The High Court has recently considered the interpretation of Section 6(a) of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement: Grant & Ors v WDW 3 Investments Ltd & Anor [2017] EWHC 2807 (Ch).
United Kingdom, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Liquidation, Unsecured creditor, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, High Court of Justice (England & Wales)
On November 9, responding to a request from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Solicitor General filed a brief at the Court recommending that the petition for writ of certiorari in Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling, No. 16-11911, be granted. The petition, seeking review of a unanimous panel decision of the Eleventh Circuit, presents the question of “whether (and, if so, when) a statement concerning a specific asset can be a ‘statement respecting the debtor's . . .
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Supreme Court of the United States, Eleventh Circuit