1. Employment in a Member State of workers resident therein by companies declared insolvent that, notwithstanding formal registration in a third country, have their real seat in said Member State
1. Plan de liquidación concursal con exoneración del pasivo laboral y de la Seguridad Social sin oposición de afectados
1. El Estatuto de los Trabajadores (LET) prevé en su artículo 50 la posibilidad de que el trabajador reclame la extinción de su contrato, entre otros motivos, por falta de pago o retrasos continuados por parte del empleador en el abono de los salarios pactados (art. 50.1b LET).
1. Excepción al principio rogatorio: la obligación de solicitar concurso de acreedores ante el incumplimiento empresarial generalizado de las obligaciones salariales y de Seguridad Social
- LÍMITE DE LOS CRÉDITOS POR SALARIO E INDEMNIZACIÓN EN EL PROCESO CONCURSAL
- Tanto el salario como las indemnizaciones por despido gozan de una serie de garantías en el art. 32 del Estatuto de los Trabajadores (LET).
A) Impugnación individual y plural del despido no impugnado colectivamente
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago has issued a decision with significant implications for licensees of trademarks whose licensors become debtors in bankruptcy. In Sunbeam Products, Inc. v. Chicago American Manufacturing, LLC, the Court considered whether rejection of a trademark license in bankruptcy deprives the licensee of the right to use the licensed mark.1 Disagreeing with the holding of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Lubrizol Enterprises, Inc. v.
The Trustee overseeing the liquidation under the Securities Investor Protection Act (“SIPA”) of Lehman Brothers Inc. (“Lehman”) in the U.S. and the Joint Administrator of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“LB Europe”) in the U.K. have reached an agreement in principle to resolve $38 billion in asserted claims among Lehman, LB Europe and subsidiaries and affiliates. The agreement is subject to definitive documentation and approval by the Bankruptcy Court in New York and the English High Court. The parties set December 15, 2012 as the deadline to reach a final agreement.
In the Summer 2009 issue of the Legal Canvas, we wrote about the wisdom of filing a UCC financing statement when art work is consigned to a gallery. Specifically, we said that the filing of a financing statement that reflects the consignor’s interest in the work provides protection against the gallery’s creditors. Financing statements take no time to prepare and cost less than $50 to file.
It could be money well spent.
U.S. bankruptcy law permits debtors-in-possession and trustees to sell assets free and clear of claims, liens and other interests. But a federal judge in New York ruled recently that a purchaser does not necessarily buy free and clear when a product manufactured pre-bankruptcy causes injury after a sale closes. Morgan Olson L.L.C. v. Frederico (In re Grumman Olson Indus., Inc.), No. 11 Civ. 2291, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44314 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2012) (JPO). In this situation, the purchaser can remain liable for injuries caused by the asset purchased from the debtor.