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When Blockchain Immutability Meets Bankruptcy

This article was first published in Digital Asset.

“Immutable” is a term that is frequently used when people talk about blockchain and the benefit of using this technology for record-keeping.

Global, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, King & Wood Mallesons, Blockchain
Termination upon insolvency: Financial markets and Australia’s proposed insolvency law reforms

On 29 April 2016, the Australian Government Treasury released a proposal paper that, among other things, proposed reforms to introduce an ipso facto moratorium (Proposal). This reform was foreshadowed in as part of the Australian Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda.

Australia, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons
FDIC proposes orderly liquidation rules

Earlier today, the FDIC announced that the FDIC Board of Directors voted on Friday, October 8, 2010 to approve the issuance of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) regarding the treatment of certain creditor claims under the FDIC’s new orderly liquidation authority established under Title II of the

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Alston & Bird LLP, Bond market, Letter of credit, Unsecured debt, Collateral (finance), Board of directors, Market liquidity, Liquidation, Holding company, Subsidiary, Subordinated debt, US Federal Government, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 (USA)