There are so many involved details and items turnaround professionals have to deal with when they are brought in to help reorganize a company. It is very tempting to fall into a false sense of security when you can just check off the “got it” box without delving into a detailed analysis of complicated issues.
Committees
On June 28, 2021, a bipartisan bill was presented in the U.S. House of Representatives to amend 28 U.S.C. § 1408, the bankruptcy venue statute. The Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021, H.R.
11 U.S.C. § 1183(b)(7) tells us that “[t]he trustee shall ...
Since the passage of the modern version of the Bankruptcy Code in 1978, chapter 11 has been used as a tool by debtors to address mass litigation liabilities.
On March 29, 2021, in In re BK Technologies Inc.,[1] newly appointed Chief Bankruptcy Judge McKay Mignault dismissed the first Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA) case filed in West Virginia due to a lack of a realistic ability to reorganize and the debtor’s bad faith.
Insolvency professionals have limited options to consider when counseling small business clients in financial distress who wish to continue operating their business. On the federal level, practitioners may choose to file a traditional chapter 11 reorganization or a small business bankruptcy under subchapter V.
It is now widely known that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed society for a variety of industries, whom either have deteriorated significantly or now cease to exist.
A local group of bankruptcy judges and insolvency professionals has published recommendations for ways that the U.S.
The new year brings several changes to bankruptcy practice through the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), which augments the CARES Act by expanding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), adding stimulus programs and installing coronavirus relief valves for troubled sectors of the economy.[1] Those relief valv
Co-Chair Corner: Year in Review
Fri, 2017-12-01
Hosted by the Business Reorganization and Mediation Committees
Tue, 2016-11-29
The topic of the most recent Commercial Fraud Committee call, discussed the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act (UVTA), formerly named the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA), which was amended (and retitled) in 2014 for the first time since its creation in 1984. According to the Uniform Law Commission, the amended Act, which strengthens creditor protections by providing remedies for certain transactions by a debtor that are unfair to the debtor’s creditors, addresses a small number of narrowly-defined issues and is not a comprehensive revision of the Act.
Fri, 2016-04-15
Public Securities and the Bankruptcy Plan Process: What Not to Do
Tue, 2015-09-08
The Asset Sales Committee will host John Hutton and Henry Jaffe as they discuss the GM successor liability decision, now on appeal in the Second Circuit, describing the arguments and positions taken by different parties on key issues in the case and discussing the potential impact of the ruling on appeal.
Sat, 2015-04-18
Tax-Sharing Agreements in Bankruptcy that Have Been the Subject of Recent Appeals Courts Decisions
Tue, 2014-09-23
The Business Reorganization Committee held a free committee wide call on Tuesday, September 23rd, at 4 pm ET. The topic was titled "Looking at International Insolvency/Restructurings Through the Bankruptcy Code and Beyond," and featured key speakers, including: Patrick Mohan (Moderator) of Reorg Research (Columbia, S.C.), Rachel Ehrlich Albanese of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (New York), G.
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