Overview
In Asarco, LLC v. Noranda Mining, Inc., the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that representations made to the bankruptcy court that the Debtor’s settlement of environmental claims reflected only the Debtor’s share of the cleanup costs did not judicially estop the Debtor from brining a contribution claim against another potentially responsible party for those same costs.
In an August 2014 Alert,1 we reported that (most of) the Banking Recovery and Resolution Directive (‘BRRD’)2 that was adopted on 15 May 2014 was required to be implemented by the EU Member States through local legislation by 1 January 2015.
The English Cases —Further Extension of UK Scheme of Arrangement for the Benefit of Foreign Companies
The Bank's Restructuring Proposal
The UK Supreme Court today delivered an important decision on the meaning of the so-called 'balance sheet insolvency test' in s.123(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (UK) (BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited v Eurosail 2007-3BL PLC [2013] UKSC 28 ("Eurosail")).
Sanctioning of LBT Composition Plan Becomes Final