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Ability of Creditors' Committees to Prosecute Estate Claims Given a Boost in Delaware Bankruptcy Courts

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The practice of conferring "derivative standing" on official creditors' committees or individual creditors to assert claims on behalf of a bankruptcy estate in cases where the debtor or a bankruptcy trustee is unwilling or...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Grants Derivative Standing to Creditors’ Committee to Sue Members and Officers of Delaware LLC

In early February, a Delaware bankruptcy judge set new precedent by granting a creditors’ committee derivative standing to pursue breach of fiduciary duty claims against a Delaware LLC’s members and officers. At least three...more

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Texas Bankruptcy Court: Debtor's Non-Economic Rights Under LLC Agreement Are Estate Property Protected by Automatic Stay

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The Bankruptcy Code invalidates "ipso facto" clauses in executory contracts or unexpired leases that purport to modify or terminate the contract or lease (or the debtor's rights or obligations under the contract or lease)...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

What Troubled Company Fiduciaries Need to Know About the Corporate Transparency Act – Sooner Rather Than Later

January 1, 2024, was a milestone for small businesses and their owners, as well as bankruptcy trustees, receivers, and chief restructuring officers (“CRO” and collectively, “Troubled Company Fiduciaries”) of small businesses...more

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Creditor Pays for Violating Stay in Mastic Bay

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A recent Second Circuit opinion sets a bright-line rule: if the Debtor is named as a defendant in a pre-bankruptcy lawsuit, the automatic stay applies to halt further proceedings. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC v. Fogarty (In re...more

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NYC Office Tower Ch. 11 Shines Light On Blocking Provisions

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This article analyzes PWM Property Management LLC's bankruptcy filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to explain the impact of the use of corporate governance blocking provisions. The filing also...more

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Creditors Ask Court to Enforce Bankruptcy Blocking Provision and Approve Creditor Created Plan During Exclusivity Period in PWM...

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I. Introduction - The economic upheaval caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 was unprecedented in the United States and abroad. Employees were furloughed, businesses were mothballed or shut down altogether....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Recovery from a Member’s Interest in an LLC

In my last post on this Blog, I explored a potential avenue for a debtor to maximize value from the sale of its membership interest in a limited liability company (“LLC”) in bankruptcy, notwithstanding restrictions on sale in...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The Exciting (or Bewildering?) Intersection of Bankruptcy Code Section 365 and the Sale of LLC Membership Interests

Debtors and trustees are faced with the task of maximizing the value of bankruptcy estate assets in the face of many obstacles, such as limited liquidity runway and the competing interests of various creditor and equity...more

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Tax Distributions As Fraudulent Conveyances?

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The Calm Before? I’m confused. For better or worse, I’m pretty sure that I am not alone. Last week, in a letter addressed to the American people, forty-six of the fifty Republicans in the U.S. Senate indicated they...more

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Creditor Committees of Delaware LLCs Should Take Action to Preserve Derivative Standing

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Recent decisions and court commentary suggest that a creditors’ committee appointed in a Chapter 11 case should take immediate action to ensure that its rights to pursue derivative standing are preserved, particularly when...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

LLC Money-Shuffling and “Alter Ego” Liability

The “alter ego” doctrine allows a creditor of a business entity to “pierce the corporate veil” and enforce the debt against the company’s individual owners.  The standards for proving alter ego liability are high, and the...more

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2020 Recap: Corporate Restructuring Review

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Amidst a global pandemic, there were plenty of interesting bankruptcy and restructuring events and changes that occurred in 2020. We saw new Bankruptcy Code amendments go into effect (through the Small Business Reorganization...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In a New York Debtor and Creditor Law Dispute, Commercial Division Clarifies Allegations Required to Pierce Corporate Veil

In a recent decision in South College Street, LLC v. Ares Capital Corporation, Justice Schechter of the New York State Supreme Court, Commercial Division, dismissed petitioner’s New York Debtor and Creditor Law claims, which...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Bankruptcy Blockers in Governance Documents May Not Prevent Real Estate or Other Bankruptcies

In a recent Delaware ruling, Judge Mary F. Walrath declines to follow the Fifth Circuit and holds that “a minority shareholder has [no] more right to block a bankruptcy… than a creditor does.” Real estate and other lenders...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

“Reverse Veil Piercing” to Reach an LLC’s Assets

“Piercing the corporate veil” — also referred to as “alter ego” liability — is a familiar concept under California law. Ordinarily, a corporation or other entity (such as an LLC) is considered a legal entity separate and...more

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Derivative Standing When Debtors Are Limited Partnerships And Limited Liability Companies

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It is well settled that creditors of an insolvent corporation can obtain derivative standing to pursue claims for breach of fiduciary duty against officers and directors. The same principle, however, does not always apply for...more

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Reverse Veil Piercing May Be Used to Reach an LLC's Assets

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"Piercing the corporate veil" typically occurs when a judgment creditor proves that the individual owner of a corporate judgment debtor is the alter ego of that entity, thereby allowing the creditor to pursue the individual's...more

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LLC Distributions, Charging Orders, and Manager Fiduciary Duties

There are not many published California Court of Appeal opinions providing guidance for LLC managers and members. That’s why it’s an “LLC Jungle” out there. While unpublished opinions are not binding precedent outside of...more

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Chris Lazarini Further Examines Case Involving Advisor’s Effort to Avoid Paying a Promissory Note

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined further developments in a case involving a former UBS investment advisor’s attempt to prevent the company from collecting on promissory notes the advisor owed to UBS upon...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Has Partial Substantive Consolidation Taken Off with Republic Airways Holdings?

Substantive consolidation is the ultimate disregard of the corporate separateness of a group of related debtors--it is “the effective merger of two or more legally distinct (albeit affiliated) entities into a single debtor...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy Remoteness Going to a Court of Appeals

Back in the day--say, the last two decades of the twentieth century--we bankruptcy lawyers took it largely on faith that the right structural and contractual provisions purporting to confer bankruptcy-remoteness were...more

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Ninth Circuit: Federal Law Governs Substantive Consolidation, and Supreme Court’s Siegel Ruling Does Not Bar Consolidation of...

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In Clark’s Crystal Springs Ranch, LLC v. Gugino (In re Clark), 692 Fed. Appx. 946, 2017 BL 240043 (9th Cir. July 12, 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that: (i) the remedy of "substantive...more

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Charging Orders

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A “charging order” allows a judgment creditor to receive a debtor’s share of distributions from a limited liability company (LLC) or a partnership. With the proliferation of LLCs in the last 20 years, understanding “charging...more

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Exculpatory Provisions Under Delaware Law: Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say

Exculpation provisions in operating agreements must be carefully crafted in order to protect members, managers, directors and officers for breaches of fiduciary duties...more

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