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UK: A remedy of last resort: High Court orders winding up of company on just and equitable ground

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In the recent case of Dosanjh v Balendran, the High Court granted an order for the winding up of a company on the just and equitable ground following a petition by one of the company’s two shareholders. Winding up has been...more

Mayer Brown

UK Supreme Court Clarifies Basis of ‘Knowing Receipt’ Claims Arising From Breach of Fiduciary Duty

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"The law on 'knowing receipt' has perplexed judges and academics alike for several decades" – Lord Burrows (paragraph 99). In a decision with significant implications for claims involving fraud and breach of fiduciary duty...more

Polsinelli

DCGL Amendment May Breathe New Life Into Zombie Companies

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On August 1, 2023, the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) was amended to create an “insolvency exception” to Delaware’s long-standing requirement that a sale of all or substantially all of a Delaware corporation’s assets...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Alter Ego — No Single Factor is Determinative

Alter ego liability is again the flavor of the day... As previously covered, the alter ego doctrine allows a court to disregard a corporate entity (including LLCs) and hold the individual owners liable for claims against...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Sale of Mortgaged Property – Amount Realized or COD Income

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Do you feel as challenged as I do when someone asks you to explain the term “Bidenomics”? I know that it is predicated upon the imposition of higher taxes on businesses and their owners, which have not yet materialized....more

Bennett Jones LLP

Zombie Working Interest Partners: A Scary Trend In the Oil Patch

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While the popularity of zombies in film and popular culture has grown exponentially in the last decade, participants in the Western Canadian oil patch have increasingly been dealing with a different kind of zombie—"zombie...more

Mintz Edge

LLCs and Convertible Debt – Too Good to be True?

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Founders choosing a structure for their business are often drawn to the limited liability company, or LLC, for its overall flexibility in both taxation and governance matters. And founders seeking access to early capital, not...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Court Decision Reviews Key Concepts Concerning Executory Contracts

This post reviews some concepts concerning executory contracts. The ground covered will be familiar to insolvency experts and should be insightful for readers who don’t specialize in U.S. bankruptcy law. The springboard...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Contemporaneous Ownership Requirement For Creditors Asserting Derivative Claims

In Quadrant Structured Products Co. v. Vertin, C.A. No. 6990-VCL, 2014 Del. Ch. LEXIS 193 (Del. Ch. Oct. 1, 2014), the Delaware Court of Chancery held that when creditors of insolvent firms assert derivative claims, they need...more

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