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There’s no equity in law

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Amicus curiae, Title 11 of the US Code, Supreme Court of the United States, United States bankruptcy court
The ABCs of Chapter 15 -- Third Circuit upholds broad scope of recognition in cross-border cases

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Collateral (finance), Limited liability company, Liquidation, Liquidator (law), Unsecured creditor, Third Circuit
That makes two for the FDIC: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issues another precedential decision interpreting tax sharing agreements in bankruptcy, awards ownership of tax refund to FDIC

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), Eleventh Circuit
Second Circuit in AMR Corp. – “no make-whole” based on plain meaning of indentures and discusses consequences of section 1110 payments

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bond (finance), Default (finance), Title 11 of the US Code, Second Circuit
Third Circuit confirms narrow construction of the doctrine of equitable mootness – burden on appellant and use of the doctrine should be “rare”

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Class action, Legal burden of proof, Third Circuit
It’s called "adequate" – not "automatic" – protection

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Debtor, Collateral (finance), Legal burden of proof, Tax lien, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Tax sharing agreements in bankruptcy – a tale of two jurisdictions

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Holding company, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), Eleventh Circuit
Stay here – Second Circuit in Residential Capital holds automatic stay can be applied to non-debtors where action has an immediate adverse economic consequence for estate

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Debtor, Mortgage-backed security, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Second Circuit, Fourth Circuit
Bad faith filing no obstacle for hotel reorganization

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USA, Texas, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Injunction, Foreclosure, Bad faith, United States bankruptcy court, Fifth Circuit
Viewpoint: Who owns a distressed bank’s tax refunds?

Over the next few years, a significant number of distressed bank-holding companies will face the end of interestdeferral periods and the prospect of payment defaults on certain debt instruments and trust-preferred securities. The looming obligations to repay deferred interest may escalate the need for financial restructuring at these holding companies and may create attractive opportunities for investors to recapitalize or acquire their subsidiary banks, including in a bankruptcy scenario.

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Bankruptcy, Security (finance), Holding company, Tax return (USA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), United States bankruptcy court, Fifth Circuit