Section 546(e) of the bankruptcy code prohibits a bankruptcy trustee from avoiding “settlement payment[s]”, or payments “made in connection with a securities contract,” that are “made by or to (or for the benefit of)” qualifying financial entities, including financial institutions, stockbrokers, commodities brokers and others.
USA, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Proskauer Rose LLP, Share (finance), Bankruptcy, Debtor, Security (finance), Safe harbor (law), Trustee, Eighth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, Tenth Circuit
The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 received Royal Assent on 25 March 2010. The Act modernises the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 1930 by streamlining the procedure by which a third party claimant can recover compensation from the insurer of a defendant.
United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, RPC, Bankruptcy, Costs in English law, Legal personality, Debt, Liquidation, Unsecured creditor, Insolvency Act 1986 (UK), Court of Appeal of England & Wales