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Operator’s Liens and the PPSA Priority Regime

Joint venture partners commonly enter into operating agreements which grant operators a security interest, referred to as an operator’s lien. Operator’s liens are, for the most part, consensual and contractual security interests subject to the provisions of the Personal Property Security Act, RSA 2000, c P-7 (the “PPSA”) and the priority regime set out therein.

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Proposed Amendments to Insolvency Legislation Granting Super-priority to Pension Plan Deficits and Employee Benefits

This fall, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois (“Bloc”) have both introduced private member’s bills seeking to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act(“BIA”) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”).

Canada, Quebec, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Bankruptcy, Unemployment benefits, Canada Pension Plan Act 1985, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)
Crown priority under section 222(3) of the Excise Tax Act

We have recently profiled conflicting cases (available here and here) dealing with a priority contest between supe

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Excise, Secured creditor, Canada Revenue Agency, Income-Tax Act 1961 (India), Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
Bankruptcy Court Holds That “Economic Waste” Doctrine, as Adopted in Wisconsin, Prevented Owner From Recovering Costs to Repair Defectively Designed Digester and Awards No Damages, Even Though the Digester Was Not Designed to the Applicable Code

WTE-S&S AG Enters., LLC v. GHD, Inc., 2017 Bankr. LEXIS 2343 (Bankr. N. D. Ill. August 18, 2017)

USA, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Product Regulation & Liability, Troutman Pepper, United States bankruptcy court
11th Circuit Applies Totality-of-the-Circumstance Analysis to Judicial Estoppel

On September 18, in an en banc review, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overruled, in part, seminal casesBarger v. City of Cartersville, 348 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 2003) and Burnes v. Pemco Aeroplex, Inc., 291 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2002), adopting a totality-of-the-circumstances analysis when facing questions of judicial estoppel.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Troutman Pepper, Bankruptcy, United States bankruptcy court, Eleventh Circuit
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Reiterates Court’s Discretion to Grant an Interim Financing Charge “Super-Priority” Status in the Face of a Deemed Trust Under the Income Tax Act

This blog’s most recent post considered the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia’s June 2017 decision of Rosedale Farms Limited, Hassett Holdings Inc., Resurgam Resources (Re) (“Rosedale”) where the Cou

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Secured creditor, Canada Revenue Agency, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)
Profit Sharing Ruled an Unenforceable Anti-Assignment Restriction

Reprinted with permission from the September 14, 2017 issue of The Legal Intelligencer. © 2017 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Troutman Pepper, United States bankruptcy court
Deemed Trust for Unremitted Withholdings Trumps Interim Financing Charge in Recent Nova Scotia Supreme Court Decision

In the recent decision of Rosedale Farms Limited, Hassett Holdings Inc., Resurgam Resources (Re) (“Rosedale”), the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia held that a deemed trust for unremitted withholdings under sections 227(4)

Canada, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Canada Revenue Agency, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)
Alberta Court clarifies ranking of linear property tax claims

A recent unreported decision in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has clarified the ranking of certain municipal tax claims against a bankrupt in Alberta. In Bank of Nova Scotia et al v. Virginia Hills Oil Corp.

Canada, Alberta, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Bankruptcy, Property tax, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)
Cannabis Industry FAQ

Can marijuana businesses receive federal copyright protection?

Yes. The requirements for registration with the U.S. Copyright Office are that the work is original, creative and fixed in some form of expression. These requirements do not prevent a marijuana business from registering its works, such as pamphlets, instructional videos or even artwork.

Can marijuana businesses receive any patent protection?

USA, Banking, Company & Commercial, Copyrights, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Patents, Real Estate, Tax, Trademarks, White Collar Crime, Troutman Pepper, Cannabis, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (USA), US Copyright Office