Steven B Smith

September 02, 2021 | Law.com

If you think public policy favoring the freedom to file a Chapter 11 trumps the freedom to negotiate specific restrictions to such a filing, think again.

By Steven B. Smith and Rachel Ginzburg

11 minute read

August 31, 2021 | Law.com

This article explores the competing factors the Bankruptcy Court considered and the rationale underlying its decision to grant the drastic relief of dismissing the NRA's bankruptcy case.

By Steven B. Smith and Silvia Stockman

10 minute read

October 03, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Steven B. Smith, a partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer, explores the origins of the Second Circuit's 'Wagoner' rule, the rights afforded to a trustee standing in the shoes of a bankrupt corporation, and the reasons underlying a recent district court's finding that the 'Wagoner' rule was inapplicable and the liquidating agent had standing to assert fraudulent transfer claims against third-party professionals.

By Steven B. Smith

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