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New York Law Journal

Open Market Purchases, Past and Future

Recent developments in the credit markets and in restructuring practices have led to priming financings and non-ratable roll-ups of commercial credit agreement lenders into uptiered facilities in connection with out-of-court balance sheet restructurings.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Preference Due Diligence in the Crypto Winter

This article considers how the due diligence language added to Bankruptcy Code §547(b) might be applied to potential preference claims in a cryptocurrency bankruptcy case.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Crypto Goes Bankrupt: What Do Lawyers and Investors Need To Know?

This article explores questions and potential intercreditor issues surrounding two crypto-related bankruptcy cases.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Big Law Is Reorganizing to Fit Clients' Turbulent Business Cycles

"Transactional practices were hot for the last two years and we're now adjusting," said Matthew Summers, who co-leads Ballard's recently formed group and serves as co-leader of the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring group.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

The 'Longest', 'Most Emotional' Experience: Attorneys Mark Final Plan Approval in Boy Scouts Case

Now a trust of more than $2.4 billion in settlement funds obtained to date can start to be distributed to the more than 82,000 abuse claimants, though there's no set timetable for when that process will be complete.
5 minute read

Law.com

3rd Circuit Refuses to DQ White & Case Over Lateral Hire of Sidley Partner

In a precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that White & Case is not conflicted out of a bankruptcy case after hiring a partner from opposing counsel Sidley Austin who previously worked on the matter.
4 minute read

Law.com

The Duty and Benefits of Technology Competence

We all have experienced technology's dramatic effect on bankruptcy practice, particularly in the electronic filing of documents and in the electronic communication and sharing of information among parties.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plan Appeal Rights Expanded but Exculpation Limited by Fifth Circuit

The scope of releases and exculpation, is often a key point of contention in these cases, and therefore, appeals are not uncommon. The ability to appeal a confirmation order in a substantively consummated plan can meaningfully impact release/exculpation issues as well as a host of others.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors? One Creditor's Experience With an Archaic State Insolvency Process

This article provides insight, from a creditor's perspective, into the ABC process in New Jersey. "My advice to any creditors that find themselves in an ABC is to try to move it to a federal bankruptcy court as soon as possible."
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cineworld Chapter 11 Furthers Kirkland-Jackson Walker Alliance While Theater's M&A Counsel Seeks Payment

Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault is owed $1.6 million, according to the British movie theater chain's bankruptcy filing.
2 minute read

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