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Krankenhäuser stehen im Zentrum der Gesundheitsversorgung und erfüllen täglich lebenswichtige Aufgaben für die Gesellschaft. Doch nicht selten geraten sie in finanzielle Schieflagen, die in Extremfällen bis zur Insolvenz führen können. In solchen Krisenzeiten rücken neben den medizinischen und betrieblichen Herausforderungen auch rechtliche Aspekte, insbesondere auch das Vergaberecht, in den Fokus.

Vergaberechtliche Pflichten

In its most recent precedential bankruptcy decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a claim for breach of contract – even “contingent” or “unliquidated” – is still a claim which can be discharged in a chapter 11 plan. In re Mallinckrodt PLC, No. 23-1111 (3d Cir. Apr. 25, 2024)

Since the first Johnson & Johnson talc bankruptcy was filed in 2021, Judge Michael Kaplan has faced countless disagreements in the US Bankruptcy Court. These range from discovery fights, disputes over administration of tens of thousands of individual claims and all-out conflict over the total amount in controversy.

When an employer is insolvent and administrators appointed, job losses are often an inevitable consequence. In this blog we look at the legal obligations arising where redundancies meet the threshold for collective consultation, and the implications for administrators arising out of the recent Supreme Court in the case of R (on the application of Palmer) v Northern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and another.

When does the legal obligation to collectively consult apply?

As discussed in our post last month, it was a long road for Arrowood Indemnity to be placed into liquidation in Delaware.

The Kemper/Lumbermens saga

To refresh everyone’s recollection, this is a report from Business Insurance from March 14, 2010: