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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Second Circuit Holds That CDO Swap Payment Priority-Shifting Provisions Are Covered by Section 560 Safe Harbor

After nearly 10 years of litigation, the Second Circuit has weighed in on an appeal in an adversary proceeding arising out of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. The August 11, 2020, decision confirms that a trustee’s termination...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Second Circuit’s Lehman Flip Clause Decision Continues the Expansion of the Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbors

On August 11, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed lower court decisions rejecting Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.’s (“LBSF”) attempt to recover nearly $1 billion in payments to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Second Circuit Affirms Enforceability of Flip Provisions in Swap Agreements Under Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbor

For over a decade, Lehman Brothers Special Financing (“LBSF”) has been litigating the enforceability of so-called “flip clauses” in connection with the post-bankruptcy liquidation of swap agreements. These clauses, which are...more

Alston & Bird

Bankruptcy Court Broadly Applies Safe Harbors and Rejects Singular Event Theory Precedent

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In a decision that parts ways with two prior decisions in the Lehman bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc. v. Bank of America National Association, No. 10-3547, Bankruptcy Court Judge Shelley Chapman (who is ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Distressed Download - March 2015

What Happens in Delaware Does Not Always Stay in Delaware: Caesars Victorious in Venue Battle - On Wednesday, January 28, the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware transferred venue for the involuntary bankruptcy...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - January 27, 2014

Lehman Court Finds Safe Harbors Protect Damage Calculation Provisions in Swap - Judge James M. Peck issued a significant opinion in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy late last month, which preserved important safe...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Lehman Court Finds Safe Harbors Protect Damage Calculation Provisions In Swap

Judge James M. Peck issued an important opinion in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy late last month. The opinion protects a non-debtor counterparty's right to rely on a contractually agreed methodology for damages calculations...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Lehman Bankruptcy Court Issues Safe Harbor Decision

On December 19, 2013, Judge James M. Peck of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued his latest decision in the Lehman Brothers cases addressing the scope of the safe harbor provisions...more

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