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High Court refuses permission for unissued contempt application where breach of freezing order only technical

In Pharmagona Limited v Taheri,(1) the High Court refused to seal and issue a contempt application as the breach, if it had occurred, was only technical, and it was therefore inappropriate for the application to succeed.

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United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, RPC
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Doesn’t Answer in Syntax-Brillian, Denying Motion to Remove Trustee

The Bankruptcy Code’s priority scheme provides that the shareholders generally cannot receive anything on account of their investment until all secured, priority and unsecured creditors are paid in full.

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Backstage Rider Demands: 10 Bottles of Dom Perignon, M&Ms (Absolutely No Brown Ones!), Two Ice Cream Cakes, and a DIP Carve Out

While rockstars such as Iggy Pop and Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe were infamous for outlandish rider requests while on tour, perhaps nobody is more notorious for their demands of concert promoters than Van Halen.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor
50 Cent: You Love Him in a Bentley, But Would You Love Him on a Bus? 50’s Creditors Have 21 Questions, and They’re All About U.S. Bankruptcy Law

♫ “Girl, it’s easy to love me now.

Would you love me if I was down and out?

Would you still have love for me?” ♫

-50 Cent, 21 Questions

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP