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    How to overcome your fear of “commitment” if you are a bank holding company
    2014-07-10

    When a bank holding company files a chapter 11 case, a key factor to the success of the case will be whether the debtor previously made any commitment to a federal depository institution regulatory agency, such as the FDIC, to maintain the capital of the debtor’s bank subsidiary.  This is because section 365(o) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that the debtor is deemed to have assumed such obligations, and any claim for subsequent breach of these obligations is entitled to priority under section 507(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.  The FDIC often demands

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    USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor, Depository institution, Bank holding company
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Clean up for what?! After enough time, you can leave your mess behind
    2014-06-12

    What do you get when you combine a 20+ year old bankruptcy, a contaminated landfill, and a state regulatory agency that moves at a glacial pace? The answer: In re Solitron Devices, Inc., a recent decision from the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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    USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Contamination, Bankruptcy, United States bankruptcy court, Eleventh Circuit
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    A Foreign Entity May be Subject to U.S. Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction Simply by Utilizing a U.S. Bank Account in a Transaction with Another Foreign Entity
    2022-06-27

    A foreign (non-U.S.) company can be dragged unwillingly into a U.S. bankruptcy case if the bankruptcy court has “personal jurisdiction” over the company.

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    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bankruptcy, United States bankruptcy court
    Authors:
    Ronit J. Berkovich , Furqaan Siddiqui
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Two become one: Eighth Circuit rules that separated couple must substantively consolidate their estates
    2015-06-05

    ‘Cause Tonight / Is the Night / When 2 Become 1

    -The Spice Girls

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    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Eighth Circuit
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    What the future holds for make-whole claims in bankruptcy: examining the energy future holdings EFIH first lien make-whole decision – part 1
    2015-05-12

    Two recent decisions from large and highly contested chapter 11 cases add to the developing body of case law on the treatment of make-whole claims in bankruptcy.  First, in a two-part post, we discuss the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware’s decision in Energy Future Holdings, and later, in a follow-up post, we discuss the United States District Court for the Southern District of

    Filed under:
    USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bankruptcy, United States bankruptcy court
    Authors:
    Jessica Liou
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Death: the ultimate hardship discharge?
    2015-04-08

    Trying to discharge your personal debts?  Well, here is a new method: in 

    Filed under:
    USA, California, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Three’s a crowd: payoffs, numerosity, and involuntary petitions
    2015-03-10

    Debtors seeking dismissal of an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding may want to consider a recent decision of the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia.  In denying an individual debtor’s motion to dismiss an involuntary petition, the court in In re Barkats held that a debtor may not pay off petitioning creditors to the detriment of other creditors as a way of avoiding an involuntary p

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    USA, District of Columbia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bankruptcy, United States bankruptcy court
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Court interprets receivership order stay provisions and addresses the impact of inter-creditor disputes on the distribution of proceeds into court
    2015-02-09

    This article has been contributed to the blog by Joshua Hurwitz, an Associate of the Insolvency & Restructuring group at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and Jaime Auron, an Articling Student at Osle

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    Canada, Ontario, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Drilling Down: a deeper look into the distressed oil & gas industry part 2—treatment of oil and gas interests in bankruptcy
    2015-01-14

    Today’s blog article, which looks at the treatment of specific oil and gas property interests in the bankruptcy context, is the second in the Weil Bankruptcy Blog series, “Drilling Down,” where we review issues at the intersection of the oil and gas industry and bankruptcy law.

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    USA, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bankruptcy
    Location:
    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Ontario Court of Appeal rejects theory of “common enterprise insolvency”
    2014-12-09

    This article has been contributed to the blog by Andrea Lockhart, an Associate in the Insolvency and Restructuring Group of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, and Mary Angela Rowe, an Articling Stu

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    Canada, Ontario, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Court of Appeal for Ontario
    Location:
    Canada
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

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