Jackson Hospital has sued Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama in an Alabama bankruptcy court for $250 million. The Montgomery-area hospital claims that years of claims underpayment by the insurance giant have directly contributed to its insolvency.
Executive Summary
Under § 547(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (emphasis added):
- “the trustee may, based on reasonable due diligence in the circumstances of the case and taking into account a party’s known or reasonably knowable affirmative defenses under subsection (c), avoid [a preferential transfer.”
Question: What amount of detail is required in a preference complaint to satisfy the above-quoted “reasonable due diligence” requirement?
Introduction
This legal guide summarises the key differences between a ‘voluntary strike off’ and a ‘voluntary winding up’ under the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (Companies Law). Both procedures bring a company’s existence to an end, but they differ in purpose, process, timing, cost and risk. This legal guide is designed to help clients determine the most appropriate route based on their circumstances.
Voluntary strike off
In Webb and another (as liquidators of Eversholt Rail (365) Limited (in liquidation)) v Eversholt Rail Limited and another [2026] EWHC 101 (Ch), the High Court dismissed the liquidators’ appeal against a decision not to allow their extensive application for the production of documents under s.235 and s.236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986). The application had sought to reconstitute a special purpose company’s full corporate knowledge in circumstances where it had held no documents of its own.
Introduction
Die Umstrukturierung der vietnamesischen Schiffbauindustrie gemäß Politbüro-Beschluss 220 stellt sowohl eine strategische Chance als auch einen zeitkritischen Wendepunkt dar. Angesichts der geografischen Lage Vietnams, seiner maritimen Entwicklungsambitionen und der zunehmenden Integration in globale Lieferketten birgt der Sektor erhebliches langfristiges Potenzial. Dieses Potenzial kann jedoch nur durch entschlossene, koordinierte und rechtzeitige Reformen realisiert werden. Eine erfolgreiche Modernisierungsstrategie sollte auf fünf zentralen Säulen beruhen:
In Short