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    All That Glitters: Golden Share Can’t Dismiss Bankruptcy
    2016-06-13

    In In re Intervention Energy Holdings, LLC, the question before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware was whether an investor who “bought and paid for [one] Common Unit (including all rights related thereto),”

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    USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Bankruptcy, Shareholder, Debtor, Fiduciary, Limited liability company, United States bankruptcy court
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    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Breaking the Code - Section 365(a) - Cherry Picking Executory Contracts
    2016-05-17

    In our latest installment of “Breaking the Code”, we take a look at a common section of the Bankruptcy Code that comes up in nearly every chapter 11 case: section 365(a). Section 365 contains one of the most powerful rights conferred upon a chapter 11 Debtor: the right to take a step back, evaluate its contracts and leases, and assume profitable agreements while rejecting unprofitable agreements.

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    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Real Estate, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor
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    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Too Little, Too Late: Ninth Circuit Holds Confirmation Objection Insufficient to Revive Untimely Complaint Objecting to Dischargeability of Debt
    2016-04-21

    We’ve previously written on various cases in which parties have sought to save or revive late filed pleadings by arguing those pleadings “relate back” to previously filed documents with varying degrees of success.

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    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor, Statute of limitations, Debt, Ninth Circuit, United States bankruptcy court
    Authors:
    Matthew Goren
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    USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    ASARCO Update: Fee Premium Disallowed Under Baker Botts v. ASARCO and Boomerang Tube
    2016-03-21

    On February 25, 2016 we discussed decisions by two judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware adopting and expanding upon Judge Walrath’s decision in In re Boomerang Tube, Inc., which held that a bankruptcy estate may not compensate professionals under

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    USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for District of Delaware
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    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Don’t Go Chasing (Debtor-Affiliate) Waterfalls: Second Circuit Applies 510(b) Subordination to Contribution Claims Arising from the Securities of an Affiliate of a Debtor
    2016-02-11

    In a decision with significant implications for investors and underwriters alike, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that contribution claims arising from the purchase and sale of a security of an affiliate of the debtor can and should be subordinated under section 51

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    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor, Security (finance), Second Circuit
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    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    No Authorization? No Problem. Court Finds that Unauthorized Loan Is Entitled to Priority Status
    2016-01-14

    In 

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    USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor, United States bankruptcy court
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    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Post-Confirmation Powers: EDNY Bankruptcy Court Orders Government Entities to Act in In re Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation
    2015-12-09

    Can bankruptcy courts order government entities to take certain actions?  If so, can they exercise such authority after a chapter 9 debtor’s plan of adjustment has been confirmed?  The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, in 

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    USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, United States bankruptcy court
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    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Delaware bankruptcy court addresses when, if ever, unsecured creditors are entitled to postpetition interest (part 1)
    2015-11-11

    The law governing postpetition interest in bankruptcy remains unsettled despite having been subjected to more than 100 years of debate in the federal courts. On October 30, 2015, 

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    USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Unsecured debt, Interest, United States bankruptcy court
    Authors:
    Scott Bowling
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    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    California court holds implied consent is a valid alternative basis to surcharge secured creditors’ collateral
    2015-10-19

    It has long been the case that secured creditors could be charged for the reasonable and necessary costs incurred to preserve the value of their collateral.  This equitable principle emerges out of case law that predates not only the current Bankruptcy Code, but also its immediate predecessor, the Bankruptcy Act of 1938.  As now codified in section 50

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    USA, California, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Collateral (finance), Secured creditor
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    USA
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Yom Kippur, Kim Davis, the automatic stay, and religious adjudication of disputes involving parties in bankruptcy
    2015-09-21

    By the authority of the Heavenly Court, and by the authority of the earthly court, we hold it permissible to pray with those who have transgressed… — Kol Nidrei (Preamble)

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