Executory Contracts/Leases

Licensee May Continue Using a Trademark after Rejection, Supreme Court Rules

Supreme Court gets around to overruling Lubrizol almost 35 years later.

Circuits Split on Bankruptcy Jurisdiction for Social Security, Medicare Suits

Fifth Circuit rejects the ‘recodification canon’ to divest bankruptcy courts of jurisdiction over Social Security suits.
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BAPCPA Limits Remedies Against Debtors Who Don’t Reaffirm or Surrender

Congress may have intended to preclude ‘stay and pay,’ but it didn’t succeed.

Adversary Proceeding to Enjoin FERC Remains in Bankruptcy Court

District judge won’t withdraw the reference when PG&E rejects power purchase agreements.

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Rejection of Trademark Licenses

Thirty-five years later, the Supreme Court might reverse Lubrizol.

Huge Liquidated Damages Held Unenforceable in an Aircraft Lease

Although the parties were sophisticated, New York judge finds that a liquidated damages clause was actually an unenforceable penalty.

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