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More often than not, Chapter 11 debtors seek to exit bankruptcy by confirming a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization or liquidation. However, not only is this approach expensive, but it requires that the debtors have sufficient...more
AGG’s Restructuring Roundup newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to commercial litigation and bankruptcy. The newsletter is a curation of published articles and news, and contains...more
A handful of recent high-profile court rulings have considered whether a chapter 11 debtor is obligated to pay postpetition, pre-effective date interest ("pendency interest") to unsecured creditors to render their claims...more
One year ago, we wrote that, in early 2021, it was widely anticipated that the unprecedented pressure the COVID-19 pandemic brought to bear on the U.S. economy would lead to a boom in corporate bankruptcy filings. That boom...more
When a debtor files bankruptcy under Chapter 11, the bankruptcy court does not automatically appoint a trustee. Unlike Chapter 7, where the court appoints a trustee to investigate the debtor's assets, liquidate assets, and...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many hospitality professionals and their clients to confront bankruptcy, insolvency, and loan workout issues for the first time since the Great Recession. Chapter 11 presents a host of unique...more
The ability of a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor-in-possession ("DIP") to sell assets of the bankruptcy estate "free and clear" of "any interest" in the property asserted by a non-debtor is an important tool designed...more
We have previously informed you that if you are a small business that needed to file bankruptcy to save your company, then you may be able to take advantage of Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The new...more
Last year many states and municipalities across our country as well as the elected officials who led them celebrated our nation’s low unemployment, increasing tax revenue and the zenith moments of what was the longest...more
On Friday, August 23, 2019, the President signed into law the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019. The Act increases the debt limit used to determine whether a family farmer is eligible for relief under Chapter 12 of the...more
In In re Ultra Petroleum Corp., 913 F.3d 533(5th Cir. 2019), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a "make-whole," or "prepayment," premium owed on unsecured notes issued by a chapter 11 debtor...more