• In re: Imerys Talc Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stamatios Stamoulis, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tancred Schiavoni, Janine Panchok-Berry, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Michael J. Merchant, Marcos A. Ramos, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey E. Bjork, Amy C. Quartarolo, Helena G. Tseregounis, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Richard A. Levy, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL; Roman Martinez, Gregory B. in den Berken, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Robert S. Brady, Edwin J. Harroun, Sara Beth A.R. Kohut, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69216

    No error in bankruptcy court's appointment of future claimants' representative and counsel where adverse parties had waived actual conflict of interest and any other remaining conflict would not prejudice the case.

  • PacNet Capital v. Skye Mineral Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69218

    The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing a petition for involuntary bankruptcy, because the party who filed the petition acted in bad faith. Affirmed.

  • In re: HDR Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pauline K. Morgan, Sean T. Greecher, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Jared W. Kochenash, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for HDR Holdings, Inc. and Schramm, Inc. Donald J. Detweiler, John H. Schanne, II, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE for Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of HDR Hold-ings, Inc. Michael D. DeBaecke, Ashby & Geddess P.A., Wilmington, DE for DNOW L.P.
    for defendant: Jamie L. Edmonson, Robinson & Cole LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carey D. Schreiber, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for GenNx360 Capital Partners, L.P. and Schramm II Inc.

    Case Number: D69201

    Appellants' failure to seek a stay of the bankruptcy court's sale order deprived the district court of juris-diction to consider their appeals.

  • In re: NNN 400 Capital Ctr. 16, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Dorsey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69176

    Prevailing party's motion for costs incurred in adversary proceedings granted despite the procedural irregularity of the prevailing party's request.

  • In re: LTC Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Construction | Federal Government | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott G. Wilcox, Moore and Rutt, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Andrew S. Kent, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi P.C., West Orange, NJ for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard M. Beck, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David T.B. Audley, Matthew T. Benz, Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago, IL for appellee.

    Case Number: D69136

    Surety's partial subrogation rights were extinguished by creditor's release and waiver of claim where surety had not yet completed full performance under its bond at the time of release and thus had its subrogation rights subordinated to the creditor.

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  • In re THGH Liquidating LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph H. Hunt, Assistant Attorney General; David C. Weiss, United States attorney; Ellen W. Sleights, Assistant United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE; Ruth A. Harvey, Lloyd H. Randolph, Seth B. Shapiro, Andrew Warner, Commercial Litigation Branch, U.S. Department of Justice for appellant.
    for defendant: Derek C. Abbott, Curtis S. Miller, Daniel B. Butz, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69130

    The government's withholding of Medicare payments after debtors filed bankruptcy was a violation of the automatic stay.

  • In re: Aerogroup Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Hirsh, Beth M. Brownstein, James H. Hulme and Jackson D. Toof, Arent Fox LLP, New York, NY and Washington, DC; Frederick B. Rosner, Scott J. Leonhardt and Jason A. Gibson, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew M. Murphy, Nicholas A. Bassett and Brendan M. Gage, Paul Hastings LLP, Chicago, IL; M. Blake Cleary and Michael Neiburg, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69112

    A credit bid at an auction of debtors' assets did not constitute a "final" bid, so that bid did not cap the value of the creditor's secured collateral.

  • In re The Weinstein Co. Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-09-02
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Walrath
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis A. Hehn, Wilmington, DE; Thomas E. Patterson and Sasha M. Gurvitz, KTBS Law, Los Angelos, CA for Netflix, Inc. Mary F. Caloway, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC , Wilmington, DE for Sartraco, Inc. David Stratton, David Fournier and Evelyn Meltzer, Troutman Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE for Spyglass Media Group LLC. Mark Collins, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE
    for defendant: Paul H. Zumbro, George E. Zobitz and Karin A. DeMasi, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for debtors

    Case Number: D69107

    Bankruptcy court denied a motion to compel compliance with a sale order, because licensing rights did not revert to the moving party upon termination of a distribution agreement.

  • In re: Affirmative Ins. Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Federal Government | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Zuckerman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Christopher J. Williamson and Ward W. Benson, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, and Arun J. Mohan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69080

    Bankruptcy court erred in attempting to bifurcate corporate income taxes from a straddle year when tax law provided that annual income taxes only accrued and became liable on the last day of the tax year.

  • In re: Semcrude, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-01
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Hazeltine, Morris, Sullivan, Hazeltine Allison LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Don A. Beskrone and Stacy L. Newman, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69032

    Seller's warranty of good title free of liens and encumbrances to an initial purchaser served to waive seller's right to assert a lien against a subsequent purchaser from the initial purchaser.