ABI Blog Exchange

2015-10-14
Further to the review of pre-pack administration sales (“pre-packs”) by Teresa Graham CBE last year (the findings of which were published in the “Graham Report” and discussed in one of our earlier blogs,

Read More from: Squire Patton Boggs

2015-10-14
Employees of Relativity Television are expected to stay on at the division once the sale of the company goes through, Daily Bankruptcy Review

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-10-13
Upcoming Committee Formation Meeting: October 20, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. Case Name: Malibu Lighting Corporation, et al. Case Number:15-12080 (KG)
2015-10-13
Cases analyzing rights under indentures – and the transactions holders and issuers contemplate (or not) under indentures – continue to gain attention in the restructuring world.  Some of those cases involve section 316(b) of the Trust Indenture Act (
2015-10-13
If you have watched the A&E reality show “Duck Dynasty”, you have seen Uncle Si with his trademark plastic cup filled with sweet iced tea and jug filled with the same on standb

Read More from: Bonds & Botes, P.C.

2015-10-13
The scope and extent of debts that may be discharged is an often litigated issue in bankruptcy. In a recent Chapter 13 case in the U.S.

Read More from: Michigan Bankruptcy Blog

2015-10-13
Assignees, Chapter 11 debtors, Chapter 7 Trustees, Receivers, and Secured Creditors exercising their right to sell collateral under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code each have a duty to maximize sale proceeds.
2015-10-13
Recently, the Tenth Circuit considered a case involving the question of whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 549 U.S. 443 (2007) and in Law v.

Read More from: Creditors' Rights

2015-10-13
To better serve millennial mortgage customers, lenders would be helped by understanding how the "fear of missing out" mentality drives this generation's consumer culture.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-10-13
Receiving Wide Coverage ... Is Staley the Choice of Barclays? Barclays will name Jes Staley its chief executive, as yet another former JPMorgan Chase banker is tapped to lead a financial-services institution.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-10-13
Wire Company Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a New York Wire) and Wire Property Holdings, LLC filed chapter 11 petitions before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on October 8, 2015 (lead case number 15-12097-LSS).
2015-10-13
Parties continue to skirmish over the sufficiency of the “cram-down” interest rate required to confirm a Chapter 11 plan over a secured lender’s objection.

Read More from: Squire Patton Boggs

2015-10-13
Colt Defense LLC is looking for approval of a deal that would let it access $50 million once it leaves bankruptcy, Daily Bankruptcy Review

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-10-12
Banks are being "unbundled" by challengers in numerous business lines, but they can recapture the relationship with the help of technology and the right mindset.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-10-12
On October 8, 2015, Malibu Lighting Corporation and 6 affiliates filed for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The cases are jointly administered under Case Number 15-12080 and presided over by Judge Gross.  The first day hearing was hel
2015-10-12
Three women who allege they were repeatedly promised “life-changing” experiences by Relativity Media LLC as part of a short-lived reality show say the bankrupt Hollywood studio’s empty pockets should not let it off the hook for its empty promises.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-10-12
If you make above the median income, the means test has to be completed to determine wh

Read More from: Bonds & Botes, P.C.

2015-10-12
Upcoming Committee Formation Meeting: October 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Case Name: Taylor-Wharton International LLC, et al. Case Number:15-12075 (BLS)
2015-10-12
When a bankruptcy case is dismissed for cause pursuant to section 1112(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the effect of the dismissal on orders entered during the case is not always clear.  A recent District of Delaware decision,