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On Creditors’ Committees: Don’t Forget to Change Your Hat when Sitting as a Committee Member

Michael Traison Chicago/NYC – 312.860.4230

Michael Kwiatkowski Garden City – 516.296.9144

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Cullen and Dykman LLP, US Department of Justice
Don’t Miss the Bar Date! The Importance of Timely Filing Bankruptcy Proofs of Claim

When a debtor files bankruptcy, bankruptcy attorneys and creditors are well aware of the importance of assessing the need for creditors to file proofs of claim and making sure that proofs of claim are timely filed.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Cullen and Dykman LLP
Second Circuit Holds that District Court Orders Determining Restitution Credits are Final, Appealable Orders

In United States v. Yalincak, No. 11-5446 (2nd Cir. Apr. 10, 2017) (Calabresi, Raggi, Lynch), the Second Circuit addressed a complicated issue of appellate procedure in the course of a decision on the law of restitution. Specifically, the Court weighed in on when a district court’s order crediting a defendant funds against his restitution obligations becomes a final, appealable order that cannot be revisited by the district court.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Second Circuit