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Stay here – Second Circuit in Residential Capital holds automatic stay can be applied to non-debtors where action has an immediate adverse economic consequence for estate

2013-08-21

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Debtor, Mortgage-backed security, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Second Circuit, Fourth Circuit

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Benjamin C. Wolf

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Cruel intentions: SDNY bankruptcy court holds mutual intent not required to plead state law actual fraud

2011-08-15

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USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Debtor, Fraud, Hedge funds, Limited liability partnership, Involuntary dismissal, Common law, Prima facie, Second Circuit, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for SDNY

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Trademark licensees do not need the protection of Section 365(n) to continue to use property post-rejection

2012-10-23

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trademarks, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Seventh Circuit

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Flamingo court holds joint venturer can't feather claims nest

2011-08-10

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Surety, Debtor, Limited liability company, Foreclosure, Joint and several liability, US Code, Ninth Circuit, United States bankruptcy court, Trustee

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Forget about buying your way out of “cramdown” in the Ninth Circuit

2012-10-23

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USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Ninth Circuit, United States bankruptcy court, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Post-confirmation litigation – the devil is in the disclosure statement

2011-08-03

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Shareholder, Debtor, Dividends, Interest, Federal Reporter, Limited liability company, Discovery, Standing (law), Liquidation, Common law, United States bankruptcy court, Fifth Circuit

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Channel surfing – a look at recent circuit decisions on 524(g) channeling injunctions

2012-07-23

Channel 1 – Thorpe Insulation Addresses Insurer Standing to Object to Plan and Assignability of Insurance Contracts to Plan Trusts

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Injunction

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Who’s SARE-y now? No “whole business enterprise” exception to single asset real estate provisions of Bankruptcy Code

2012-06-25

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Debtor, Bank of America

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Stern v. Marshall – bankruptcy court jurisdiction: cut to the core

2011-07-11

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Punitive damages, Bankruptcy, Debtor, US Constitution, Article III US Constitution, SCOTUS, United States bankruptcy court

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Joshua Friedman

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP