Vote Designation

For the past two years, Charles Ergen, chairman and co-founder of Dish Network, and Philip Falcone, manager of Harbinger Capital Partners, have been doing battle in the Chapter 11 case of mobile communications company LightSquared Inc.  LightSquared, primarily owned by Harbinger and controlled by Falcone, holds spectrum rights potentially worth billions of dollars, but was forced to seek bankruptcy protection in 2012 following its failure to obtain crucial FCC approvals. 

As discussed in previous posts on this site, back in December the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a summary order that reversed the bankruptcy court’s confirmation of the reorganization plan (the “Plan”) of DBSD North America, f/k/a ICO North America (“DBSD&rdqu

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a summary order this week upholding the aggressively unfavorable treatment of a senior secured creditor under the reorganization plan (the “Plan”) of DBSD North America, f/k/a ICO North America (“DBSD”). (The Second Circuit upheld a separate challenge to the plan brought by an unsecured creditor). The