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What the future holds for make-whole claims in bankruptcy: examining the energy future holdings EFIH first lien make-whole decision – part 1

Two recent decisions from large and highly contested chapter 11 cases add to the developing body of case law on the treatment of make-whole claims in bankruptcy.  First, in a two-part post, we discuss the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware’s decision in Energy Future Holdings, and later, in a follow-up post, we discuss the United States District Court for the Southern District of

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court provides further guidance on the contours of the common interest doctrine

We admit, discovery disputes rarely make for titillating blog posts. But a letter ruling issued towards the end of last year by Judge Shannon in Longview Power, LLC et al. v. First American Title Insurance Co. recently caught our eye.

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Momentous decision in Momentive Performance Materials Part IV: make-wholes and third party releases

This is the last entry in our four-part series analyzing Judge Drain’s widely read bench ruling issued on August 26, 2014 in connection with the confirmation hearing of Momentive Performance Materials and its affiliated debtors.

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Peering through the muck again: another court analyzes whether LLC operating agreements are property interests or executory contracts

We’ve previously focused here and here on the split in

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