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What’s a Cure, Anyway? Ninth Circuit Holds Creditor Entitled to Post-Default Interest Rate

In early November, the Ninth Circuit held in In re New Investments, Inc. that a debtor was required to “cure” defaults to an agreement using a post-default interest rate, overturning its prior, decades-old decision In re Entz-White Lumber & Supply, Inc., which had held that a debtor could cure agreements at pre-default interest rates.

Background

USA, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
UK High Court judgment on ISDA Default Rate calculations in Lehman Waterfall IIC, and supplemental judgment on statutory interest and currency conversion claims in Waterfall IIA and IIB

The High Court in London handed down judgment on Part C of the Lehman Waterfall II Application on 5 October 2016.

The judgment examines the extent of creditors’ entitlements to Default Rate interest on debts arising under ISDA Master Agreements governed by English law and New York law. As some £4.4 billion of LBIE’s admitted claims arise under ISDA Master Agreements and the debts were outstanding for more than five years, this judgment will materially influence the amount of money which must be applied in satisfaction of creditors’ entitlements to statutory interest.

United Kingdom, Banking, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Lehman Brothers
Keep Your Fights Out of Bankruptcy Court: Bad Faith Involuntary Petitions

Creditors seeking to file an involuntary petition against a debtor may want to consider doing their due diligence before using it as a tool in their ongoing disputes with a debtor.

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Due diligence, Bad faith, Collateralized debt obligation, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for District of Delaware