By Tom McParland | May 24, 2019
Robert J. Feinstein, who represents a committee of The Weinstein Co.'s largest creditors, told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that the agreement reached in mediation between Harvey Weinstein, the firm's board members and the New York Attorney General's Office "could be the cornerstone" to reaching an overarching settlement through The Weinstein Co.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Craig R. Tractenberg | May 24, 2019
In 'Mission Products Holding v. Tempnology' (In re Tempnology), the court clarified the intersection of bankruptcy and trademark law, and held that rejection under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code “constitutes a breach” of an executory contract by the debtor.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rudolph J. Di Massa, Jr. and Jarret P. Hitchings | May 23, 2019
Section 343 of the Bankruptcy Code provides that a “debtor shall appear and submit to examination under oath at the meeting of creditors under Section 341(a)” held at the outset of a bankruptcy case.
Daily Business Review | Profile
By Catherine Wilson | May 20, 2019
Bilzin Sumberg, Fowler White Burnett and Berger Singerman are recognized for their work in 2018.
By Scott Graham | May 20, 2019
A bankrupt debtor may no longer be able to perform quality control, but the licensee need not surrender the mark back to the debtor, high court rules.
By Angela Morris | May 15, 2019
The appeal resolves a dispute involving “no-money-down" business models, where debtors' attorneys advance their clients money to cover fees for court filings, credit counseling and credit reports.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Jeffrey B. Steiner and Dino Fazlibegu | May 14, 2019
In their Real Estate Financing column, Jeffrey Steiner and Dino Fazlibegu discuss the recent First Department Appellate Division decision Sutton 58 Associations LLC v. Philip Pilevsky, which “engendered a good deal of alarm in the New York commercial real estate lending community as more than a few worried that the decision would deprive lenders of the protections afforded to them by having special purpose bankruptcy remote and single asset borrowers.”
By Max Mitchell | May 13, 2019
A bankruptcy filing by Johnson & Johnson exclusive talc supplier led the consumer products maker to remove thousands of talc cases to federal court.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Kenneth A. Listwak | May 9, 2019
Even under the most sympathetic of circumstances, courts are charged with respecting the integrity of deadlines and employing a cool, impartial approach to everyone, including the most desperate of late claimants.
By Dylan Jackson | May 7, 2019
Gay is reuniting with former Berger Singerman attorney Andrew Hinkes, who jumped to Carlton earlier this year.
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