Liquidators have more certainty about their ability to disclaim the environmental liabilities and responsibilities of a company in liquidation.
Australia, Queensland, Company & Commercial, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Clayton Utz, Environmental protection, Liquidation, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia), Queensland Supreme Court
The liquidators were not bound to cause Linc to comply with the EPO from the date of the disclaimer.
Australia, Queensland, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Clayton Utz
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