Business Reorganization Committee

Committees

Post date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014

[1]In some bankruptcy courts, the use of combined hearings on chapter 11 disclosure statements and plans in non-prepackaged, non-small business cases is expressly contemplated by local rule and relatively common.[2] Delaware, which is so often on the cutting edge of chapter 11

Post date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Photo of Daniel B. Besikof
Daniel B. Besikof

Bankruptcy Code § 365(n) provides significant protections to licensees under intellectual property licenses that are rejected by debtor-licensors.[1] Section 365(n) permits a licensee to retain its rights in licensed intellectual property post-rejection in exchange for the continued payment of royalties.

Post date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014

[1]In the latest installment of the Lehman Brothers subordination litigation, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held that certain creditors’ claims were not claims for damages arising from “securities of the debtor,” and did not have to be subordinated to claims of creditors, notwithstanding that the debtor was treated as an issuer, for regulatory purposes, as an issuer of the mortgage-backed securities.[2]

Post date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The secondary bankruptcy claims market has become big business over the past several years, resulting in a proliferation of court rulings that underscore risks and “regulation” around claims-trading, especially when claims are purchased for strategic objectives and not anticipated cash recovery.

Post date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Photo of Nancy A. Peterman
Nancy A. Peterman

[1]Over the years, claims-trading has become the norm in bankruptcy cases. Claims are bought and sold for various reasons, including to liquidate a position, profit from an increase in the claim’s value and/or leverage a claim into the ownership of the debtor.

Post date: Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Editor’s Note: This two-part article discusses how the U.K. and U.S. have become the two main jurisdictions where debtors outside of such jurisdictions (foreign debtors) have been able to successfully restructure their businesses.

Post date: Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The “presumption against extraterritoriality” is a statutory canon of construction that embodies the “longstanding principle of American law that legislation of Congress, unless a contrary intent appears, is meant to apply only within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.”[1] Stated simply, it provides that “[w]hen a statu

Post date: Tuesday, September 30, 2014

[1]A powerful and commonly utilized tool in a restructuring is the commencement by a company of an insolvency proceeding, whether under the Bankruptcy Code or analogous law, in order to achieve desired changes to its capital structure and/or operations.

Post date: Friday, September 05, 2014

Editor’s Note: The following article, “Loehmann’s Department Store: A Case Study Questioning the § 365(d)(4) Liquidation Narrative Following BAPCPA,” won the prize for third place in the Sixth Annual ABI Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition. The author, Brian Phillips, is a student at University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Post date: Friday, July 25, 2014

Editor's Note: The following article, "Bridging the Gap: Receivership and the Absence of Discipline in Chapter 9," won the prize for second place in the Sixth Annual ABI Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition. The author, Randall Thomas, is a student at New York University School of Law.

Pages

Mr. Timothy James Anzenberger
Co-Chair
Adams and Reese LLP
Ridgeland, MS
(601) 292-0715

Ms. Jamie J. Fell
Co-Chair
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York, NY
(212) 455-3822

Mr. Scott D. Lawrence
Communications Manager
Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP
Dallas, TX
(214) 420-4449

Mr. Jacob Frumkin, Esq.
Education Director
Cole Schotz P.C.
Hackensack, NJ
(646) 563-8944

Mr. Dov Gottlieb
Membership Relations Director
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
New York, NY
(212) 455-2347

Ms. Colleen Restel
Newsletter Editor
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Roseland, NJ
(973) 597-6310

Mr. Bradley A. Cosman
Special Projects Leader
Perkins Coie LLP
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 351-8205

Please note that in order to view the content for the Committee Newsletters you must either sign in if you are already an ABI member, or otherwise you may Become an ABI Member