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Seward & Kissel LLP

Hertz So Good, Drawing Lots, and Sack Lunch

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Hertz Noteholders Land Win in Bankruptcy Interest Payoff Fight | Bloomberg Law - On Tuesday, an appeals court ruled that car rental company the Hertz Corp, which emerged from bankruptcy in 2021, must pay over $270 million...more

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Understanding Suppliers’ Rights and Remedies in Retail and Hospitality Bankruptcies

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On May 14, Outfox Hospitality LLC, the parent company of the retail chain Foxtrot Market, along with its affiliates, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, with the...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Zero Degrees Celsius: The Effects of a "Crypto Winter" and Celsius’ Bankruptcy on Crypto Customers

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Part 1 – Celsius Bankruptcy - The Celsius Network was conceptualized as an alternative to conventional banking, offering its customers return rates of up to 20% on deposits of digital assets, and providing digital...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The Other Side of The Coin: Cryptocurrency Assets in Bankruptcy

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On July 5, 2022, cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital filed for chapter 11 in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court, citing a short-term “run on the bank” due to the “crypto winter” in the cryptocurrency...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Do Not Take Consignments Lightly

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While things worked out for vendors who did not file a UCC-1 in the Sports Authority Chapter 11, you may not be so lucky. Never assume that it is not necessary to properly perfect a consignment arrangement by filing a...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

A Decline In Chapter 11 Filings Allows Attorneys to Utilize Their Skills Elsewhere

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Due to its relation to the state of the economy, a bankruptcy lawyer’s practice can be highly cyclical – actually, counter-cyclical. In the last 30 years or so we have seen a number of economic downturns – the bankruptcy boom...more

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Red River Statutory Rivalry: Texas Lien Statute is Fatal to Texas Producers’ Security Interests

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The lesson from In re First River Energy LLC:  Even though Texas lien law does not require the filing of a financing statement for perfection, file one anyway. It will be helpful in the event a dispute is decided under the...more

Cozen O'Connor

Yeah, About That Consignment Agreement … How You Can Lose Your Goods in a Retail Bankruptcy

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You just heard a rumor that your largest retail customer is in financial distress and may file for bankruptcy. After a moment of panic, you review your consignment agreement with the retailer (this assumes that you have a...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules that Bankruptcy Blocking Right in Debtor's Corporate Charter Violates Federal Public Policy

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Courts sometimes disagree over whether provisions in a borrower's organizational documents designed to prevent the borrower from filing for bankruptcy are enforceable as a matter of federal public policy or applicable state...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

5 issues to consider if your customer files bankruptcy

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As industry observers anticipate an increase in bankruptcy filings resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important for creditors to understand the risks that arise in dealing with a distressed business. Below are five...more

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Chapter 11 Plan Distributions Are Not Collateral Covered by Intercreditor Agreement's Waterfall Provision

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In In re Energy Future Holdings Corp., 2019 WL 2535700 (3d Cir. June 19, 2019), a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that adequate protection payments made during a bankruptcy case and...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Consignment Agreements: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Denies Consignment Seller’s Secured Position Due To Insufficient...

An April 12, 2019 Delaware Bankruptcy Court decision in the Sports Authority Chapter 11 case (In re TSAWD Holdings, Inc.) is an important reminder for sellers of goods on properly obtaining security in the goods they sell, to...more

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Protecting a Consignor’s Interests in Retail Bankruptcy

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A recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has a significant impact on both lenders and consignors in retail bankruptcy cases. On April 12, 2019, Judge Mary F. Walrath issued an...more

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Secured Lenders’ Interest Does Not Reach Reorganized Equity

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In In re MPM Silicones, LLC, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently affirmed a 2014 opinion by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in an intercreditor dispute that...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Gigantic Filing Error Provides an Opportunity to Expound the Earmarking Doctrine

Can another vain attempt to mitigate a $1.5 billion mistake provide the occasion for a thorough review of the doctrine of earmarking? It did for Southern District Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn in the long tail on the General...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

A Rose by Another Name has its Thorns

David Conaway advises not to get stuck in Chapter 11 when a sales contract is deemed to be an executory contract. Originally published in Eurofenix, Autumn 2018. ...more

Troutman Pepper

Anti-Assignment Clause Enforced by Delaware Bankruptcy Court

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On June 20, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware held that anti-assignment clauses contained in certain promissory notes were enforceable under Delaware law, contract law and the Uniform Commercial Code. ...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

When Worlds Collide: Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and Chapter 11

Picture the scene: A vendor has just received word that its customer has filed chapter 11. The vendor put the customer on a cash-before-delivery basis and demanded assurances of performance. The vendor was successful in...more

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To Have and to Hold: Third Circuit Rules That Physical Possession of Goods Is Required Under Section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy...

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Since its enactment as part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code has provided an important safety net for creditors selling goods to financially...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Third Circuit Ruling Impacts Oil & Gas Industry

The United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision that significantly affects the rights of upstream producers. Applying Delaware law, the Third Circuit explained that the upstream producers...more

Dickinson Wright

Recent Case Law Developments Impact Claims of Unpaid Suppliers for Goods Delivered Immediately Prior to Customer Bankruptcy

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Section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §503(b)(9)) provides a special administrative priority claim for someone that supplies goods to a debtor in the 20 day period before the bankruptcy filing, but is unpaid as...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Suppliers Beware: Two Recent Cases (in Third Circuit and Delaware) Hold that Debtor Must Physically Possess Goods Within Statutory...

Amidst a surge in retail bankruptcies, two recent decisions construing section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code directly limit suppliers’ ability to seek administrative claims for goods shipped to a debtor in the period...more

Blank Rome LLP

Anticipating and Managing Bankruptcy Risk

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Blank Rome Partner Ira Herman authored “Anticipating and Managing Bankruptcy Risk,” a series of articles prepared for the Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy module of Lexis Practice Advisor, a comprehensive practical...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

When Worlds Collide: Article 2 of The Uniform Commercial Code and Chapter 11

Picture the scene: You have just received word that your customer has filed Chapter 11. You had followed my advice (see article Reducing a Customer’s Accounts Receivable in the Zone of Insolvency), and put the customer on a...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The SemCrude Bankruptcy: Commodity Traders Prevail Against Related Fraud and U.C.C. Claims

In 2008, SemCrude, L.P. and related entities (collectively, SemCrude or the Debtors) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In connection with the SemCrude bankruptcy, a dispute...more

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