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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Gigantic Filing Error Provides an Opportunity to Expound the Earmarking Doctrine

Can another vain attempt to mitigate a $1.5 billion mistake provide the occasion for a thorough review of the doctrine of earmarking? It did for Southern District Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn in the long tail on the General...more

Hogan Lovells

The Importance of Signatures: General Motors’ Unsigned But Fully Negotiated Deal Not Enforceable

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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn recently decided that a fully-negotiated agreement would not be enforced in the absence of required signatures. The agreement contemplated a settlement between the General Motors bankruptcy...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Is Bank Debt a Security?: Dangerous Implications of the General Motors Litigation

GM’s term lenders had received $28 million in cash interest during the 90 days prior to GM’s filing, and $1.5 billion in full payment during the bankruptcy, subject to disgorgement if the term lenders proved to be...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

UCC-3 Termination Statements: Can They be Trusted?

The holdings of two recent decisions from the Bankruptcy Courts of the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of New York, handed down within three days of each other in March, both affect the amount of...more

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