The restructuring industry held its proverbial breath following the Supreme Court’s decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., which invalidated the nonconsensual third-party release in the debtors’ plan. While various courts continue to interpret the Purdue Pharma decision, New Jersey Bankruptcy Courts (the “Bankruptcy Court”) appear unified in allowing…
Continue Reading New Jersey Bankruptcy Courts Remain a Strong Option for Debtors Seeking to Obtain a Third-Party Release in a post-Purdue Pharma World Following the BowFlex DecisionIt has been approximately two months since the highly anticipated Supreme Court decision in Harrington…
Continue Reading The Impact of Purdue PharmaNew Jersey Releases New Chapter 11 Complex Procedures and Other Rule Updates
Pursuant to the New Jersey Bankruptcy Court’s (the “Court”) annual rule making cycle, the Court…
Continue Reading New Jersey Releases New Chapter 11 Complex Procedures and Other Rule UpdatesThe Circuit City Landmine Redux, the Final Word (Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC): Supreme Court Holds that Chapter 11 Debtors Do Not Get a Refund on U.S. Trustee Quarterly Fees Under Unconstitutional Fee Increase
As previously discussed and anticipated in prior blog posts,[1] the United States Supreme Court’s…
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The Post-Siegel Fallout Continues: The Supreme Court Has Accepted Certiorari to Determine Whether a Refund of Overpayments Made by Chapter 11 Debtors in Accordance with the Unconstitutional Fee Hike Under the United States Trustee Program is an Appropriate Remedy
On Friday September 28, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the United States Trustee’s appeal from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal’s holding that the Office of the…
Continue Reading The Post-Siegel Fallout Continues: The Supreme Court Has Accepted Certiorari to Determine Whether a Refund of Overpayments Made by Chapter 11 Debtors in Accordance with the Unconstitutional Fee Hike Under the United States Trustee Program is an Appropriate RemedyHow Safe Is Your 363(m) Sale? The Supreme Court’s Invalidation of Statutory Mootness is a Risk to Asset Purchasers Seeking Certainty
On April 19, 2023, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, writing for a unanimous Court in MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC et.al., 598 U.S. ___ 143 S. Ct.
Continue Reading How Safe Is Your 363(m) Sale? The Supreme Court’s Invalidation of Statutory Mootness is a Risk to Asset Purchasers Seeking CertaintyIn re The Hacienda Company, LLC – a Flicker of Hope for Distressed Cannabis Companies: Bankruptcy May be Available to Liquidate Assets of Non-Operating Cannabis Companies
Cannabis clients are often surprised to learn that the bankruptcy courts are unavailable to liquidate or reorganize most cannabis businesses. Indeed, the Office of the United States Trustee (the “UST”)…
Continue Reading In re The Hacienda Company, LLC – a Flicker of Hope for Distressed Cannabis Companies: Bankruptcy May be Available to Liquidate Assets of Non-Operating Cannabis CompaniesIn a 2021 opinion in In re Paragon Offshore PLC, 629 B.R. 227 (Bankr. D. Del. 2021) (“Paragon Offshore”), Judge Sontchi of the United States Bankruptcy Court for…
Continue Reading Do Liquidating Trusts Have to Pay Quarterly US Trustee Fees?Effective January 1, 2023, the procedures for filing complex cases in the Southern District of Texas changed. The courts have made the procedures specific and detailed. Below are some of…
Continue Reading New Complex Case Procedures in the Southern District of TexasBy: Michael L. Temin and Martha B. Chovanes
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Imerys Talc American, Inc. (“Imerys”) filed bankruptcy in response to crushing liability imposed by mounting asbestos and talc personal injury claims…
Continue Reading Who Can Be A Future Claims Representative In The Third Circuit?Cryptocurrency Deposits Do Not Belong to Account Holders: New York Bankruptcy Holding Severs Customers’ Right and Title to Crypto Assets Deposited in Celsius Network Earn Program Accounts
In a recent decision by Chief Judge Martin Glenn of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York presiding over cryptocurrency Chapter 11 megacase, In re…
Continue Reading Cryptocurrency Deposits Do Not Belong to Account Holders: New York Bankruptcy Holding Severs Customers’ Right and Title to Crypto Assets Deposited in Celsius Network Earn Program AccountsDuties of Claims Agents are Limited to the Scope of 28 U.S.C. § 156(c)
The Clerk of the Court (“Clerk”) is the “official custodian of the records and dockets of the bankruptcy court,” and when it appears that there will be a distribution to…
Continue Reading Duties of Claims Agents are Limited to the Scope of 28 U.S.C. § 156(c)Court Shocks Solvent PG&E with Electric Opinion Requiring High-Powered Interest Rates to Creditors
What rate of post-petition interest must a solvent debtor pay creditors whose claims are designated as unimpaired pursuant to Section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code? [1] The answer can…
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