On February 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report on the Orderly Liquidation Authority (OLA) and Bankruptcy Reform.
On February 21, the Department of Education published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking feedback on whether there is a need to clarify the threshold for “undue hardship” when evaluating bankruptcy cases in which borrowers seek to discharge student loans. According to the RFI, current U.S.
On February 16, FDIC Chairman, Martin J. Gruenberg, spoke at an event hosted by The Wharton School in Philadelphia about the challenges associated with managing the orderly failure of a systemically important financial institution.
On February 12, following a four-day trial, the U.S.
On January 19, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) does not cover non-judicial foreclosures in Colorado.
Kai Zeng and Kon M Asimacopoulos, Kirkland & Ellis
This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Ad Hoc. The whole publication is available here.
The purpose and role of ad hoc committees from a debtor’s perspective: the initial phase
Yushan Ng and Helen Ward, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Ad Hoc. The whole publication is available here.
Chris Howard, Sullivan & Cromwell
This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Ad Hoc. The whole publication is available here.
The relationship of an ad hoc committee with its stakeholder constituency
No power to bind: the importance of the underlying finance documents in relation to decision making
Nick Angel, Peter Newman and Edward Rasp, Milbank LLP
This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Ad Hoc. The whole publication is available here.
Role and powers
Yen Sum and Lucy Cox, Sidley Austin
This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Ad Hoc. The whole publication is available here.
How many committees?
In a capital structure involving multiple external debt tranches, one of the first questions that arises is the number of committees that will be required.