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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - On appeal, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court’s denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Founded in 1927, Georgia-Pacific LLC is...more
Two recent decisions involving health care companies demonstrate how reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code can be used to manage large liabilities. ...more
Reorganization plans providing for non-debtor releases (i.e., releasing non-debtors from claims by creditors of the debtor) have been regularly challenged in recent years, frequently by the United States Trustee and other...more
On July 2, 2018, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Sontchi issued an opinion in connection with the chapter 7 liquidation of Pennysaver USA Publishing, LLC regarding the issue whether the bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction...more
The Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Mississippi (the “Court”), in In re Franchise Services of North America, Inc., Case No. 1702316EE (Bankr. S.D. Miss. Dec. 18, 2017), upheld the blocking power held by a...more
It is very common for bankruptcy court orders to provide that the court retains jurisdiction to enforce such orders. Similarly, chapter 11 confirmation orders routinely provide that the bankruptcy court retains jurisdiction...more