• In re: Fresh-G Rest. Intermediate Holding, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-01-10
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott J. Leonhardt, The Rosner Law Group, LLC, Wilmington, DE; J. Ted Donovan, Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for objector
    for defendant: Mette H. Kurth and L. John Bird, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for purchaser.

    Case Number: D68000

    Cure of monetary default under a lease meant that timely exercise of lease renewal option was rendered valid.

  • In re: La Paloma Generating Co.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Collins and Jason M. Madron, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; M. Natasha Labovitz, Craig A. Bruens, Nick S. Kaluk, and Elie J. Worenklein, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Schlerf and L. John Bird, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas E. Lauria, White & Case LLP, Miami, FL; Roberto Kampfner, White & Case, LLP; Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California; Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Eric M. Katz, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; H. Alexander Fisch, Deputy Attorney General; J. Christopher Shore and Andrew Zatz; White & Case LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D67943

    Debtors electricity generating facility was able to be sold free and clear of liability to surrender instruments under state greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program where state regulations did not explicitly provide for successor liability overriding bankruptcy codes requirement allowing assets to be sold clear of encumbrances.