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Will the Scope of US Trustee’s Policy on Cannabis-Related Bankruptcy Filings be Limited?

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revived a chapter 13 debtor’s bankruptcy case holding that the bankruptcy court below made no specific finding that the debtor violated the Controlled Substance Act (“CSA”) to support dismissal of the case.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Duane Morris LLP, US Department of Justice, United States bankruptcy court
First (post-) impressions: insider distribution violates absolute priority rule, and competition is essential element of new value corollary

Until 2013, no circuit court of appeals had weighed in on the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s pronouncement in the 203 North LaSalle case that property retained by a junior stakeholder under a cram-down chapter 11 plan in exchange for new value “without benefit of market valuation” violates the “absolute priority rule.” See Bank of Amer. Nat’l Trust & Savings Ass’n v. 203 North LaSalle Street P’ship, 526 U.S. 434 (1999), reversing Matter of 203 North LaSalle Street P’ship, 126 F.3d 955 (7th Cir. 1997).

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Shareholder, Debtor, United States bankruptcy court, Seventh Circuit
School specialty, Inc., files bankruptcy in Delaware seeking to sell substantially all of its assets

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor
Furniture retailer, Carl's Patio, files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Retail
Penson Worldwide files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Liquidation, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for District of Delaware
Preference complaints filed in RG Steel bankruptcy

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Bankruptcy trustee in ultimate electronics files more preference actions

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Overseas Shipholding Group files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Shipping & Transport, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Liquefied natural gas, United States bankruptcy court
First Place Bank Holding Co. files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Holding company, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (USA), United States bankruptcy court
Raser Technologies trustee files preference complaints

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