Commercial Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Court, Notice Requirements

Lessons From the Silicon Valley Bank Chapter 11: Preserving Indemnification and Contribution Rights

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/5/2025

Can a bar date extinguish indemnification and contribution rights against a debtor even if the underlying lawsuit is initiated post-bar date? According to a June 2024 decision by Judge Glenn in the Silicon Valley Bank Chapter...more

11th Circuit Approves of Third-Party Releases Despite Debtor’s Failure to Comply with Strict Notice Requirements of Bankruptcy...

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 5/19/2022

Overview - Although a discharge might not release third parties and protects only the debtor against a determination of personal liability, in In re Le Ctr. on Fourth, LLC, 17 F.4th 1326 (11th Cir. 2021), the Eleventh...more

Tenants in Bankruptcy: Landlord’s Ability to Draw on Letter of Credit May Turn on Notice Requirements in Lease

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 7/2/2020

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly acute for commercial landlords. As retail and other tenants fall further behind on rent and other obligations, lessors are finding themselves drawn into...more

Received a Bankruptcy Notice During the Pandemic? Don’t Delay

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 5/18/2020

Creditors risk losing important rights in bankruptcy cases if deadlines are not met. Unfortunately, sometimes the existence or relevance of a deadline is not obvious to a creditor. Indeed, bankruptcy notices can be...more

Client Alert: Consignment Agreements: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Denies Consignment Seller’s Secured Position Due To Insufficient...

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 5/23/2019

An April 12, 2019 Delaware Bankruptcy Court decision in the Sports Authority Chapter 11 case (In re TSAWD Holdings, Inc.) is an important reminder for sellers of goods on properly obtaining security in the goods they sell, to...more

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Publication Notice of Claims Bar Date Satisfies Due Process Requirements

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/15/2016

In a recent decision involving the adequacy of publication as a means of notice to creditors, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York reaffirmed the importance of a thorough bar date noticing...more