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Lathrop GPM

Virginia Federal Court Rules It has Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over DTSA Claim Because Foreign Bankruptcy Proceeding Only Stayed...

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A federal court in Virginia recently ruled that it had federal question subject matter jurisdiction over a Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) claim, rejecting Defendants’ argument that a foreign bankruptcy proceeding stayed the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Courts Remain Divided on Whether Avoidance Actions are Estate Property That May be Sold

Nelson Mullins reported on March 25 that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Matter of S. Coast Supply Co., 91 F.4th 376 (5th Cir. 2024), held that preference claims arising under 11 U.S.C. § 547 may be sold, reversing the...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

LTL, Part Deux (now with even more fraudulent transfers!)

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Here we go again. Precisely one hour and thirty-nine minutes after the dismissal of the bankruptcy filing of LTL, Johnson & Johnson’s artificially created talc-liability subsidiary, the company was right back at it again with...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Abstention Trumps the Barton Doctrine in the Fourth Circuit

In Barton v. Barbour, the United States Supreme Court held that before another court could obtain subject matter jurisdiction over a suit against a receiver for acts committed in the receiver’s official capacity, the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Medicare and Medicaid Developments in Health Care Bankruptcies

In 2019, the increased wave of distressed health care companies continued, and with downward pressure on reimbursement rates, regulatory changes, decreased occupancy rates and technological advances, this trend is unlikely to...more

Hogan Lovells

Management of large liabilities of health care companies through bankruptcy

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Two recent decisions involving health care companies demonstrate how reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code can be used to manage large liabilities. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Nonconsensual Third-Party Release Limits: Substantial Financial Contribution Won’t Buy Non-Debtors a Release From Claims That...

Reorganization plans providing for non-debtor releases (i.e., releasing non-debtors from claims by creditors of the debtor) have been regularly challenged in recent years, frequently by the United States Trustee and other...more

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Toni 1 Trust v. Wacker: The Current State of Domestic Asset Protection Trusts

Seventeen states now have statutes allowing for the creation of a domestic asset protection trust (“DAPT”), also sometimes referred to as a self settled spendthrift trust or a self settled asset protection trust. Although...more

Dechert LLP

U.S. Court Not Bound by Korean Law Conferring Exclusive Jurisdiction in Shareholder’s Derivative Actions

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Shareholder of a Korean corporation (“Cuzco Korea”), the sole member of a chapter 11 limited liability company debtor (“Cuzco USA” or the “Debtor”), brought an adversary proceeding against the Debtor and others, asserting...more

Morris James LLP

Bankruptcy Court Has Subject Matter and Non-Core Jurisdiction Over Action to Recover Debtor’s Accounts Receivable

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On July 2, 2018, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Sontchi issued an opinion in connection with the chapter 7 liquidation of Pennysaver USA Publishing, LLC regarding the issue whether the bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Reinforces Use Of Pacor Test To Assess Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Over Chapter 7 Trustee’s Claims

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In Beskrone v. Int’l Educ. Corp., Adv. No. 17-50523 (CSS) (Bankr. D. Del. July 2, 2018), the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware held that a chapter 7 trustee’s adversary proceeding to recover alleged prepetition...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

“Golden Share” Equity Holder Can Bar Bankruptcy Filing

The Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Mississippi (the “Court”), in In re Franchise Services of North America, Inc., Case No. 1702316EE (Bankr. S.D. Miss. Dec. 18, 2017), upheld the blocking power held by a...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Debt Dialogue: July 2017 - A New Millennium: Bankruptcy Courts May Lack Constitutional Authority to Approve Nonconsensual Plan...

Third-party releases have become a common and oft-litigated issue in connection with confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan. This is especially so if the party being released is the target of claims arising out of questionable...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

First Circuit Rules that Bankruptcy Court “Retention of Jurisdiction” Provisions Not Enough to Establish Jurisdiction

It is very common for bankruptcy court orders to provide that the court retains jurisdiction to enforce such orders. Similarly, chapter 11 confirmation orders routinely provide that the bankruptcy court retains jurisdiction...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Jurisdiction Retention Clause in Sale Order Can’t Provide Bankruptcy Court Subject Matter Jurisdiction for Contract Disputes...

The Bottom Line - In a decision addressing the reaches of bankruptcy court subject matter jurisdiction, a First Circuit Panel, including retired Supreme Court Justice Davis Souter sitting by designation, ruled that the...more

Cole Schotz

Delaware District Court finds that Bankruptcy Court Cannot Enter a Final Order Releasing Third-party Claims Without...

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In this post-Stern opinion (the “Opinion”), the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”) addresses two main issues with respect to the approval of nonconsensual third-party releases provided for...more

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Ruined, Missing Wine leads to Million Dollar Hangover for Debtor

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A Chapter 7 debtor’s failure to comply with a bankruptcy court order to preserve a $2 million dollar-plus collection of fine wines has led to the imposition of sanctions of over $1 million, most of which could be charged...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Comments on Scope of Bankruptcy Rule 2004 Examination

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini commented on a case in which objectors (a law firm, banks and accountants) opposed a bankruptcy trustee's Rule 2004 Motion requesting information related to his investigation of...more

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Medicare Jurisdictional Bar Limits Bankruptcy Court Authority in Health Care Bankruptcy

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In an opinion dated June 26, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled that the bankruptcy court administering the Bayou Shores SNF, LLC (“Debtor” or “Bayou Shores”), chapter 11 proceeding lacked...more

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