2022 has been a return to “normal” and a busy year for ABI’s Business Reorganization Committee. Committee members have taken advantage of the many benefits afforded to them, including the committee’s many newsletters and educational programs offered throughout the year, and have taken part in active discussions over the listserv regarding hot topics and industry trends.
Committees
A New Exception to a Strict Fifth Circuit Prohibition
If a solvent chapter 11 debtor designates creditors as unimpaired, what rate of post-petition interest must the debtor pay those creditors? That question has divided bankruptcy courts. Some have held that a plan must pay unimpaired creditors post-petition interest at the contract rate.
“It’s like déjà vu all over again.”
— Yogi Berra
A recent decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals addresses an issue previously addressed by only one other circuit court and should be welcome news for preference defendants asserting a “subsequent new value” defense while also having a § 503(b)(9) claim. In the case of Auriga Polymers Inc. v.
In enacting the Bankruptcy Code in 1978, Congress recognized, as public policy, a need to ensure that professional services provided to a trustee or debtor in possession were provided by skilled, competent professionals.
In an opinion issued on January 13, 2022, Judge David Novak of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia struck down non-consensual third-party releases [2] from a plan confirmed by the bankruptcy court.
In bankruptcy, a debtor-in-possession’s chief goal is to get its plan of reorganization confirmed by the bankruptcy court.
Seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code is a common method of restructuring a business pushed into insolvency by tort claims. Under current law, filing a petition under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code allows a business to stay all litigation against it and propose a plan of reorganization that channels tort claims to a settlement trust for valuation and payment.
Since going effective on Feb. 19, 2020, much has been written regarding the restructuring benefits of a chapter 11, subchapter V case. Prior to its implementation, many small businesses were, from a practical standpoint, unable to benefit from chapter 11 due to the expense of filing and prosecuting a traditional chapter 11 case.
Wed, 2023-02-22
These overviews from ABI committee experts will arm you with vital information you can use in your practice well into the new year.
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.
Ms. Jamie J. Fell
Co-Chair
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York, NY
(212) 455-3822
Co-Chair
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York, NY
(212) 455-3822
Mr. Robert S. Marticello
Co-Chair
Smiley Wang-Ekvall, LLP
Costa Mesa, CA
(714) 445-1000
Co-Chair
Smiley Wang-Ekvall, LLP
Costa Mesa, CA
(714) 445-1000
Mr. Jacob Frumkin, Esq.
Communications Manager
Cole Schotz P.C.
Hackensack, NJ
(646) 563-8944
Communications Manager
Cole Schotz P.C.
Hackensack, NJ
(646) 563-8944
Mr. Scott D. Lawrence
Communications Manager
Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP
Dallas, TX
(214) 420-4449
Communications Manager
Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP
Dallas, TX
(214) 420-4449
Ms. Krista L. Kulp
Education Director
Cole Schotz P.C.
Hackensack, NY
(201) 525-6317
Education Director
Cole Schotz P.C.
Hackensack, NY
(201) 525-6317
Mr. Dov Gottlieb
Membership Relations Director
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
New York, NY
(212) 455-2347
Membership Relations Director
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
New York, NY
(212) 455-2347
Ms. Colleen Restel
Newsletter Editor
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Roseland, NJ
(973) 597-6310
Newsletter Editor
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Roseland, NJ
(973) 597-6310
Mr. Bradley A. Cosman
Special Projects Leader
Perkins Coie LLP
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 351-8205
Special Projects Leader
Perkins Coie LLP
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 351-8205