In a highly anticipated decision issued last Thursday (on December 19, 2019), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in In re Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC that a bankruptcy court may constitutionally confirm a chapter 11 plan of reorganization that contains nonconsensual third-party releases. The court considered whether, pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Stern v. Marshall, 564 U.S. 462 (2011), Article III of the United States Constitution prohibits a bankruptcy court from granting such releases.

The Rescheduling of Indebtedness of Large Israeli Companies

2013 was the year when repayment obligations finally caught up with some of Israel’s largest corporate borrowers.

In addition to the new legal concepts introduced by Amendment 19, several recent high-profile bankruptcy cases have indicated that Israeli insolvency law generally is in a state of transition.

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