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Introduction
Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Surety, Debtor, Fraud, Liability (financial accounting)
Japan, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Debtor, Clearing house (finance), Debt
On March 1 2011 Tokyo District Court issued a decision which admitted the right of avoidance exercised by the court-appointed administrator of a corporate debtor in possession under civil rehabilitation proceedings, where the debtor company had settled a mortgage for a financing company as the real guarantor of its parent company.
In a decision likely to affect thousands of Madoff investors, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 16, 2011 unanimously upheld the method used by the liquidating trustee for Bernard L.
USA, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Security (finance), Fraud, Standard of review, Liquidation, Broker-dealer, Investment funds, Market value, Pro rata, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Trustee, Second Circuit, United States bankruptcy court