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Land Use Law Blog
Winner of the 2015 Abbott & Kindermann Puzzler is Announced
The winner of the 2015 Puzzler is Steven Guiney of the Santa Cruz Planning Department. The puzzle and his answers, including the tie breakers are attached. Congratulations, the winner’s prize…
Restructuring Globalview
Caesars’ Bankruptcy Plan: Already Under Attack?
Events are happening quickly these days with Caesars Entertainment. On January 13, holders of second lien notes issued by Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (“CEOC”) filed an involuntary chapter 11 petition…
In Solvency
Capital Leases in Bankruptcies – A Lesson from Xchange Technology Group
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
In a 9-page opinion released December 30, 2014 in the Xchange Technology Group bankruptcy (Bank. D. Del. 13-12809), Judge Gross provides a reminder that capital leases are not treated the…
In Solvency
Conex Bankruptcy – Summary Judgment in a Preference Action
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
In an 18 page opinion released December 18, 2014 in the Conex Holdings bankruptcy (Bank. D. Del. 11-10501), Judge Sontchi of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court analyzed the "ordinary course of…
Social Security Disability Lawyer Blog
The Binder & Binder bankruptcy
By Gordon Gates
Binder & Binder, a nation-wide firm of advocates for those seeking Social Security disability or Supplemental Security Income benefits, is roughly $40 million in debt and is preparing declare bankruptcy under…
In Solvency
DEB Stores Holding LLC files for Bankruptcy under Chapter 11
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
DEB Stores Holding LLC and certain of its affiliated companies (“DEB” or the “Debtors”) filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on December 4, 2014 in the United…
Restructuring Globalview
Court Rejects Debtor’s Attempt to Reject Part of an Integrated Contract
All bankruptcy practitioners know that a debtor may choose which contracts to assume and which contracts to reject. But may a debtor reject contracts that are part of an overall, integrated…
Restructuring Globalview
IndyMac Trustee and FDIC Reach Settlement in Tax Refund Contest
In a move signaling the end of 6 years of litigation, the bankruptcy trustee for the holding company of failed mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. (“Bancorp”) negotiated a settlement agreement…
Restructuring Debt Review
Credit Bidding in Bankruptcy – Not So Sacrosanct
By Oren Haker
In devising loan-to-own lending strategies, the Delaware Bankruptcy Court’s decision in In re Fisker Auto. Holdings, Inc. serves as a warning shot to secured lenders that private sales on an …
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Unitek Global Services Files a Prepack Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Delaware
Unitek Global Services, Inc. (“Unitek” or the “Debtor”) filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on November 3, 2014 in the United States District Court for the…