Appropriate Post-Siegel Remedy? Unlikely.

In earlier posts, the Red Zone has discussed the Supreme Court’s ruling in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 142 S. Ct. 1770 (2022), which held that increased U.S. Trustee quarterly fees for large Chapter 11 debtors between 2018 and 2020...more

Jones Day

U.S. Supreme Court Update: Petitions Seek Review of Notable Bankruptcy Law Rulings

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At a conference to be held at the end of the summer recess on September 27, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to grant petitions seeking review during the new Term that begins on October 4 of three notable...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Declines to Resolve Circuit Split on Debt Recharacterization

On August 10, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court rescinded the grant of certiorari in PEM Entities LLC v. Levin on the grounds that review had been “improvidently granted.” The case seemingly provided a perfect vehicle to resolve...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Rulings on Equitable Mootness in Transwest and Sunnyslope Impact Third Party Investors

The doctrine of equitable mootness provides that Chapter 11 reorganization plans will be deemed moot, and therefore not subject to appellate review, if a plan has been substantially consummated and granting appellate relief...more

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