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What Happens to Employment Agreements and Noncompete Agreements in Bankruptcy? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

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An employer’s bankruptcy filing can significantly impact an employee’s agreements with the debtor. While a reorganizing debtor may agree to continue honoring its obligations under employment agreements, the Bankruptcy Code...more

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Can Lenders Stay in the Driver’s Seat? The Enforceability of Make-Whole Premiums in Bankruptcy

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Borrowers and lenders must both be aware of the risks relating to uncertainty regarding make-whole premiums in bankruptcy. The enforceability of “make-whole” premiums in bankruptcy has become a hotly contested issue in...more

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Chapter 11 Filing Without Consent of Independent Director Dismissed as Unauthorized

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Courts disagree over whether provisions in a borrower's organizational documents or loan agreements designed to restrict or prevent the borrower from filing for bankruptcy are enforceable as a matter of federal public policy...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court: Applying Credit Pressure on Financially Distressed Debtor Scuttles Ordinary Course Payment Preference...

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The power of a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor-in-possession ("DIP") to avoid pre-bankruptcy preferential transfers is an important tool designed to promote the bankruptcy policy of equality of distribution and to...more

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How Bankruptcy Courts Interpret Intercreditor Agreements: The Uncertainty of Judicial Perspective

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Intercreditor Agreements typically are contractual arrangements among lenders of similar or differing priorities to a single borrower secured by the assets of the borrower, often including real estate assets. These multiple...more

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2nd Circuit Refuses to Enforce Insurance Policy’s Arbitration Provision

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A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision refused an attempt to expand the scope of an insurance policy’s arbitration provision, creating the need for extra caution when interpreting policies. In Ehrenberg v. Allied...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Make-Whole Premiums in Bankruptcy: Clarity in Drafting, Certainty in Recovery

In the world of commercial lending, certain contract provisions often go unnoticed—until the moment they matter most. Make-whole premiums are one such example. Typically tucked deep in loan agreements, these provisions are...more

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Uptiers in 2025: Impact of the Serta and Mitel Decisions on Liability Management Exercises

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Late last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued important rulings regarding the validity of uptier “liability management...more

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Recent ruling provides guidance on 363 asset sales

On February 12, 2025, the US District Court for the District of Delaware issued a significant ruling in the case of HE, Inc. v. Avadim Holdings Inc. and Relion Holdings LLC. This decision arose from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy...more

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4 Lease Auction Tips for Landlords

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During a retail bankruptcy, commercial landlords often face challenges when their tenants try to maximize the value of the bankrupt estate by holding lease auctions. Despite lease provisions that may restrict or prohibit a...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Latest Uptier Decisions in Serta and Mitel Remind Contract Language Matters

The caselaw on “uptiers” as liability management exercises (LMEs) grew by two opinions on the last day of 2024. In Serta, the Fifth Circuit reversed the bankruptcy court’s blessing of the pre-bankruptcy uptier and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Tale of 2 Rulings: Serta, Mitel Cases Remind Why Contract Language Matters in Debt Documents

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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has unanimously held that the debt exchange undertaken by Serta Simmons Bedding did not qualify as an "open market purchase" under the terms of Serta's...more

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Michigan Bankruptcy Court Holds That a Non-Compete Clause Survives the Rejection of an Executory Contract and That a...

In a recent decision of interest, the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan held that a non-compete clause within a franchise agreement as well as confidentiality agreement could not be rejected as an...more

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Who Is the Claims Agent and What Type of Information Can I Obtain on Their Website? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

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Troutman Pepper's Creditor’s Rights Toolkit is a series that provides practical insights to help creditors confront the challenges of commercial bankruptcy. A claims agent is a third party retained by the debtor to take on...more

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Lordstown Motors Vs Foxconn: 3 Takeaways For Automakers

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As part of its bankruptcy filing, Lordstown sued its strategic partner, Taiwan’s Foxconn, for allegedly setting in motion the circumstances that drove Lordstown into bankruptcy. Lordstown’s lawsuit teaches valuable lessons. ...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Sales Incentives and Rebates: When Customers Extend Terms, Default or File Chapter 11 in the Perfect Storm

The world economy is experiencing the perfect storm of inflation, interest rate increases, supply chain disruption, and a potential global recession. These conditions exert pressure on trading partners who may have nowhere to...more

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TPC Bankruptcy and District Court Opinions Uphold Uptiering Transaction and Teach an Important Lesson on the Need for Express...

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A recent U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware opinion, In re TPC Grp. Inc., provided another instance of an uptiering transaction withstanding legal scrutiny and provides further support for the view that courts...more

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Intercreditor Agreements and the Bankruptcy Code

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There is no set of fixed rules when negotiating intercreditor arrangements as every deal is fact-specific, generally subject to significant negotiation and ultimately dependent on competing business rationales and negotiating...more

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What to do When Your Franchisee Files for Bankruptcy

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With the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, many expected a tidal wave of commercial bankruptcy filings. After an initial spike of retail bankruptcy cases at the outset of the pandemic, the onslaught of bankruptcy has not...more

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The bankruptcy Pegasus: stalking horse agreements in aviation

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The bankruptcy Pegasus: stalking horse agreements in aviation - The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the aviation industry, with regular international travel being halted for prolonged periods since March...more

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Nine Point Ruling Limits High Court Bankruptcy Contract Rule

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In its 2019 decision in Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split concerning the effect of contract rejection under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. More specifically,...more

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"Work-for-Hire" Film Production Agreement Not Executory Contract in Bankruptcy Due to Lack of Mutual Continuing Material...

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Whether a contract is "executory" such that it can be assumed, rejected, or assigned in bankruptcy is a question infrequently addressed by the circuit courts of appeals. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit...more

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Out-of-the-Money Junior Creditors Cannot Participate in the Bankruptcy Process

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Subordination agreements are generally enforced in accordance with applicable non-bankruptcy law in bankruptcy cases. The decision in In re Fencepost Productions, Inc., No. 19-41542, 2021 WL 1259691 (Bankr. D. Kan. Mar. 31,...more

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Bankruptcy Court Denies Debtors’ Motion to Abate Rent Due To COVID-19 Government Shutdown Orders

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On December 14, 2020, Judge Marvin Isgur of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, issued an important decision in the CEC Entertainment, Inc. (Chuck E. Cheese) bankruptcy case, Case No....more

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Yeah, About That Consignment Agreement … How You Can Lose Your Goods in a Retail Bankruptcy

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You just heard a rumor that your largest retail customer is in financial distress and may file for bankruptcy. After a moment of panic, you review your consignment agreement with the retailer (this assumes that you have a...more

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