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Post date: Friday, September 09, 2022

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.

Post date: Tuesday, June 07, 2022

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.

Post date: Tuesday, June 07, 2022

In bankruptcy, a debtor-in-possession’s chief goal is to get its plan of reorganization confirmed by the bankruptcy court.

Post date: Tuesday, June 07, 2022

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.

Post date: Tuesday, June 07, 2022

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.

Post date: Friday, February 25, 2022

The approval of third-party releases in connection with the confirmation of a debtor’s chapter 11 plan before a bankruptcy court has become increasingly controversial and the subject of several recent district court decisions.

Post date: Friday, February 25, 2022

In May 2021, the ABI Journal examined the recently-added “reasonable due diligence” requirement of 11 U.S.C. § 547(b), [1] with an in-depth analysis of how such a requirement may shift the burdens of proof assigned in 11 U.S.C. § 547(g).

Post date: Friday, February 25, 2022

The term “mootness” refers to a category of related precepts that preclude a reviewing court from reaching the underlying merits of a controversy. While questions dog this doctrine’s constitutional and prudential forms outside of the Bankruptcy Code’s ambit, few doubt either’s general validity. However, within bankruptcy’s periphery, more substantive questions abound.

Post date: Friday, February 25, 2022

When Congress passed the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (the SBRA), [1] they made two important changes to chapter 11. [2] First, Congress created the subchapter V trustee.

Post date: Thursday, November 04, 2021

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.

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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).

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Mr. Timothy James Anzenberger
Co-Chair
Adams and Reese LLP
Ridgeland, MS
(601) 292-0715

Ms. Jamie J. Fell
Co-Chair
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York, NY
(212) 455-3822

Mr. Scott D. Lawrence
Communications Manager
Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP
Dallas, TX
(214) 420-4449

Mr. Jacob Frumkin, Esq.
Education Director
Cole Schotz P.C.
Hackensack, NJ
(646) 563-8944

Mr. Dov Gottlieb
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

Mr. Bradley A. Cosman
Special Projects Leader
Perkins Coie LLP
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 351-8205

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