News Topic: Recent Developments

As discussed in an earlier post called " Going Up: Bankruptcy Dollar Amounts Will Increase On April 1, 2013 ," various dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and related statutory provisions were increased for cases filed on or after today, April ... Read full article

It hasn't gotten much publicity yet, but certain dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code will be increased for new cases filed on or after April 1, 2013. Follow this link for a chart listing all of the changes on this Federal Register page , which ... Read full article

The Summer 2012 edition of the Absolute Priority newsletter, published by the Bankruptcy & Restructuring  group at Cooley LLP , of which I am a member, has now been released. The newsletter gives updates on current developments and trends in the ... Read full article

On July 9, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued its decision in Sunbeam Products, Inc. v. Chicago American Manufacturing, LLC , and in doing so handed a major victory to trademark licensees whose licenses are rejected in ... Read full article

On May 29, 2012, only a little more than a month after the April 23, 2012 oral argument in the case , the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC, et al. v. ... Read full article

The Winter 2012 edition of the Absolute Priority newsletter, published by the Bankruptcy & Restructuring  group at Cooley LLP , of which I am a member, has recently been released. The newsletter gives updates on current developments and trends in the ... 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

It's been a long wait, but we finally have a published decision from a U.S. Court of Appeals answering whether a trademark license is assignable in bankruptcy without the licensor's consent. On July 26, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ... Read full article

Derivative Claims Against Directors Of An Insolvent Delaware Corporation . With its 2007 decision in  North American Catholic Educational Programming, Inc. v. Gheewalla, et al., 930 A.2d 92 (Del. 2007), the Delaware Supreme Court held that directors of an ... Read full article

The Summer 2011 edition of the Absolute Priority newsletter, published by the Bankruptcy & Restructuring group at Cooley LLP , of which I am a member, has just been released. The newsletter gives updates on current developments and trends in 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

Bankruptcy Rule Amendments . As reported in a post last month , this year's amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure have now taken effect today, December 1, 2011. ... Read full article

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

I have posted in the past about the helpful research binder that former Judge Randall J. Newsome of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California  had made available on the Bankruptcy Court's website. Although Judge ... Read full article

As I have reported over the past several years, Delaware courts, including the Delaware Supreme Court, have addressed the nature of a director's fiduciary duties when a Delaware corporation is insolvent or in the "zone of insolvency," most ... Read full article

Creditor Derivative Claims Against Fiduciaries Of Insolvent Corporate Entities. In a 2007 decision in  North American Catholic Educational Programming, Inc. v. Gheewalla, et al., 930 A.2d 92 (Del. ... 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

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