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Trident Exploration Corp.: Abandonment and Reclamation Obligations Retain a Super Priority Over Municipal Taxes

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The Alberta Court of King's Bench (the Court) has confirmed that the abandonment and reclamation obligations owed to the Orphan Well Association (OWA) and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) rank in priority to claims of...more

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New Appellate Court Ruling on Priority of Straddle-Year Taxes in Bankruptcy

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A basic tenet of bankruptcy law, premised on the legal separateness of a debtor prior to filing for bankruptcy and the estate created upon a bankruptcy filing, is that prepetition debts are generally treated differently than...more

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Chapter 11 “Reorganization” Used to Shed Retiree Health Benefit Obligations Required Under the Coal Act

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Funding expensive obligations for retiree health benefits, often an impediment to running a financially stable business or even successfully navigating a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, may no longer present such a problem—at...more

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