Bankruptcy Blogs

One's Crisis is Another's Opportunity: Section 363 Sales

03/31/10

With the increasing numbers of companies which were once thought to be giants of industry filing for bankruptcy, more opportunities to purchase major assets are becoming available to savvy buyers looking to expand their business or asset base. The Bankruptcy Code provides debtors with the ability to liquidate all or a part of their assets through court-supervised sales and buyers with the ability to obtain those assets at more favorable prices than they would pay if the sale were consummated outside of a bankruptcy.

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One's Crisis is Another's Opportunity: Section 363 Sales

03/31/10

With the increasing numbers of companies which were once thought to be giants of industry filing for bankruptcy, more opportunities to purchase major assets are becoming available to savvy buyers looking to expand their business or asset base. The Bankruptcy Code provides debtors with the ability to liquidate all or a part of their assets through court-supervised sales and buyers with the ability to obtain those assets at more favorable prices than they would pay if the sale were consummated outside of a bankruptcy.

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One's Crisis is Another's Opportunity: Section 363 Sales

03/31/10

With the increasing numbers of companies which were once thought to be giants of industry filing for bankruptcy, more opportunities to purchase major assets are becoming available to savvy buyers looking to expand their business or asset base. The Bankruptcy Code provides debtors with the ability to liquidate all or a part of their assets through court-supervised sales and buyers with the ability to obtain those assets at more favorable prices than they would pay if the sale were consummated outside of a bankruptcy.

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"Plain Meaning" Trumps Long Standing Commercial Lender Expectations in Third Circuit Philadelphia Newspapers Decision

03/31/10

Some cases really should not be all that difficult. However, when judges choose to divorce statutory text completely from any reference to underlying legislative intent and long standing commercial practice, inexplicable results follow.  

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Bankruptcy Tweets for the Week Ending 3/29/2010

03/29/10

Here are my Twitter posts for the past week.  RSS Feeds are also available.

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The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010 and other new insolvency legislation

03/28/10

You will be delighted to know that The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010 are not the only piece of insolvency legislation coming into effect on 6 April 2010. The main insolvency rules changes are joined by The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2)...

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Budget 2010: time to pay HMRC

03/24/10

The Chancellor said today in his Budget Speech, with reference to small businesses: "The improved time to pay scheme has helped businesses spread £5bn worth of tax payments over a timetable they can afford. Between them, these businesses employ over...

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Third Circuit Holds Philadelphia Newspapers LLC’s Lenders Do Not Have a Right to Credit Bid

03/23/10

In what is sure to be a controversial opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (No. 09-4349) has issued an Opinion holding that the lenders in the contentious Philadelphia Newspapers’ bankruptcy case pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, No.

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Third Circuit Holds Philadelphia Newspapers LLC’s Lenders Do Not Have a Right to Credit Bid

03/23/10

In what is sure to be a controversial opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (No. 09-4349) has issued an Opinion holding that the lenders in the contentious Philadelphia Newspapers’ bankruptcy case pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, No.

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