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Stern v. Marshall - shaking bankruptcy jurisdiction to its core?

In Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. 2594 (2011), the estate of Vickie Lynn Marshall, a.k.a. Anna Nicole Smith, lost by a 5-4 margin Round 2 of its Supreme Court bout with the estate of E. Pierce Marshall in a contest over Vickie's rights to a portion of the fortune of her late husband, billionaire J. Howard Marshall II. The dollar figures in dispute, amounting to more than $400 million, and the celebrity status of the original (and now deceased) litigants may grab headlines.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Private Client & Offshore Services, Jones Day, Bankruptcy, Tortious interference, Defamation, Constitutionality, Jury trial, Article III US Constitution, Supreme Court of the United States, Ninth Circuit, United States bankruptcy court
Financial support directions and insolvency – possible leverage for pension scheme trustees?

In a recent high profile case brought by the administrators of 20 insolvent companies in the Lehman and Nortel groups, the High Court ruled that the cost of complying with a financial support direction (“FSD”) issued after the date of the commencement of a company’s administration or liquidation by the Pensions Regulator would rank as an expense of the administration or liquidation.

United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reed Smith LLP, Debt, Liquidation, Unsecured creditor, Leverage (finance), The Pensions Regulator (UK), House of Lords, Pensions Act 2004 (UK), Trustee, Court of Appeal of England & Wales
Restructuring Roundup (UK)
United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs, Mediation, Cryptocurrency, Cladding, Non-fungible tokens, Insolvency, American Bankruptcy Institute, Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (UK), Pensions Act 2004 (UK), Building Safety Act 2022 (UK)