News Topic: Chapter 11

In a post last year entitled " North Of The Border: Reorganization Under Canada's Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, " I discussed the various types of bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings available under Canadian law. Included in ... Read full article

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

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

Last month, I reported on a decision from Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath in the In re Washington Mutual, Inc. case (" WaMu ") holding that informal creditor groups must disclose details of their trades under ... 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

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