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    Looks like Fred Wilpon picked the wrong week to quit drinking
    2011-05-27

    The well known travails of Fred Wilpon, the principal owner of the New York Mets, have all converged this past week. He, his partner Saul Katz and their families and affiliated enterprises (the “Wilpon/Katz Group”) lost several hundred million dollars when Bernard Madoff’s long running Ponzi scheme finally unraveled at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Bankruptcy, Fraud, Hedge funds, Liquidation, Good faith, Cashflow, Unsecured creditor, Lehman Brothers, Trustee
    Authors:
    Benjamin D. Feder
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
    Transactions can be outside the "ordinary course" and require SOFA disclosure without being fraudulent
    2011-04-19

    STAMAT v. NEARY (March 24, 2011)

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Fraud, Debt, Legal burden of proof, Bench trial, United States bankruptcy court, Trustee
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
    Madoff trustee's amended complaint - more bad stuff 'bout the Mets (owners)
    2011-03-23

    Irving Picard, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernard L.

    Filed under:
    USA, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Bankruptcy, Fraud, Liquidation, Gross negligence, Unsecured creditor, The New York Times, Second Circuit, United States bankruptcy court, Trustee
    Authors:
    Benjamin D. Feder
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
    Meet the mess, cont'd -- former Governor Cuomo asked to mediate Madoff trustee's lawsuit against Mets owners
    2011-02-14

    Judge Burton Lifland, the bankruptcy judge overseeing the liquidation proceedings of Bernard L.

    Filed under:
    USA, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Bankruptcy, Limited liability company, Discovery, Mediation, Liquidation, Attorney's fee, Title 11 of the US Code, Trustee
    Authors:
    Benjamin D. Feder
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
    Liquidators of insolvent corporate trustees, the law on distribution of assets has now been settled
    2018-03-23

    Following a landmark decision in the Full Federal Court, employees will retain their priority to payment of their entitlements in a company liquidation, even where the company is a corporate trustee of a trust.

    Filed under:
    Australia, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Clayton Utz, Liquidator (law), Trustee
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    Clayton Utz
    Trust companies in liquidation - dealing with priority debts
    2016-07-12

    The decision in In the matter of Independent Contractor Services (Aust) could mean more reliance upon fair entitlements guarantee funding provided by the Commonwealth in relation to the liquidation of trading trusts.

    Filed under:
    Australia, New South Wales, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Clayton Utz, Costs in English law, Audit, Beneficiary, Debt, Withholding tax, Liquidation, Liquidator (law), Discretionary trust, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia), Australian Taxation Office, New South Wales Supreme Court , Trustee
    Authors:
    Mikhail Glavac , Orla McCoy
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    Clayton Utz
    Insolvent unit trusts in Australia
    2011-05-30

    The Australian unit trust industry recently experienced financial difficulties. The formal legal process of handling those difficulties has revealed gaps in the Australian regulatory map.

    This article highlights some of those problems and the Government’s response to them.

    Background

    Filed under:
    Australia, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Clayton Utz, Legal personality, Debt, Retirement, Liquidation, Liquidator (law), Unit trust, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia), The Australian, Trustee
    Authors:
    Jennifer Ball
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    Clayton Utz
    Account transfer in the event of an FCM liquidation
    2011-11-04

    This Client Alert addresses the impact on a customer of a futures commission merchant (FCM) with respect to his or her accounts held by that FCM prior to a filing for bankruptcy under Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532 (the Bankruptcy Code) by the FCM.

    Summary

    Filed under:
    USA, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Latham & Watkins LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Commodity, Futures contract, Commodity broker, Liquidation, Pro rata, US Code, Title 11 of the US Code, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (USA), Trustee
    Authors:
    Mark A. Broude
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Settlement reached in first UK Pensions Regulator “Contribution Notice” case
    2011-06-14

    The UK Pensions Regulator (the Regulator) has just announced that it has reached a settlement with the intended target of its first Contribution Notice (CN), with the result that the CN has been issued, but for a far lower amount than the Regulator originally sought. This case gives important guidance on the situations in which the Regulator believes it will be justified in issuing a CN, and on the potential liabilities targets may face.

    The Moral Hazard Powers

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Latham & Watkins LLP, Letter of credit, Board of directors, Liability (financial accounting), Defined benefit pension plan, Parent company, Secured loan, Pension Protection Fund, The Pensions Regulator, Chief executive officer, Trustee
    Authors:
    Catherine Drinnan
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Second Circuit extends reach of section 546(e) to redemption of commercial paper
    2011-07-07

    Introduction

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Dechert LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Security (finance), Fraud, Safe harbor (law), Maturity (finance), Involuntary dismissal, Broker-dealer, Commercial paper, Enron, Second Circuit, United States bankruptcy court, Trustee
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Dechert LLP

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