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La caída de las normas especiales de insolvencia
Hipótesis de Negocio en Marcha
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Commercial Recovery
The Obligations and Responsibilities of Creditors’ Committees in Crypto Bankruptcies
Cannabis and Bankruptcy Laws
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Legally Qualified: A Look at Recent Trends that May Affect Bankruptcies and Restructuring in the Year Ahead
The Critical Nature of Bankruptcy Dates and Deadlines
2022 Bankruptcy & Restructuring Outlook
Consensual Third-Party Releases
Kasey Ingram and Rocco Debitetto on Bankruptcy and Compliance
At its recently concluded annual meeting, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) voted final approval of the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act (“Act”). Set forth below is a short discussion of “ABCs” as they...more
The GENIUS Act represents a significant shift in U.S. bankruptcy law, particularly affecting stablecoin holders. In recent bankruptcy cases, crypto holders have been treated as general unsecured creditors, but this new...more
On May 1, 2025, new legislation came into force in India called The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Act 2025 (the “Act”). The new legislation arises out of the insolvency of Indian airline Go First, where lessors...more
On March 3, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a law establishing a new process for hospitals in bankruptcy to apply for an “emergency certificate of need” (CON) to approve a transfer of ownership. The law, titled...more
CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more
On September 24, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law California Senate Bill 1286 that will impact the collection of "covered commercial debt" and "covered commercial credit" in the state after July 1, 2025 (the law's...more
The New York State Legislature recently proposed a bill, entitled the Sovereign Debt Stability Act, intended to facilitate sovereign debt restructuring. The bill, which could be brought to a vote as soon as May or June 2024,...more
On 31 October 2023, Federal Law Decree No. (51) concerning Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy (the New Law) was published in the UAE Federal Gazette. The New Law comes into force on 1 May 2024 and will repeal the 2016 Law...more
A few weeks after her election as New York’s first female governor, and a couple days before New Yorkers sat down to Thanksgiving dinner, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Nov. 22 finally signed an environmental conservation moratorium on...more
As a result of recent high profile Chapter 11 cases, such as Purdue Pharma and Johnson & Johnson, there has been great Congressional and media attention to controversial Chapter 11 practices. These include debtors’ forum- and...more
Revlon Bankruptcy Complicated by Citi’s $900 Million Error | Financial Times - As Revlon prepares for restructuring negotiations following its bankruptcy filing last week, it faces complications with identifying its...more
On 24 March 2022, the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (the “Act”), took effect. This legislation further continues the range of coronavirus measures passed by the government, which aim to provide an as fair as possible...more
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week signed the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Business Act of 2021 (S471A/A3207) (the “Act”), which will impact commercial landlords, tenants, mortgagors, and mortgagees. ...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the Appropriations Act) is a $2.3 trillion spending bill that combines stimulus relief for the COVID-19 pandemic and an omnibus spending bill for the federal fiscal year. ...more
The new Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), which was signed into law on December 27, 2020 (H.R. 133), includes within its 5,593 pages a number of new bankruptcy relief provisions for businesses as part of what...more
On June 30, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 350 (“SB 350”), which is intended to serve as a backstop for customers as Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”) completes its restructuring process and begins...more
It is bad enough when a customer or borrower files for bankruptcy and you have to write off the debt, but things can get worse when you are then faced with a lawsuit to recover payments made within the 90 days prior to the...more
On August 23, 2019, the President signed the “Small Business Reorganization Act,” which changed the Bankruptcy Code and goes into effect on February 19, 2020....more
The Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA) goes into effect on February 19, 2020. The SBRA creates a new Subchapter V to Chapter 11, expanding access to bankruptcy relief for small businesses. With a debt ceiling of...more
The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) was signed into law in August 2019 and will go into effect on February 19, 2020. The goal of the SBRA is to make small business bankruptcies faster and less expensive....more
On 25 September 2019, the Ukrainian Parliament brought into force law No. 112-IX (the “Law“). The purpose of the Law is to correct deficiencies in existing legislation and further promote out-of-court financial restructurings...more
In February, a new bankruptcy chapter directed at small businesses will take effect. The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) was signed into law on August 23 by President Trump and should help make bankruptcy a...more
On June 14, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (“HSTPA”), which amounts to extensive reform of prior regulations governing rent stabilization and rent control...more
On August 23, 2019, President Trump signed H.R. 3311 into law. The goal of the Small Business Reorganization Act is to facilitate reorganization among small businesses. But in addition to helping small businesses, the SBRA...more
On August 23, 2019, President Trump signed into law four pieces of bankruptcy legislation designed to help financially distressed small businesses, disabled veterans, National Guard and reservists, and family farmers. Those...more