Introduction & Key Takeaways
The year 2024 ended with some major legal fireworks, as two important courts issued contrasting New Year’s Eve decisions on the validity of “uptier” liability management transactions that have played a large role in corporate debt restructurings for the past several years.
USA, Banking, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
At first glance, Stanziale v. MILK072011, looks like someone suing over a bad expiration date and conjures up images of Ron Burgundy proclaiming “milk was a bad choice.” But in actuality Stanziale is much more interesting: it answers whether one can breach their fiduciary duty by exposing an employer to a claim under the aptly-named WARN Act, which requires employers to tip off their workers to a possible job loss.
USA, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Mintz, Breach of contract, Fiduciary, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 1988 (USA)