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Fifth Circuit Reins in Bankruptcy Court Gatekeeping in Chapter 11 Plans

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Provisions in chapter 11 plans releasing non-debtors from liability for pre-bankruptcy conduct in exchange for funding for plan distributions or post-confirmation operations have long been used as a means to facilitate...more

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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

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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

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American Tire: Rubber Hits the Road in Non-Ratable Chapter 11 Liability Management Transaction

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Minority senior secured lenders in syndicated deals rely on, among other provisions, the "sacred right" protections contained in the credit documents to protect the benefit of their bargained-for agreement: primarily, that...more

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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

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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

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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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Third Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court’s Order Dismissing LTL Management/Johnson & Johnson’s Second Chapter 11 Petition

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On June 25, 2024, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rendered an opinion affirming the New Jersey Bankruptcy Court’s decision to dismiss LTL Management/Johnson & Johnson’s second bankruptcy case for “want of good faith...more

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Conflicting Court Rulings on Subchapter V Eligibility Leave Small Businesses in Limbo

Two recent bankruptcy court decisions reflect a split of authority on subchapter V eligibility. In re Macedon Consulting Inc. finds that all future amounts due under an unexpired lease qualify as “noncontingent and...more

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Luna-tic Fringe, Dry Powder, Shopping Spree and Scrubbing Down

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Terraform Labs declares bankruptcy in Delaware | CoinDesk - Terraform Labs Pte., the embattled Singapore crypto firm, has filed for a voluntary petition in Delaware for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Terraform’s bankruptcy comes...more

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District Court Overturns Purdue Pharma’s Chapter 11 Plan and Related Releases of Sackler Family from Opioid Liability Claims

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On December 16, 2021, Judge McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (District Court) issued her decision in In re: Purdue Pharma LP, overturning the bankruptcy judge’s confirmation of...more

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