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Deepening the Divide on Whether Avoidance Provisions Apply to Foreign Transfers

The Bottom Line

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Fourth Circuit, US District Court for the Southern District of New York
11th Circuit Decision Highlights D&O Policy Selection Dilemma for Financially Distressed Companies

"The Parent Bank entered into this insurance contract with its eyes wide open and its wallet on its mind."

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court Narrowly Holds that Filing of TimeBarred Proof of Claim Does Not Violate FDCPA, But Leaves Door Open to Application of the Act in Other Circumstances

The Supreme Court of the United States inMidland v. Johnson reversed the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and held that a debt collector that files a proof of claim for debt that is barred by the applicable statute of limitations does not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) if the face of the proof of claim makes clear that the statute of limitations has run. The Supreme Court refused to accept the debtor's argument that Midland's proof of claim was "false, deceptive, or misleading" under the FDCPA.

USA, Banking, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Debt collection, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 1977 (USA), Supreme Court of the United States
IRS Can Pursue “Responsible Persons” for Unpaid Trust Fund Taxes and Automatic Stay Cannot Be Used to Enjoin Collection Against Non-Debtor Officers and Directors

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Puerto Rico, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Private Client & Offshore Services, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Internal Revenue Service (USA), Eighth Circuit, Third Circuit, First Circuit
Jurisdiction Retention Clause in Sale Order Can’t Provide Bankruptcy Court Subject Matter Jurisdiction for Contract Disputes between Non-Debtors

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, First Circuit
Ninth Circuit Applies Replacement Value in Cramdown Even If Lower Than Liquidation Value

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, US HUD, Ninth Circuit
Funds Talk: June 2017

Funds Talk: June 2017

 

Topics covered in this issue include:

USA, New York, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Securitization & Structured Finance, Tax, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Computer security, FINRA, Seventh Circuit
Lyondell Chemical Company: Litigation Trust’s Fraudulent Conveyance Claims Fail

Just one year after Lyondell Chemical Company (Lyondell) and Basell AF (Basell) consummated a nearly $20 billion merger of their businesses, the merged business of LyondellBasell Industries (LBI) “failed in a colossal manner.”1 As part of the bankruptcy process that followed, a court-appointed litigation trust (the Trust) filed suit for the benefit of unsecured creditors against numerous parties involved in the merger, bringing actual a

USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Supreme Court to Hear Circuit Split Over Bankruptcy Safe Harbor Provision

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Merit Management Group L.P. v. FTI Consulting Inc. to resolve a circuit split over the interpretation of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the “safe harbor” provision that shields specified types of payments “made by or to (or for the benefit of)” a financial institution from avoidance on fraudulent transfer grounds.

USA, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Title 11 of the US Code, Eighth Circuit, Supreme Court of the United States, Eleventh Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, Tenth Circuit
Use of Accounting Term of Art in Arbitration Provision of Asset Purchase Agreement Narrows its Scope in Favor of Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction Over Post-Closing Dispute

The Bottom Line

The Delaware District Court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s decision that the combination of a narrow arbitration provision and the bankruptcy court’s reservation of jurisdiction warranted denial of a motion to compel arbitration. The specific language of the arbitration provision, combined with the use of an accounting term of art, narrowed the scope of the arbitration provision sufficiently to rebut the presumption of arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act.

What Happened?

USA, Delaware, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Federal Arbitration Act 1926 (USA)