by Magdalena Schardt
For some folks the three letters ABC are a reminder of elementary school and singing a song to learn the alphabet. For others, it is a throw back to the early 70’s when the Jackson Five and
by Magdalena Schardt
For some folks the three letters ABC are a reminder of elementary school and singing a song to learn the alphabet. For others, it is a throw back to the early 70’s when the Jackson Five and…
If you were a party to a lawsuit or a contested matter in a bankruptcy proceeding, would you be interested in working towards settlement with the assistance of an impartial third party, that is, a mediator, rather than take on…
As many bankruptcy practitioners are aware, there is a circuit court split with respect to the allowability of non-consensual third-party releases. Notably, in the Purdue Pharma case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that bankruptcy…
As bankruptcy attorneys who often defend clients in preference avoidance actions, we were pleased with the 547(b) amendments, effective as of February 20, 2020, requiring a trustee to conduct some level of due diligence into affirmative defenses before commencing a…
On Friday September 28, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the United States Trustee’s appeal from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal’s holding that the Office of the United States Trustee should refund overpayments made by chapter 11…
As discussed in our earlier blog post, In re The Hacienda Company, LLC – a Flicker of Hope for Distressed Cannabis Companies: Bankruptcy May be Available to Liquidate Assets of Non-Operating Cannabis Companies | In Solvency (foxrothschild.com), Judge Neil…
On August 30, the bankruptcy court for the District of Delaware confirmed Boxed Inc.’s second amended plan of liquidation on a fully consensual basis. The plan is the result of a global settlement among the debtors, the official committee of…
The LTL Management, LLC (“LTL” or the “Debtor”) bankruptcy saga may be coming to an end for a second time, at least for now.
On January 30, 2023, the Third Circuit issued its opinion reversing the Bankruptcy Court after finding…
Rarely do we see a franchise dispute settled, only to generate more litigation. In Pirtek USA, LLC v. James Bradley Lager, et al., 2023 WL 4676067 (Bankr. N.D. Texas, 2023), Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Jerson addressed several important issues regarding contract…
This article was co-authored by Jenna Jacobik, a summer associate based in the firm’s Greenville, SC office.
Judge Frederick E. Clement of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California recently held that affidavits with a computer-generated signature…