New York Southern District

Mainland Chinese Company Wins Foreign Main Chapter 15 Recognition in New York

With no opposition, a mainland Chinese company with an approved arrangement in Hong Kong might win foreign main recognition in the U.S.

A Foreign Branch of an FDIC-Insured U.S. Bank Is Ineligible for Chapter 15

A foreign branch of a U.S. bank isn’t a foreign bank eligible for chapter 15.

Equity Governs When Lease Rejection May Be Retroactive to the Filing Date

The ‘cap’ for lease-rejection damages can start when the debtor attempts to surrender the premises.

How to Turn Prepetition Work into a Postpetition Administrative Claim

Prepetition brokerage fees characterized as rent under an aircraft lease were administrative claims to be paid in full under Section 365(d)(5).

Courts Are Split on Counting Future Rent Toward the $7.5 Million Debt Cap in Sub V

If future liability on unexpired leases and executory contracts is counted, many companies will be ineligible for Subchapter V of chapter 11.

Sub V Plan with Nondebtor Release Approved over Opposition from the Affected Class

A decision from a New York bankruptcy court makes nondebtor releases easier to obtain in Subchapter V than in large, mass tort chapter 11 cases.

Dispute over Part of a Claim Disqualifies an Involuntary Petitioner

The 2005 amendment to Section 303(b)(1) disqualifies an involuntary petitioner if there is a dispute as to even part of the creditor’s claim.

Setoff Can’t Be Raised as a Defense to Receipt of a Fraudulent Transfer

The Madoff case makes more law: A claim against a bankrupt estate can’t be set off against liability for receipt of a fraudulent transfer because one arose before bankruptcy and the other arose after.

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.

Foreign Sovereign Immunity Bars the Madoff Trustee from Recovering $20 Million

A district judge in New York reversed the bankruptcy court, which had held that a Kuwaiti public pension fund was not entitled to sovereign immunity for having engaged in commercial activity.

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