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Do Bankruptcy Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Out-of-the-Money Claims Disputes?

Claims disputes are “core proceedings” in bankruptcy cases that are subject to the general jurisdiction of bankruptcy courts, subject to exceptions for personal injury tort or wrongful death claims. Under 28 U.S.C.

USA, New Jersey, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Wrongful death claim, United States bankruptcy court
Improper Calculation of Postpetition Interest Leads to Reversal of a Confirmation Order

Postpetition interest is a thorny area of bankruptcy law.  The myriad rules, coupled with the inconsistent way in which they are often applied, provide fodder for litigation and opportunity for confusion.  

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bankruptcy, Interest, Foreclosure, Wells Fargo, Ninth Circuit, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Addresses When and Whether Creditors are Entitled to Postpetition Interest in Chapter 11 - Part 4

This is the fourth and final post in our series on Judge Sontchi’s postpetition interest decision in Energy Future Holdings, issued on October 30, 2015.  Our first post in this series analyzed Judge Sontchi’s ruling that postpetition interest on an unsecured claim does not constitute a part of the unsecured claim itself.  Our 

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Interest
Delaware bankruptcy court addresses when and whether creditors are entitled to postpetition interest in chapter 11 (part 3)

This is the third post in our series on Judge Sontchi’s postpetition interest decision in Energy Futures Holdings, issued on October 30, 2015. Our first post in this series analyzed Judge Sontchi’s ruling that postpetition interest on an unsecured claim does not constitute a part of the unsecured claim itself.

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Delaware bankruptcy court addresses when, if ever, unsecured creditors are entitled to postpetition interest in chapter 11 (part 2)

This is the second post in our series on 

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor, Unsecured debt, Interest, United States bankruptcy court
Delaware bankruptcy court addresses when, if ever, unsecured creditors are entitled to postpetition interest (part 1)

The law governing postpetition interest in bankruptcy remains unsettled despite having been subjected to more than 100 years of debate in the federal courts. On October 30, 2015, 

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Unsecured debt, Interest, United States bankruptcy court
Banks and Bitcoin exchanges

This is the fifth post in our Bitcoin Bankruptcy series on the Weil Bankruptcy Blog.  We have concluded that a hypothetical U.S.-based bitcoin exchange likely would not constitute a stockbroker or a 

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Could a Bitcoin exchange be a commodity broker?

This is the fourth post in our Bitcoin Bankruptcy series on the Weil Bankruptcy Blog.

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Internet & Social Media, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bankruptcy, Bitcoin, Commodity broker
Could a Bitcoin exchange constitute a “stockbroker”?

This is the third post in our Bitcoin Bankruptcy series on the Weil Bankruptcy Blog.  In the spring of this year, the shutdown of Japanese bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox made us think about what might have happened if Mt.

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Internet & Social Media, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bitcoin, Certificate of deposit
“Flip” flap II: uncertainty in derivatives markets caused by the Lehman bankruptcy court’s decision will continue

On December 15, 2010, Judge James Peck of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court) approved Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.’s (LBSF) motion (the Motion) for approval of a settlement among LBSF, BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited (BNY), Perpetual Trustee Company Limited (Perpetual) and others relating to certain note issuance and swap transactions with Saphir Finance Public Limited Company (Saphir) under a program known as the Dante Program.

USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Latham & Watkins LLP, Bankruptcy, Collateral (finance), Swap (finance), Public limited company, Default (finance), Bank of New York Mellon, Lehman Brothers, Court of Appeal of England & Wales, High Court of Justice (England & Wales), United States bankruptcy court