Introduction
Judge Walsh released an amended Opinion in the NEC Holdings Corp. case on May 18, 2011. His previous opinion had an incomplete citation of 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2). It shows just how serious our judges are about the Bankruptcy Code.
In an effort to keep followers of this blog fully apprised of every opinion released by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, I have linked to Judge Walsh’s newly corrected opinion here.
On April 29, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Private Letter Ruling (“PLR”) 201117036 denying recognition of tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) to a nonprofit credit counseling agency (“CCA”) because its primary activity would have been the provision of pre-bankruptcy certification and post-bankruptcy counseling for fees.
Introduction
A bankruptcy court in Delaware has ruled that a debtor’s CERCLA claims are “non-core” claims that fall outside the administration of the estate in bankruptcy. NEC Holdings Corp. v. Linde LLC, No. 10-11890 (Bankr. D. Del.
- Learn About Your Client and the Debtor.
Before you accept a collection case, make sure you know your client’s business and the debtor’s business.
The intersection where IP law meets bankruptcy law poses special challenges to licensees and licensors. Imagine the patent licensor whose debtor licensee intends to assign the licensed patent rights to the licensor's chief competitor. Or consider the trademark licensee whose debtor licensor wants to end the license and sell the trademark to a rival. The resolution of these IP issues may prove vitally important to the parties involved.
Executory Contracts in Bankruptcy
Summary
In an 11 page opinion published May 18, 2011, Judge Shannon ruled that, in the context of a motion to dismiss, the officer of a corporation, which is itself a contractor, is not also a contractor by virtue of her position within the corporation. Judge Shannon’s opinion is available here (the “Opinion”).
Background
Summary
In an opinion published May 20, 2011, Judge Walsh held that a settlement agreement which is rejected in a bankruptcy proceeding is “Core” and will be decided by the Bankruptcy Court, even when it contains a jurisdictional clause that requires the agreement to be interpreted according to the laws of New York. Judge Walsh’s opinion is available here (the “Opinion”).
Background
The enduring impact of the Great Recession on businesses, individuals, municipalities, and even sovereign nations has figured prominently in world headlines during the last three years. Comparatively absent from the lede, however, has been the plight of charitable and other nonprofit entities that depend in large part on the largesse of donors who themselves have been less able or less willing to provide eleemosynary institutions with badly needed sources of capital in the current economic climate.