In In reLehman Brothers Inc., two creditors recently made an unsuccessful attempt to infuse Section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with ambiguity and avoid the subordination of their claims. In re Lehman Brothers, Inc., 2014 WL 288571 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.
The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recently held that a state’s post-confirmation investigation of a debtor’s post-confirmation conduct does not violate a plan confirmation order that enjoins actions against the debtor. In re Velo Holdings, Inc. et al., 500 B.R. 693 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2013).
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recently held that an ad hoc committee of bondholders, holding $162.5 in senior secured bonds, lacked standing to participate in the issuer-debtor’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. In re American Roads LLC, 2013 WL 4601006 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.
In In re East End Development, LLC, 2013 WL 1820182 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. Apr.
On Friday, the Office of Thrift Supervision closed Woodlands Bank, headquartered in Bluffton, South Carolina, and appointed the FDIC asreceiver for the bank.
On Friday, the Office of Thrift Supervision closed Olde Cypress Community Bank, headquartered in Clewiston, Florida, and appointed the FDIC as receiver for the bank.
On Friday, the Office of Thrift Supervision closed Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, headquartered in Hastings Michigan, and appointed the FDIC [http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/mainstsvgs.html] as receiver for the bank.
On Friday, the Florida Office of Financial regulation closed Metro Bank of Dade County, headquartered in Miami, Florida, and Turnberry Bank, headquartered in Aventura, Florida, and the OCC closed
After holding a hearing on the topic this past July, the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) released a report earlier this week entitled, “The Use of TARP Funds in Support and Reorganization of the Domestic Automotive Industry,” examining how TARP funds have been used to support and reorganize both
Late last night, after presiding over a three-day hearing on the matter last week, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order authorizing the sale of substantially all of the assets of General Motors Corporation (“Old GM”) under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (“Section 363 Sale”).