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Mitigating risk of loss associated with a bankruptcy filing should be an element of any commercial transaction, especially if it involves a sale or license of intellectual property rights. A ruling recently handed down by the...more
In In re Pack Liquidating, LLC, 2024 WL 409830 (Bankr. D. Del. Feb. 2, 2024), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ruled that, in accordance with Third Circuit precedent, the Bankruptcy Code, rather than...more
Businesses in financial distress have multiple options to consider when attempting to reorganize or liquidate. A state court receivership or Chapter 7 Bankruptcy are likely options for liquidation when there are significant...more
Health Care Provider Bankruptcy Update: Patient Care Ombudsman Not Necessary In Every Health Care Business Bankruptcy Case - Recent headlines have starkly illuminated the headwinds facing health care providers struggling...more
Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” preventing avoidance in bankruptcy of certain securities, commodity, or forward-contract payments has long been a magnet for controversy. Several noteworthy court rulings...more
When I started practicing law, getting financial reporting was pretty simple: You just grabbed the firm’s copy of the Wall Street Journal. Today, we’re bombarded from all sides by conflicting information. It’s going to be a...more
The contraction of the market for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and the recent challenges de-SPACed companies have encountered have attracted considerable press attention. The stocks of many de-SPACed...more
On October 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a long-awaited ruling on whether Ultra Petroleum Corp. (“UPC”) must pay a $201 million make-whole premium to noteholders under its confirmed chapter...more
New York Bankruptcy Court Rules That Good Faith Is Not The Gatekeeper To Chapter 15 - Despite the absence of any explicit directive in the Bankruptcy Code, it is well understood that a debtor must file a chapter 11...more
In This Issue: First Impressions: Third Circuit Scuttles Triangular Setoff in Bankruptcy - In In re Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., 990 F.3d 748 (3d Cir. 2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled as a...more
In a recent decision on motions for summary judgement in the TransCare case, the SDNY bankruptcy court addressed the test for the imposition of liability under the US and New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification...more
Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code excepts certain transfers made to certain protected parties, under or in respect of securities contracts, from avoidance as preferences or constructively fraudulent transfers. A recent...more