Podcast - Betty… ¿y si nos vamos a la reorganización?
Findings from Gibbins’ Annual Healthcare Bankruptcy Report
Podcast Episode 186: Restructure This!
Rising Chapter 11 Bankruptcies in Healthcare
The Obligations and Responsibilities of Creditors’ Committees in Crypto Bankruptcies
Recent Tenth Circuit Decision in John Q Hammons Fall Following SCOTUS’ Decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald Could Result in Significant Refunds for Certain Chapter 11 Debtors
Part 2: Additional Implications for Cryptocurrency Companies in Bankruptcy
What Happens When a Cryptocurrency Platform Goes Bankrupt?
The Constitutionality of Increased Trustee Fees In Bankruptcy
Common Benefits Issues in Bankruptcy
Kasey Ingram and Rocco Debitetto on Bankruptcy and Compliance
Breaking Down the Latest Decision in the Purdue Pharma Case
The Legal Landscape of Make Whole Payments
Ingram and Debitetto on Bankruptcy and Compliance Programs
Nota Bene Podcast Episode 132: 2021 Business Bankruptcy Trends with Ori Katz
Straddle-Year Tax Debts in Bankruptcy: Does the King Get Paid First? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 14]
Blakes Continuity Podcast: What to Expect When Insolvency Crosses the Border
Meritas Capability Webinar - Restructuring Insolvent Airlines in the Americas: A Look at LATAM and Developments with AeroMexico and Avianca
Bill on Bankruptcy: Big Time Lawyers Pricing Themselves Out
Bill on Bankruptcy: Delaware Garners Almost All Big Chapter 11s
On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware denied four banks’ motion for summary judgment in an action seeking to claw back $35 million in fees associated with a $1.8 billion loan that allegedly...more
On September 19, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a summary order in which it held that the “safe harbor” provision of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code preempted a bankruptcy trustee’s state...more
Until recently, two of the most important cases interpreting the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” provisions appeared to be in potential tension. First, in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 Merit Management decision, the Supreme...more
The Bankruptcy Code provides that, in chapter 11 cases where the court does not find "cause" for the appointment of a trustee, the court "shall" appoint an examiner, upon a request from the Office of the U.S. Trustee (the...more
One year ago, we wrote that 2022 would be remembered in the corporate bankruptcy world for the "crypto winter" that descended in November 2022 with the spectacular collapse of FTX Trading Ltd., Alameda Research, and...more
On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Kirschner unanimously held that notes evidencing syndicated loans do not plausibly qualify as “securities” covered by state and federal securities laws...more
In In re Tribune Co. Fraudulent Conveyance Litig., 2019 WL 1771786 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 23, 2019), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a litigation trustee’s motion to amend a complaint seeking to...more
In its ruling in FTI Consulting, Inc. v. Sweeney (In re Centaur, LLC), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware addressed the Supreme Court’s recent clarification of the scope of Bankruptcy Code Section...more
On April 3, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order that, in light of its recent ruling in Merit Management Group LP v. FTI Consulting Inc., 138 S. Ct. 883, No. 16-784 (Feb. 27, 2018), the Court would defer consideration...more
In a unanimous decision in Merit Mgmt. Grp., LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the scope of a Bankruptcy Code exception to the “avoiding powers” of a bankruptcy trustee or Chapter 11...more
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc. has appropriately drawn significant attention. The Court, by narrowing the “safe harbor” provision of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy...more
The Bankruptcy Code gives a bankruptcy trustee, or the debtor in possession, the power to “avoid” certain transfers made by the debtor at various times before filing for bankruptcy relief. Congress provided a number of...more
On February 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split under the Bankruptcy Code and determined that where funds passed through financial institutions acting as payment conduits, where the ultimate transfer...more
In a case that could have significant, long-term ramifications for the holders of stock and other securities, the U.S. Supreme Court vastly limited the scope of a Bankruptcy Code “safe harbor” that shields certain transfers...more
Recently, the United States Supreme Court decided Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., a decision that has potentially far-reaching implications for a broad range of business transactions, particularly...more
Resolving a circuit split, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling excludes protection for certain transferees when a settlement payment merely passes through an intermediary. Our Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring and Finance...more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated ruling resolving a long-standing circuit split over the scope of the Bankruptcy Code's "safe harbor" provision exempting certain securities transaction payments from...more
• In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the petitioner in Merit Management Group, LP, Petitioner v. FTI Consulting, Inc., affirming the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. ...more
Last week, the unanimous Supreme Court clarified that the “clearing and settlement” exception to a bankruptcy trustee’s avoiding powers covers only payments “to,” not merely through, financial market participants....more
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc. has the potential to dramatically change how the safe harbor contained in § 546(e) will be applied to avoidance actions brought under...more
Title 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code contains provisions that allow some pre-bankruptcy transfers to be avoided, or "unwound," by a debtor in possession, trustee, or other party granted standing to do so. ...more
On February 27, 2018, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion, authored by Justice Sotomayor, resolving a Circuit split over the interpretation of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the “safe harbor” provision...more
On Feb. 27, 2018, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion, authored by Justice Sotomayor, resolving a Circuit split over the interpretation of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the “safe harbor” provision that...more