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Court of Appeal summaries (December 6- 11)

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Canada, Employment & Labor, Family, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Legal Practice, Litigation, Non-profit Organizations, Private Client & Offshore Services, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP
New decision clarifies rules regarding derivative standing for creditors in Delaware Court of Chancery

On May 4, 2015, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an important decision regarding creditor standing to  maintain a derivative action on behalf of an insolvent corporation. In Quadrant Structured Products Company v. Vertin et al., C.A. No.

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Shareholder, Fiduciary, Credit default swap, Derivative suit, Delaware Court of Chancery
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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Amicus curiae, Title 11 of the US Code, Supreme Court of the United States, United States bankruptcy court
Supreme Court offers some financiers protection, creates new risks for others, in its decision on Sun Indalex, LLC v. United Steelworkers

The Supreme Court of Canada, in a decision that has implications for borrowers and lenders alike, particularly where pension funds are involved, has raised some new hurdles for the country’s banks and their business customers and, at the same time, has bolstered protection for lenders of last resort who finance insolvent companies.

The court’s decision in Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v. United Steelworkers, issued earlier this year, addresses critical questions in insolvency law regarding pension funds and DIP financing. 

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Debtor, Liquidation, Debtor in possession, United Steelworkers, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)