Eleventh Circuit Invited to Sit En Banc on Eligibility for Chapter 15 Recognition
For the time being, the Eleventh Circuit has split with the Second Circuit on whether a chapter 15 debtor must have property in the U.S. to gain foreign recognition.
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A ‘Litigation Tactic’ Isn’t Fatal in Chapter 15
A bankruptcy judge in New York was deferential to foreign liquidators using chapter 15 to extinguish a lawsuit in the U.S. that they saw as a nuisance.