After months of litigation—including a cameo before the Supreme Court—the last nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was vacated and the CTA was set to go back into effect. Since then, nothing has been...more
3/12/2025
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Bankruptcy can be a remarkable tool for rehabilitating a struggling business, preserving jobs and going-concern value, and liquidating the assets of an insolvent company.
The drafters of this country's bankruptcy laws...more
10/13/2023
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Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
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Liquidation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Recovery Plans ,
Shareholders ,
U.S. Treasury
No business is immune from the possibility that things can go wrong—horribly wrong. On Friday, March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the go-to bank for US tech startups, was shut down and taken over by federal regulators...more
3/13/2023
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Are SVB and Signature in bankruptcy?
No. Banks and other federally insured financial institutions (such as savings banks, savings associations, and credit unions) are not permitted to be debtors in a bankruptcy case....more
3/13/2023
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Banks ,
Deposit Accounts ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Depository Institutions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Crisis ,
Financial Institutions ,
Receivership ,
Silicon Valley ,
U.S. Treasury