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New Jersey Bankruptcy Court Rules That Debtor Could Not Sell its Future Accounts Receivable Prepetition

A bankruptcy court in New Jersey recently granted a debtor’s motion to dismiss the counterclaims of two creditors who purchased a percentage of the debtor’s future receivables prepetition. The court rejected the creditors’...more

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In the Third Circuit, an Intercreditor Agreement Means What it Says

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The Plain Meaning Language of an Intercreditor Agreement Determines Whether it Governs Plan Distributions or Adequate Protection Payments - In a recent non-precedential opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the...more

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In Case You Missed It – PACA Trust Rights in Bankruptcy are Just Plain Old Secured Claims

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Happy 2018! We at The Bankruptcy Cave have been itching to write about the Cherry Growers Chapter 11 case – which really is ground-breaking – but the holidays, life, and yes, work for clients too, all just got in the way. ...more

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The Devil's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terms: Intercreditor Agreement

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The "Devil's Dictionary" is a quick-reference guide for commercial lenders and other restructuring professionals. In this series, we highlight many of the buzz words found in the Dictionary and used in today's bankruptcy...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Lehman Ruling Sets Stage For Future Subordination Contests

In the case In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., 855 F.3d 459 (2d Cir. 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court order subordinating the claims of former Lehman Brothers employees for...more

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In Brief: Second Circuit Reaffirms Broad Scope of Bankruptcy Code’s Subordination of Shareholder Claims

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Section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code provides a mechanism designed to preserve the creditor/shareholder risk allocation paradigm by categorically subordinating most types of claims asserted against a debtor by equityholders...more

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Third Circuit Upholds The Enforceability Of Make-Whole Premiums In Post-Bankruptcy Context

In a recent November 17, 2016 opinion, Delaware Trust Co. v. Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, Case No. 16-1351, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed two lower court opinions by holding that make-whole...more

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