In a significant ruling impacting commercial real estate lenders in Michigan, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an absolute assignment of rents that had been fully perfected (by demanding payment from tenants to...more
5/17/2017
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Assignments ,
Change in Ownership ,
Chapter 11 ,
Collateral ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Debtors ,
Default ,
Judicial Foreclosure Process ,
Lenders ,
Public Policy ,
Rent ,
Reorganizations ,
Transfer of Rights ,
Vacated
On March 22, 2017 the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling regarding the legality of structured dismissals of Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases that would make final distributions of estate assets to creditors in a manner...more
4/7/2017
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Appeals ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Bankruptcy Court ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Consent ,
Czyzewski v Jevic Holding Corp ,
Priority Debt ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Structured Dismissals ,
WARN Act
On November 30, 2016, all of the judges of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) reheard a case that could change the way federal courts treat sexual orientation-based discrimination...more
12/7/2016
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Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Professors ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Vacated ,
Wrongful Termination