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The 5th edition of the Bankruptcy Deadline Checklist, authored by Norman Pernick and edited by David Dean and Jonathan Grasso, has just been released by the American Bar Association

The Bankruptcy Deadline Checklist is a quick reference guide for those who handle bankruptcy cases including judges, lawyers, paralegals, credit managers, collection agents, professors, law students, and others.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Cole Schotz PC, Bankruptcy, American Bar Association
New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing - Sports Authority (TSA Stores, Inc.)

On March 2, 2016, Sports Authority Holdings, Inc. and six of its affiliates filed chapter 11 petitions before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (lead case 16-10527).  The cases have been assigned to the Honorable Mary F.

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Cole Schotz PC, United States bankruptcy court
Bad facts, good law? Important new circuit-level guidance on Chapter 15 recognition and enforcement of foreign reorganization orders

Introduction

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Latham & Watkins LLP, Debt, Title 11 of the US Code, Fifth Circuit
Supreme Court limits reach of non-Article III courts’ jurisdiction

On June 23, 2011, the US Supreme Court issued a narrowly-divided decision in Stern v. Marshall, limiting Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction over certain types of claims. The Court found that while the Bankruptcy Court was statutorily authorized to enter final judgment on a tortious interference counterclaim (as a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(C)), it was not constitutionally authorized to do so.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Latham & Watkins LLP, Bankruptcy, Fraud, Tortious interference, Standard of review, Constitutionality, US Constitution, Article III US Constitution, Supreme Court of the United States, Ninth Circuit, United States bankruptcy court
Beware of creditors bearing gifts: the Second Circuit’s recent decision in In re: DBSD North America, Inc. casts significant doubt on “gift” plans

On February 7, 2011 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its eagerly awaited opinion in the consolidated appealIn re: DBSD North America, Inc., Docket Nos. 10-1175, 10-1201, 10-1352, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 27007.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Latham & Watkins LLP, Share (finance), Bankruptcy, Debtor, Unsecured debt, Dividends, Federal Reporter, Liquidation, Secured creditor, Second Circuit, United States bankruptcy court, First Circuit