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Conflict Between Delaware LLC Act and Bankruptcy Code Affects Creditor Toolbox

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As you know from our prior alerts, creditors of borrowers formed as Delaware LLCs (as opposed to corporations) lack standing under Delaware law to sue directors for breaching fiduciary duties even when, to the surprise of...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Grants Derivative Standing to Creditors’ Committee to Sue Members and Officers of Delaware LLC

In early February, a Delaware bankruptcy judge set new precedent by granting a creditors’ committee derivative standing to pursue breach of fiduciary duty claims against a Delaware LLC’s members and officers. At least three...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Imputes Officer's Fraudulent Intent to Corporation in Avoidance Litigation

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A powerful tool afforded to a bankruptcy trustee or a chapter 11 debtor-in-possession ("DIP") is the power to recover pre-bankruptcy transfers that are avoidable under federal bankruptcy law (or sometimes state law) because...more

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DE Supreme Court: Creditors’ Fraudulent Transfer Claims Are Direct, Not Derivative

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Delaware’s Supreme Court recently clarified the difference between derivative and direct claims in the context of a dispute over whether creditors’ fraudulent transfer claims were covered by insurance policies applicable to...more

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“Free and Clear” Collides with “Perfectly Clear”: Delaware District Court Imposes Successor Liability on Buyer in 363 Sale

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Navigating the Bankruptcy Code can present many traps for unsuspecting debtors, creditors, or asset buyers. The Delaware District Court recently reminded bankruptcy participants of an often overlooked pitfall involving the...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules that Due Diligence Is Element of Preference Claim Rather Than Basis for Affirmative Defense

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A bankruptcy trustee's ability to avoid and recover pre-bankruptcy preferential transfers is essential to preserving or augmenting the estate for the benefit of all stakeholders. In 2019, however, the Bankruptcy Code was...more

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It's Ultra-Complicated: Fifth Circuit and Delaware Bankruptcy Court Decisions Widen Rifts on Make-Whole Premiums and Postpetition...

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Recent decisions by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware signal further disagreement over the treatment of “make-whole” premium payments under the Bankruptcy Code. In...more

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Del. Bankruptcy Rulings Instruct on Creditors' Rights to Sue

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Creditors of distressed businesses are often frustrated by shareholder- controlled boards when directors pursue strategies that appear to be designed to benefit shareholders at the creditors' expense. In these...more

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Better Late Than Never: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Determines That 546(e) Avoidance Safe Harbors Are Available to Defendants That...

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Following an August 4, 2022 memorandum opinion from Judge Brendan L. Shannon of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, a party to a safe harbored contract can qualify as a “financial participant”...more

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Creditor Committees of Delaware LLCs Should Take Action to Preserve Derivative Standing

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Recent decisions and court commentary suggest that a creditors’ committee appointed in a Chapter 11 case should take immediate action to ensure that its rights to pursue derivative standing are preserved, particularly when...more

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Third Circuit Favors Cramdown’s ‘Flexibility’ and ‘Rough Justice’ Over Strict Enforcement of Subordination Agreements

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Eight years after the Delaware bankruptcy court confirmed the chapter 11 plan of Tribune Company and its affiliates, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (the Court) affirmed the bankruptcy court’s...more

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