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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
Fifth Circuit: Make-Whole Premiums Should Be Disallowed as Unmatured Interest

Fifth Circuit finds that make-whole premiums should be considered unmatured interest subject to disallowance under Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code to the extent designed to compensate for future interest payments.

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Latham & Watkins LLP, United States bankruptcy court
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
WARN Act decision: how private equity might avoid “single employer” status

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Holds that Private Equity Firm And Its Portfolio Company Are Not Liable Under Federal WARN Act

USA, Delaware, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Latham & Watkins LLP, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 1988 (USA), United States bankruptcy court