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First Circuit Holds that Fifth Amendment Takings Claims Must be Paid in Full

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently ruled in the Puerto Rico bankruptcy case that Fifth Amendment takings claims cannot be discharged or impaired by a bankruptcy plan. As a matter of first impression in that circuit, the Court disagreed with the Ninth Circuit and held that former property owners affected by prepetition takings must be paid in full.

In re Fin. Oversight & Mgmt. Bd., 41 F.4th 29 (1st Cir. 2022)

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Dechert LLP, US Congress, Supreme Court of the United States, Ninth Circuit
There is a first time for everything - US bankruptcy plan for Australian debtor

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In a first for the US and Australian markets, the Buccaneer Energy group of companies successfully had bankruptcy plans approved by the US Bankruptcy Court for both US and Australian incorporated debtor companies. 

Australia, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Baker McKenzie, Bankruptcy, Debtor
ABI publishes its review of US Chapter 11 bankruptcy

"Once in a generation" review

Shortly before the Christmas break, the much anticipated review of the United States "Chapter 11 bankruptcy" regime was published by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). This is one of very few such major "root and branch" reviews of Chapter 11 since its enactment in 1978, and the first since the 1990s.

Australia, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Baker McKenzie, Bankruptcy