For the second time in four weeks, a U.S. District Court has questioned the authority of bankruptcy courts to issue non-consensual third-party releases as part of a plan of reorganization. On Jan. 13, 2022, the Eastern District of Virginia vacated the confirmation order in the Mahwah Bergen Retail Group, Inc. (f/k/a Ascena Retail Group, Inc.) chapter 11 cases on the grounds that the plan contained impermissible non-consensual third-party releases. Patterson, et al. v. Mahwah Bergen Retail Group, Inc., Civ. No. 3:21cv167 (DJN) (E.D. Va. Jan. 13, 2022).
Foi publicada em Diário da República a Lei n.º 9/2022, de 11 de janeiro, que veio estabelecer medidas de apoio e agilização dos processos de reestruturação das empresas e dos acordos de pagamento, transpor a Diretiva (UE) 2019/1023, do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho, de 20 de junho de 2019, e alterar o Código da Insolvência e da Recuperação de Empresas (
In Ko v. Messer, Chapter 11 Trustee, No. 20-02866, 2021 WL 4463029 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2021), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (District Court) rejected a contract purchaser’s argument that the early closing of a bank wire window excused the purchaser’s performance under a contract for the sale of real property.
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On November 20, 2021, long-awaited amendments to the Wage Earner Protection Program (“WEPP”) came into force. The amendments are a welcome change to WEPP and will close some of the remaining gaps in the program designed to protect some of the most vulnerable stakeholders in an insolvency proceeding – employees.
The Wage Earner Protection Program
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