New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Corinne Ball | February 23, 2022
In a rare appellate per curiam decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a writ of mandamus seeking a stay pending appeal, yet addresses the "unnecessary and likely incorrect" interpretation of the relationship between §§363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code by the district court and the bankruptcy court.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elliot Pisem and David E. Kahen | February 16, 2022
In this edition of their Taxation column, Elliot Pisem and David E. Kahen discuss 'FAB Holdings v. Commissioner', a recent Tax Court decision that considers issues relating to "correlative adjustments" that may be appropriate with respect to tax obligations of a person receiving a payment where an adjustment is made to the tax treatment of the person who made the payment.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lara Flath and Thania Charmani | February 9, 2022
This article discusses a recent holding that diverges from the well-established principle that arms-length transactions generally do not create fiduciary obligations and arguably raises the bar for fiduciaries by expanding the scope of liability stemming from transactions that would ordinarily be shielded from scrutiny.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barbara M. Goodstein and Joaquin M. C De Baca | February 2, 2022
In this Secured Transactions column, Barbara M. Goodstein and Joaquin M. C De Baca write that the Purdue Pharma decision calls into question an important tool in difficult reorganizations, a tool which is frequently used to garner, and sometimes force, consensus among disputing parties.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh | January 26, 2022
The SEC appears likely to embark upon a rulemaking process that would require ESG—or, more accurately, EESG (Employee, Environmental, Social and Governance)—disclosures from large private companies.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By John C. Coffee Jr. | January 19, 2022
Let us assume for the moment that the SEC can require more than material information (or can convince courts that most ESG disclosures are material). What happens next? Given that the social costs of greenhouse gas emission vastly exceed their private costs to issuers (which is the point at which economists stop), what can lawyers, as specialists in policy engineering, do to bring the two closer to alignment? John C. Coffee Jr. explores these questions in this edition of his Corporate Securities column.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Philip Berkowitz and Britney Torres | January 12, 2022
Financial services and other employers have been scrambling to respond to recent mandates and wondering how they interact with laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Philip Berkowitz and Britney Torres review the latest legal developments in this edition of their Employment Issues column.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Evan T. Barr | January 5, 2022
The prospect of more favorable fact-finding from the bench has dramatically improved, as President Biden reshapes the federal judiciary with appointees who are far more likely to have previously worked as public defenders and academics than as prosecutors.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Corinne Ball | December 22, 2021
The court ruled that the shareholder releases that formed the basis of a settlement that led to the debtor's plan of reorganization exceeded the scope of the bankruptcy court's statutory authority by releasing direct causes of action owned by nonconsenting creditors against non-debtors.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elliot Pisem and David E. Kahen | December 15, 2021
In this edition of their Taxation column, Elliot Pisem and David E. Kahen discuss a recent decision in which the Tax Court determined that the Ricketts family's investment, although documented as subordinated debt, was properly characterized as "equity" for tax purposes, such that the deferral sought by Tribune Media was unavailable.
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