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Southern District of New York Dismisses Securities Law Claims on Grounds of International Comity; No Chapter 15 Proceeding Required

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Canada, USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada), US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Fifth Circuit Analyzes Creditor’s Impairment, Entitlements to Contractual Make-Whole and Post-Petition Interest Under Solvent-Debtor Chapter 11 Plan

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, United States bankruptcy court, Fifth Circuit
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Holds That Bankruptcy Court Retains Jurisdiction Over Fraudulent Transfer Action Even If Defendant-Creditor Withdraws Proof of Claim

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USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, United States bankruptcy court
Fifth Circuit Disallows Make-Whole Payment in Bankruptcy

On Jan. 19, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a bankruptcy court decision awarding Ultra Petroleum Corp. noteholders $201 million in make-whole payments and $186 million in post-petition interest. Under the note agreement, upon a bankruptcy filing, the issuer is obligated for a make-whole amount equal to the discounted value of the remaining scheduled payments (including principal and interest that would be due after prepayment) less the principal amount of the notes.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Fifth Circuit
Schrittweise Kündigungen in Großverfahren

Welche Stolpersteine drohen, wenn einige Arbeitnehmer noch nach der Betriebsstilllegung für Abwicklungsarbeiten benötigt werden, zeigt der Fall Air Berlin.

Als Air Berlin im November 2017 Insolvenz anmeldete, war das Schicksal der rund 6.000 Arbeitnehmer eine der in der Presse am meisten diskutierten Fragen. Bereits ein halbes Jahr später hatten etwa 3.000 von ihnen einen neuen Arbeitsplatz gefunden, die meisten bei anderen Fluggesellschaften. Hunderte andere wurden zunächst in Transfergesellschaften betreut.

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Germany, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Legal Tech, CMS Germany
Fifth Circuit Holds That Creditor Lacks Constitutional Standing to Appeal

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Shipping & Transport, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, ING Group, Fifth Circuit
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Finds that Section 546(e) Does Not Protect Fraudulent Transfers Following Supreme Court’s Ruling in Merit Management

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In one of the first applications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the scope of section 546(e) in Merit Management, Delaware Bankruptcy Court Judge Carey found that section 546(e)’s safe harbor did not apply to fraudulent transfers between two parties that were not financial institutions, even if the transaction passed through financial intermediaries.

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, United States bankruptcy court
Insurance Rehabilitation Proceeding in Curaçao Recognized by New York Bankruptcy Court

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In In re ENNIA Caribe Holding N.V., 18-12908 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Dec. 20, 2018), a bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York recognized a foreign insurance company’s rehabilitation proceeding in Curaçao as a “foreign main proceeding,” pursuant to Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, over objections from the insurance company’s nondebtor parent company. In doing so, the court examined, among other things, what is required for a “collective proceeding” in a foreign insolvency.

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USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Private Client & Offshore Services, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Third Circuit Upholds Right of Tenant to Continued Possession of Rejected Lease Premises and Reduced Rent Payable to Purchaser After Sale of Premises

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Third Circuit
Ist die Privilegierung der Erwerberhaftung bei einem Betriebsübergang aus der Insolvenz bedroht?

BAG befragt EuGH zur Haftungseinschränkung des Erwerbers im Bereich der betrieblichen Altersversorgung bei einem Betriebsübergang aus der Insolvenz.

Germany, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, CMS Germany, Court of Justice of the European Union