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 Executive Commission of the Bank of Spain appointed the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (FROB) as interim administrator of Roman Catholic Church-controlled savings bank Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Córdoba (CajaSur).
Yesterday, Senate Republicans circulated a brief summary of the Financial Regulatory Improvement and Taxpayer Protection Act, a Republican substitute to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S.3217) previously
Today, Dubai World announced that it has presented a restructuring proposal to the Coordinating Committee representing its creditors on the restructuring of $23.5 billion of total financial liabilities of Dubai World as of December 31, 2009.
On Friday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed American National Bank, headquartered in Parma, Ohio, and the FDIC was named receiver.
Today, the FDIC announced that Colony Capital Acquisitions, LLC paid a total of approximately $90.5 million (net of working capital) in cash for a 40% equity stake in a limited liability company (LLC) created by the FDIC to hold a portfolio of approximately 1,200 distressed commercial real estate loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $1.02 billion arising out of 22 failed bank receiverships.
This past Monday, in the wake of last month's termination of TCW Group, Inc.