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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Fifth Circuit Holds that Gatekeeping and Injunction Provisions in Bankruptcy Plans Cannot Shield Non-Debtors From Liability

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On March 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in In re Highland Capital Mgmt., L.P., that a plan’s gatekeeping and injunction provisions could not extend to claims against most non-debtors...more

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Should I Care About the Purdue Pharma Decision?

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On June 27, 2024, the United States Supreme Court decided the Purdue Pharma appeal. In a five-to-four decision, the Supreme Court held that a bankruptcy court may not extend to non-debtors the benefits of a Chapter 11...more

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Release Me? Supreme Court to Resolve Contentious Bankruptcy Issue

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In March 2022, we discussed the decision by the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) overturning the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York’s (the “Bankruptcy Court”) confirmation of...more

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Second Circuit Assesses Propriety of Third-Party Releases in Purdue

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On May 30, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit released its long-awaited opinion addressing Purdue Pharma’s confirmed chapter 11 bankruptcy plan. Although the appeal challenged more than one aspect of the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

A Tale of 4 Cities: How Different Jurisdictions Recently Address Third-Party Releases

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The ability of a chapter 11 going-concern debtor to be discharged from its prepetition liabilities is common place and not controversial.  11 U.S.C.  § 1141(d). However, the ability of a debtor to release third-party...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New Trends Emerge for ‘Consensual’ Third-Party Releases in the Southern District of New York and District of Delaware

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A survey of recent rulings by judges from the bankruptcy courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Delaware suggests that judges in these districts have very different views about the nature and extent...more

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A Look at 2019 Court Decisions That May Shape Restructuring Issues in the Year Ahead

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A series of decisions over the past year — on issues such as make-whole premiums, intercreditor agreements, backstops for rights offerings and nonconsensual third-party releases — will likely have a significant impact in 2020...more

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A Stern Rebuke: Bankruptcy Courts have Constitutional Authority to Confirm Plans Containing Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases

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On December 19, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit became the first federal circuit court of appeals to hold that a bankruptcy court may confirm a plan containing nonconsensual third-party releases without exceeding...more

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