News Topic: Business Bankruptcy Issues

It hasn't gotten much publicity yet, but certain dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code will be increased for cases filed on or after April 1, 2010. You can find a chart listing all of the changes on this Federal Register page , which printed last ... Read full article

It's been a few years since decisions from the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of New York, and later from the Southern District of Texas, examined whether hedge funds and other investors could be required to disclose the ... Read full article

I have posted in the past about the helpful research binder that Chief Judge Randall J. Newsome of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California makes available to bankruptcy professionals and the public. ... Read full article

As discussed in an earlier post called " On The Rise: Bankruptcy Dollar Amounts Will Increase On April 1, 2010 ," various dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and related statutory provisions were increased for cases filed on or after April 1, ... Read full article

Last week, Google launched a new feature on its Google Scholar specialized search engine that enables full-text searching of published federal and state court opinions, as well as articles in certain legal journals. Users can access the new features by ... Read full article

Trademark licensees have long faced the serious risk of losing all license rights to a trademark if the licensor files bankruptcy and rejects the trademark license as an executory contract. However, a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ... Read full article

Section 365(n) And Licensee Rights . I have discussed in the past how Section 365(n) was added to the Bankruptcy Code to protect licensees of intellectual property in the event the licensor files bankruptcy. ... Read full article

The Fall 2010 edition of the Absolute Priority newsletter, published by the Cooley LLP Bankruptcy & Restructuring  group, of which I am a member, has just been released. The newsletter gives updates on current developments and trends in the bankruptcy ... Read full article

Earlier this year, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued a decision holding that creditors sued for preferences  can assert a new value defense based on the goods provided to a debtor in the 20 days before the bankruptcy ... Read full article

The First Two Delaware Decisions . In the past two months, I have reported on decisions by two Delaware bankruptcy judges in the In re Washington Mutual, Inc . case and in In re Premier International Holdings, Inc . ... Read full article

Nearly every year, changes are made to the set of rules that govern how bankruptcy cases are managed -- the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. Normally, the changes address issues identified by an Advisory Committee made up of federal judges, ... Read full article

The Fall 2009 edition of the Absolute Priority newsletter, published by the Cooley Godward Kronish LLP   Bankruptcy & Restructuring group, of which I am a member, has just been released. The newsletter gives updates on current developments and trends ... Read full article

On November 5, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the second court of appeals to answer the question left open in the U.S. Supreme Court's March 2007 decision in Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas ... Read full article

Given the state of commercial real estate, the prospect for defaults by commercial borrowers has greatly increased. The last time there was a significant downturn in the commercial real estate sector in the early 1990s, owners of buildings and other real ... Read full article

The Winter 2010 edition of the Absolute Priority newsletter, published by the Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Bankruptcy & Restructuring  group, of which I am a member, has just been released. The newsletter gives updates on current developments and trends ... Read full article