2021 M&A reporter: Q2

COVID-19 M&A Lessons

Filed under:
USA, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Bribery, Corporate governance, Private equity, Climate change, Supply chain, Sexual harassment, Due diligence, ESG, Coronavirus
Authors:
Steven M. Haas , J. Steven Patterson , James A. Kennedy, II , J. R. Smith , Justin F. Paget , Eric Wilson , Scott H Kimpel , Hannah Flint
Location:
USA
Firm:
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Bankruptcy Court Circumvents Midland Funding LLC v. Johnson by Awarding Debtor Attorney’s Fees

On March 31, 2021, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada awarded attorney’s fees to a debtor under a Nevada fee-shifting statute for objecting to a time-barred proof of claim.1 The opinion serves as a warning that filing a proof of claim for time-barred debt may carry consequences other than claim disallowance despite the Supreme Court’s recent holding in Midland Fu

Filed under:
USA, Nevada, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 1977 (USA), Supreme Court of the United States
Authors:
Justin F. Paget , Eric Wilson
Location:
USA
Firm:
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP