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M&A in the City: Lessons from Basslink - the coalface of credit bids for infrastructure assets

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Australia, Banking, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Foreign direct investment, Foreign Investment Review Board
Spotlight on: Safe Harbour

The perception of Australia as being a relatively “risky” place to sit on a Board has generally focused on the insolvent trading prohibition in section 588G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and how it interacts with general directors’ duties.[1]

Australia, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Trade & Customs, King & Wood Mallesons, Board of directors
Safe Harbour - impact on directors' decision making

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The perception of Australia as a relatively “risky” place to sit on a board, arises in no small part from the insolvent trading prohibition in section 588G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and how it interacts with general directors’ duties.[1]

Australia, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
Indiana Court of Appeals holds that claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act survives bankruptcy and must be arbitrated

On July 26, 2010, the Indiana Court of Appeals, in the published decision of Green Tree Servicing, LLC., v. Brian D. Brough, No. 88A01-0911-CV-550, addressed the issue raised by Appellant Green Tree as to whether the trial court erred by vacating its prior Order directing the parties to arbitrate their dispute, which involved a prior bankruptcy filing and a claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

USA, Indiana, Arbitration & ADR, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Frost Brown Todd LLP, Bankruptcy, Arbitration clause, Waiver, Debt, Mortgage loan, Jury trial, Bankruptcy discharge, Wells Fargo, Fair Credit Reporting Act 1970 (USA), Ninth Circuit, Indiana Court of Appeals