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Losing Your Marbles: A Sensible Interpretation of Section 316 of the Trust Indenture Act

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its ruling in Marblegate Asset Management, LLC v. Education Management Corp. that provided much needed clarity to creditors and issuers involved in out-of-court restructurings affecting noteholders. The issue for the court was whether Education Management Corp. (“EDMC”) violated the Trust Indenture Act (the “TIA”) when it implemented a restructuring that impaired the rights of one of its unsecured noteholders, Marblegate Asset Management, LLC (the “Noteholder”).

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, Unsecured debt, Asset management, Secured loan, Second Circuit
Who should hold the bag for employment liabilities when the portfolio company goes “belly-up”? The private equity firm, maybe.

In the world of private equity, vast sums of money are raised by private investors who pool their money into collective funds in order to acquire companies, i.e., a “portfolio company”, with the goal of eventually flipping the portfolio company at a significant profit. Sometimes, however, that bet goes wrong, and the portfolio company is sold at a loss or, worse, liquidated in bankruptcy.

USA, Corporate Finance/M&A, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Mintz, Private equity, Angel investor, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 1988 (USA)
School specialty, Inc., files bankruptcy in Delaware seeking to sell substantially all of its assets

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor
Furniture retailer, Carl's Patio, files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Retail
Penson Worldwide files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Liquidation, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for District of Delaware
Preference complaints filed in RG Steel bankruptcy

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, United States bankruptcy court
Bankruptcy trustee in ultimate electronics files more preference actions

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Title 11 of the US Code
Overseas Shipholding Group files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Shipping & Transport, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Liquefied natural gas, United States bankruptcy court
First Place Bank Holding Co. files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Holding company, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (USA), United States bankruptcy court
Raser Technologies trustee files preference complaints

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy