The struggles of failing marijuana businesses to wind down and pay creditors in an orderly fashion serve no one. Among the problems marijuana businesses face such as lack of access to banking and onerous taxation stemming from IRC 280E is the lack of access to bankruptcy proceedings.
Tribunal Supremo
Jurisprudencia de la Sala de lo Contencioso del Tribunal Supremo: El adquirente de la unidad productiva se subroga en las deudas de la Seguridad Social anteriores al concurso respecto de la totalidad de los trabajadores de la concursada.
Sentencia 577/2022 del Tribunal Supremo, Sala de lo Contencioso, de 17 de mayo de 2022. Ponente: José Manuel Bandrés Sánchez-Cruzat.
Asbestos litigation continues to rage on in the tort system with no likelihood of receding in the immediate future. In addition to the inherent costs associated with having to defend and settle asbestos claims, managing asbestos litigation can be a significant distraction for corporate officers and directors from running their businesses. The overhang of asbestos litigation can also severely dampen the value of an otherwise successful and profitable company.
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Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 12, 2022.
In Optiva Inc. v. Tbaytel, the Court dismissed the appeal from an arbitrator’s decision granting summary judgment. The arbitrator had the authority to proceed by summary judgment motion, as the arbitration agreement gave the arbitrator broad powers to determine the procedure to be employed.
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Nos alegra compartir este compendio que ha preparado nuestro equipo de Concursal con la evolución de la reforma delTexto Refundido de la Ley Concursaldesde el texto de la Directiva hasta la redacción aprobada, incluyendo los principales informes
Affected by the continuing COVID-19 epidemic and the transformation of the economic development structure, the overall slow-down of economic growth in China has increased the possibility of late payment or bad debts by the business counterparty. Especially, if the business and financial condition of a business counterparty continues to deteriorate to a level close to bankruptcy, it is necessary and critical to consider not only how to collect and protect the creditor's rights as much as possible, but also the best approach to adopt when considering the potential bankruptcy proceedings.
On 30 August 2022, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal overturned the Court of First Instance's decision in the case of Guy Kwok-Hung Lam v Tor Asia Credit Master Fund LP and held that a creditor's bankruptcy petition presented in Hong Kong should not be allowed to proceed where the petitioned debt was disputed and arose from an agreement with an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of a foreign court.
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Lowenstein Sandler’s previous article on crypto bankruptcies discussed some bankruptcy basics and the role of a creditors’ committee in protecting the rights of customers. This article will delve deeper into the administration of a crypto bankruptcy case by discussing the negotiation of a crypto bankruptcy plan of reorganization.
El 6 de septiembre se ha publicado en el Boletn Oficial del Estado la Ley 16/2022, de 5 de septiembre, de reforma del Texto Refundido de la Ley Concursal, que trae consigo importantes y profundas modificaciones en la norma vigente.
La modificacin entrar en vigor el 26 de septiembre de 2022, a los veinte das desde su publicacin, y afectar tanto a los procedimientos que se inicien tras la entrada en vigor de la norma como a algunas partes de aquellos que se hubieran abierto con anterioridad.