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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

Troutman Pepper Locke

Navigating Jurisdictional Pitfalls: Lessons From Global One Media, Inc. v. Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC on Lien Filing...

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The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate panel recently reaffirmed the longstanding principle that a UCC-1 financing statement securing personal property must be filed at the debtor’s location. In a recent case, the lender did...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Fifth Circuit Holds that Gatekeeping and Injunction Provisions in Bankruptcy Plans Cannot Shield Non-Debtors From Liability

On March 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in In re Highland Capital Mgmt., L.P., that a plan’s gatekeeping and injunction provisions could not extend to claims against most non-debtors...more

Jones Day

Ninth Circuit: No Injury to Creditors Required for Avoidance of Intentionally Fraudulent Transfer

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To assist a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor-in-possession ("DIP") in maximizing the value of the bankruptcy estate for the benefit of all stakeholders, the Bankruptcy Code authorizes a trustee or DIP to avoid certain...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Purdue Does Not Bar Injunctions in Section 363 Sales, Says Recent Bankruptcy Decision

On January 24, 2025, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered an opinion denying a motion for a stay pending an appeal of a settlement motion in In re Hopeman Bros., Inc., No....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Barton Doctrine: Suit Against Receiver Did Not Require Court Permission

The Barton doctrine provides that a court-appointed receiver cannot be sued absent “leave of court by which he was appointed.” Barton v. Barbour, 104 U.S. 126, 127 (1881). “An action against a receiver without court...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The Evolving New Normal 2024 Private Credit Restructuring Year in Review

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In many ways, 2024 continued existing trends in private credit: modest levels of M&A activity, competition among direct lenders to deploy capital, higher-for-longer interest rates, persistent inflation, elevated default...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Fifth Circuit Rejects Equitable Mootness Application in the Strongest Possible Terms, Excises Indemnity

In a landmark decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the application of equitable mootness in the strongest possible terms, stating that if the doctrine rendered the bankruptcy court’s...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

King & Spalding

New York Bankruptcy Court Grants Loan Buyer's Motion for Full Recovery of $5 Million Supersedeas Appeal Bond

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On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York granted a loan buyer’s motion to recover against a supersedeas appeal bond, finding that, as result of the appeal, the loan buyer suffered...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

A Seat at the Table: Supreme Court Rules Insurers Have a Right to Be “Heard on Any Issue” in Chapter 11 Cases

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On June 6, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc., et al. The Court held an insurer with financial responsibility for claims in bankruptcy...more

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Should I Care About the Purdue Pharma Decision?

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On June 27, 2024, the United States Supreme Court decided the Purdue Pharma appeal. In a five-to-four decision, the Supreme Court held that a bankruptcy court may not extend to non-debtors the benefits of a Chapter 11...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

99 Problems, Putting in Work, Sacramento Bee, Same Sad Story, and Unappealing Prospects

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Retailer 99 Cents Only Files for Bankruptcy, Plans to Shut Down | Reuters - Budget retailer 99 Cents Only filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Wilmington, Delaware, and stated that it plans to shut down all of its...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

FTX: Forcing The Examiner Mandate in the Third Circuit

It is a rare occasion that one can be assured with certainty that, if they file a motion with a bankruptcy court, it will be granted. But, in the Third Circuit, that is exactly what will happen if a creditor or other party in...more

A&O Shearman

Interpreting the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Singapore courts adopt a uniform, consistent and expansive...

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Creditors involved in cross-border restructuring or insolvency proceedings of corporate groups will find that the approach of the Singapore courts to questions of cross-border insolvency provides the assurance of an orderly...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

When Does an Alter Ego Suit Alleging Debtor and Non-Debtor Are “One and the Same” Violate the Discharge Injunction?

The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel holds that a discharge injunction does not bar an alter ego claim against a non-debtor where, under applicable law, the result of an alter ego finding is not to deem the entities...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Who Is a Secured Creditor and What's the Difference Between a Secured Creditor and an Unsecured Creditor? - Creditor’s Rights...

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Troutman Pepper's Creditor’s Rights Toolkit is a series that provides practical insights to help creditors confront the challenges of commercial bankruptcy. A secured creditor is a creditor whose claim is supported by a...more

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Bestwall Bossa Nova, Core Strategy, Auction Over(stock), and Vice Price

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Georgia-Pacific may maintain bankruptcy pause on lawsuits, court rules | Reuters - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled to extend Georgia-Pacific’s protection against lawsuits while its subsidiary...more

White and Williams LLP

Second Circuit: Not a Party to an Assumed Unexpired Lease? No Cure Claim for You!

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On April 10, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Court”) held that a non-party to an unexpired lease assumed by a debtor in bankruptcy was not entitled to assert a “cure claim” under section...more

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Lightning Round: LTL Management Files “Chapter 22” Case Immediately Following Bankruptcy Court’s Dismissal of its Prior Bankruptcy

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Just hours after the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey entered an order dismissing the Chapter 11 Case of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, LTL Management, as a bad faith filing, LTL filed for Chapter...more

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Texas "Two-Step" Forward, Three Steps Back for Mass Tort Debtors in the Third Circuit After LTL

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In a decision that may provide much-needed boundaries around the permissibility of debtors created from “out-of-the-box” prepetition corporate transactions, on January 30, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Chasing the Crypto: Why a Ruling in the Madoff Case May Significantly Expand the Universe of FTX Clawback Defendants

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While there are still many unknowns in FTX’s bankruptcy including what, exactly, happened to billions of dollars of customer deposits on the former crypto trading platform, one thing is almost certain: there will be an...more

Bracewell LLP

"Fatal Means Fatal": 5th Circuit's Broad Read of 363(m) Continues to Moot Section 363 Appeals after the Sale

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Recent rulings out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and its lower bankruptcy courts have emphasized the circuit’s broad interpretation of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code, which protects...more

King & Spalding

Divided Fifth Circuit Panel Suggests Bankruptcy Strong-Arm Power Precludes Reforming Mortgages After Petition Date

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On April 14, 2022, in an unpublished, divided opinion affirming lower-court orders disallowing a creditor’s claim and declaring the creditor’s mortgage invalid and unenforceable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

That’s a Brunner, Man. Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Overly Rigid Standard for Discharge of Student Loans in Bankruptcy 

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court denied Thelma McCoy’s petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, passing up a golden opportunity to bring uniformity to the...more

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