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Chapter 11 plan provision allowing individual members of official committee to be reimbursed for professional fees and expenses held invalid, but committee members may be awarded reimbursement for professional fees and expenses incurred in making a

Substantial Contribution to the Case

USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Euroresource—deals and debt - June 2014

For the benefit of our clients and friends investing in European distressed opportunities, our European Network is sharing some current developments.

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European Union, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Debt, Second Circuit
Eighth Circuit holds that trademark license included in substantially performed integrated asset purchase transaction is not an executory contract subject to rejection

On June 6, 2014, in Lewis Brothers Bakeries Incorporated and Chicago Baking Company v.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trademarks, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Eighth Circuit
The Supreme Court clarifies the role of bankruptcy courts in Stern v. Marshall-type proceedings, but leaves consent issue for another day

Background

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Tortious interference, United States bankruptcy court
Euroresource—deals and debt - May 2014

For the benefit of our clients and friends investing in European distressed opportunities, our European Network is sharing some current developments.

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Argentina, France, Germany, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Market liquidity, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Euroresource—deals and debt - April 2014

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United Kingdom, USA, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Exclusive jurisdiction, Second Circuit, High Court of Justice (England & Wales)
Debt fund enjoined from voting on chapter 11 plan because it is not a “financial institution” under assignment eligibility clause of loan agreement

Assignees of Loan Only Entitled to One Collective Vote on Plan

USA, Washington, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Injunction, Debt, Default (finance), Distressed securities, United States bankruptcy court
Euroresource--deals and debt (February 2014)

Global—On 10 January 2014, the US Supreme Court agreed to resolve a court split over the scope of discovery orders aimed at enforcing judgments against foreign states. In Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd., No. 12-842, 2014 BL 7274 (Jan. 10, 2014), the Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to hear an appeal stemming from Argentina's default on its government debt in 2001. Argentina restructured its defaulted debt in 2005 and 2010.

European Union, Spain, USA, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Bond (finance), Debt, Second Circuit
Euroresource--deals and debt (January 2014)

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Canada, European Union, Spain, United Kingdom, USA, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Projects & Procurement, Jones Day, Bond (finance), Hedge funds, Liquidation, Supreme Court of the United States, Second Circuit
Euroresource--deals and debt

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Global, Arbitration & ADR, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Shareholder, Joint-stock company, Third Circuit