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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
Forget about buying your way out of “cramdown” in the Ninth Circuit

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USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Ninth Circuit, United States bankruptcy court, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Court quashes the myth of partial plan confirmation revocation

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USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Fraud, United States bankruptcy court
Stern may have taken a smaller bite out of core jurisdiction than previously thought

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, US Constitution, Second Circuit, United States bankruptcy court
Courts look closer at bankruptcy remote financing deals and find they may be lacking

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USA, Illinois, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Securitization & Structured Finance, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Accounts receivable, United States bankruptcy court, Seventh Circuit, US District Court for Northern District of Illinois