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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Recent Decision Holds Bankruptcy Courts May Independently Grant Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases to Enforce Foreign...

On April 21, 2025, Chief Judge Martin Glenn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued a memorandum opinion in In re Odebrecht Engenharia e Construção S.A., Case No. 25-10482 (MG), addressing...more

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Business as Mutual: Floating Charges No Obstacle to Mutual Set-Off Agreements

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The Situation: Section 553C of the Corporations Act 2001 (WA) ("Act") provides that if a creditor and a company in liquidation have mutual dealings, the creditor must offset any sum the creditor owes to the company in...more

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California Statute Trumps Anti-Assignment Clauses in Liability Insurance Policies

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In a unanimous decision that will have a serious impact on long-tail exposures, the California Supreme Court in Fluor Corp. v. Superior Court (Hartford Acc. & Indem.) has determined that policyholders may transfer liability...more

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California Supreme Court Limits Enforceability of Anti-Assignment Clauses

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In a unanimous decision handed down by the California Supreme Court on August 20, 2015 in Fluor Corporation v. Superior Court, the court removed a significant obstacle facing companies that want to assign their interests in a...more

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