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The Supreme Court clarifies the role of bankruptcy courts in Stern v. Marshall-type proceedings, but leaves consent issue for another day

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Tortious interference, United States bankruptcy court
Debt fund enjoined from voting on chapter 11 plan because it is not a “financial institution” under assignment eligibility clause of loan agreement

Assignees of Loan Only Entitled to One Collective Vote on Plan

USA, Washington, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Injunction, Debt, Default (finance), Distressed securities, United States bankruptcy court
Whose tax refund is it? Eleventh Circuit holds that chapter 11 debtor parent company must distribute tax refunds to members of a consolidated group under a tax sharing areement

On August 15, 2013, in Zucker v.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Holding company, Tax return (USA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), United States bankruptcy court, Eleventh Circuit
The Supreme Court affirms the secured creditor’s right to credit bid under a Chapter 11 “cram-down” plan providing for the sale of collateral

On May 29, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States, in the chapter 11 cases of RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC, and RadLAX Gateway Deck, LLC (the “RadLAX Cases”)1 held by a vote of 8-02 that a chapter 11 plan cannot be confirmed if the plan (i) is rejected by a class of secured claims, (ii) provides for the sale of collateral free and clear of liens securing such claims, and (iii) deprives the holders of such claims of the right to credit bid at the sale of collateral.  

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Debtor, Collateral (finance), Secured creditor, Title 11 of the US Code, Seventh Circuit
In re Visteon: Third Circuit expands the protection of retiree benefits in Chapter 11 cases

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Interest, Retirement, Good faith, Title 11 of the US Code, United States bankruptcy court, Third Circuit