David Rubin and Henry Lan; administrators of Capitol Films v Cobalt Pictures and 24 others [2010] EWHC 3223 (Ch).
On May 29, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided RadLAX Gateway Hotel LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, No. 11-166, holding that a Chapter 11 debtor may not obtain confirmation of a "cramdown" plan under 11 U.S.C. § 1129(b)(2)(a) that provides for the sale of collateral free and clear of a secured creditor's lien but that does not permit the creditor to credit-bid at the asset sale (that is, offset the purchase price by the amount of the debt owed).
On May 14, 2012, the Supreme Court decided Hall v. United States, No. 10-875, holding that a federal income tax liability resulting from the postpetition sale of an individual debtor's farm during the pendency of a Chapter 12 bankruptcy is not "incurred by the estate" within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)(B)(i) and therefore is not dischargeable in the bankruptcy.
For employers to understand the big picture, our earlier posts described the government subsidies, individual
I am a director and employee of a small media company which has now been put into liquidation by the chief executive due to mounting debts. The company is due to close any time soon, which means I will then be unemployed. What rights, if any, do I have as an employee and is there any scope for compensation.