A recent ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit provides additional comfort for lenders receiving full repayment in connection with leveraged acquisitions. The U.S. Bankruptcy Code gives...more
4/5/2024
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In a much-anticipated decision issued on October 26, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas awarded make-whole premiums and post-petition interest (i.e., interest accruing after the bankruptcy filing) to...more
On September 19, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s conclusion that a purchaser at a private foreclosure sale has no successor liability to a debtor’s unpaid...more
On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court held that rejection of a trademark license does not automatically terminate the licensee’s right to use the trademark, settling a decades-old question at the intersection of...more
5/22/2019
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On January 17, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit delivered a much-awaited opinion with respect to whether Ultra Petroleum Corporation (“UPC”) was required to pay its noteholders contractual make-whole...more
On May 22, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Court”) upheld a bankruptcy court’s ruling that a shareholder could exercise the right granted to it in the debtor’s organizational documents to block a...more
On October 20, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit delivered a victory for secured lenders by remanding the District Court’s order confirming the Debtors’ proposed plan to determine whether an efficient...more