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Business Restructuring Review Vol. 24, No. 4 | July–August 2025

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The Ad Hoc Group of Senior Secured Noteholders and DIP Lenders (the “Ad Hoc Group”) obtained a unanimous judgment in their favor in an appeal following Sanchez Energy Company’s long-running, hard-fought bankruptcy case. Once...more

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Petrofac Restructuring Plans Overturned: When Considering Restructuring Surplus’ Allocation, Sharing is Caring

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In a much-anticipated judgment (Saipem SPA & Ors v Petrofac Limited & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 821), the English Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s sanction of Petrofac’s restructuring plans (the Plans). Petrofac was...more

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UK FOS publishes annual report and accounts for 2024/25

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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has published its annual report and accounts for 2024/25, accompanied by a press release. The report highlights a 54% year-on-year increase in complaints, with 305,726 new cases received,...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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The 5th Circuit Calls Into Question Uptier Exchanges and the Doctrine of Equitable Mootness

On December 31, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) exited 2024 by issuing a pivotal decision in a bankruptcy case that addresses recently utilized refinancing schemes and appears to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Serta - Fifth Circuit Decision

On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its long-awaited decision regarding the permissibility of the Serta Simmons Bedding (Serta) uptier liability management exercise (the 2020 Uptier)...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

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Atextual Behavior, Selling Retail, and Slipping on Appeal

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5th Circuit rejects Serta Simmons' controversial 2020 debt deal | Reuters - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that mattress maker Serta Simmons did not treat its lenders equally in a controversial 2020...more

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Breach it and weep: deemed fulfilment ain’t fictional

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The Court of Appeal has held that a party who prevents a condition precedent to their obligation to pay from being met cannot rely on the unfulfilled condition to escape their liability in debt....more

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UK Tax Round Up - June 2024

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Welcome to the June edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month features the latest Court of Appeal decision in a trilogy of recent cases regarding the loan relationship “unallowable purpose” test, an Upper Tribunal decision...more

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Update to the Adler High Court Decision: The UK’s Court of Appeal Overturns the High Court’s Approval of the Adler Restructuring...

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Following the English High Court’s written reasons for sanctioning the Adler Group restructuring plan on 21 April 2023, the English Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court’s decision and sent a strong message regarding...more

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Derivative Claim Upheld for Estate of Deceased LLC Member

Asserting claims derivatively on behalf of an LLC, as opposed to directly on behalf of an LLC member, can be tricky business for even experienced litigators.  The requirements for derivative claims have been explored in...more

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UK Tax Round Up - October 2023

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Welcome to the October edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen the Supreme Court’s judgment on the operation of the employment-related securities deeming provision, the Court of Appeal’s decision on what...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Third Circuit Holds That Furnisher Who Receives Notice of an Indirect Dispute Has Absolute Duty to Investigate Under FCRA

News accounts of instances of stolen identity in which identity thieves incur debts in the names of innocent consumers are common. Given the structure of the consumer credit industry, it is difficult for consumers to know...more

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SCOTUS: Bankruptcy Doesn't Erase Debts Incurred by the Fraud of Another

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The United States Supreme Court recently answered the question of whether a debtor in bankruptcy can discharge a debt resulting from another person’s fraud, even if the debtor is not aware of the fraud. On February 22, 2023,...more

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Can an LLC Member be Forced to Contribute to the LLC’s Debts?

Members of an LLC are required to pitch in equally for the LLC’s expenses and debts, right? Generally, no....more

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CMS Reworks the Medicare Cost Report for Hospitals

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On December 29, 2022, CMS posted on its website Transmittal 18, which implements sweeping changes to the Medicare cost report for hospitals and its accompanying instructions. The revisions affect nearly every facet of...more

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Down to the Wire: Citibank Wins Big in Revlon Appeal

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In a long-anticipated decision, on September 8, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Second Circuit”) vacated the judgment of the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) in, In re...more

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The Litigation Funding Case That Keeps On Giving

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As litigation funding becomes more commonplace, courts are having to determine how a wide variety of laws apply to litigation funding agreements. Until now, courts have primarily focused on two issues: 1) whether or when...more

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Probate & Fiduciary Litigation Newsletter – December 2019

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The Probate & Fiduciary Litigation Newsletter compiles recent Trust & Estate cases. Our lawyers are at the forefront of this area of the law, shaping how it is handled in the Probate and Family Court. Goulston & Storrs is the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

In Alabama, Not All Debts Are Created Equal

Alabama’s materialman’s lien statute (specifically, Ala. Code § 35-11-211) was intended to provide construction lenders priority over materialmen as to debts relating to construction projects, and this intent was recently...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Not All Debts Are Created Equal - Construction and Procurement Law News, Q3 2019

Alabama’s materialman’s lien statute (specifically, Ala. Code § 35-11-211) was drafted with the intent of providing construction lenders priority over materialmen as to debts relating to construction projects. This intent was...more

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To Appeal or Not to Appeal? Liquidators Could Face Personal Costs Orders

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The Situation: Should liquidators be personally liable for the costs of unsuccessful appeals, without an entitlement to reimbursement by the company or its creditors in relation to those costs? The Conclusion: The general...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Not All Deed of Trust Attorney Fee Clauses are Created Equal

Lenders who prevail on claims arising from a deed of trust can always recover their attorney fees from the losing party as long as the deed of trust says something about fee recovery, right? It’s not that simple....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Venezuela Debt Update: Recent Developments in Arbitrations that Could Impact Restructuring Efforts

It’s hard to find something positive these days to write about Venezuela. Some basic facts tell the story of the misery there. Consumer prices this year might rise one million percent. The minimum wage was increased by...more

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