• SMP Ltd. v. SunEdison, Inc., 17-01057

    Publication Date: 2017-10-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for SMP Ltd.: Lisa M. Schweitzer, Esq., Jane VanLare, Esq., of Counsel, Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for SunEdison, Inc.: Jay M. Goffman, Esq., J. Eric Ivester, Esq., James J. Mazza, Jr., Esq. (admitted pro hac vice), Louis S. Chiappetta, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice), Robert A. Weber, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice), of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited: Michael A. Rosenthal, Esq., Marshall R. King, Esq., Matthew G. Blouslog, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice), of Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 17-01057

    Korean Insolvency Law Not Afforded Comity in Finding Agreement's Termination

  • Matter of Avaya Inc., 17-10089

    Publication Date: 2017-09-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Marlene Clark: Jeffrey Chubak, Esq. of Counsel, Storch Amini PC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors-in-Possession: James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C., Esq., Jonathan S. Henes, P.C., Esq., Patrick J. Nash, Jr., P.C., Esq., Ryan Preston Dahl, Esq., Bradley Thomas Giordano, Esq., of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY. Counsel to the Ad Hoc First Lien Group: Ira S. Dizengoff, Esq., Philip C. Dublin, Esq., Abid Qureshi, Esq., of Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY. Counsel to the Ad Hoc Crossover Group: Kristopher M. Hansen, Esq., Sayan Bhattacharyya, Esq., Gabriel E. Sasson, Esq., of Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Lorenzo Marinuzzi, Esq., Todd M. Goren, Esq., of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 17-10089

    Pension to Surviving Wife Is 'Survivor Benefit' Not 'Retiree Benefit' Under Code §1114(a)

  • In re: Gawker Media LLC, 16-11700

    Publication Date: 2017-09-01
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors: Gregg M. Galardi, Esq., D. Ross Martin, Esq., Peter Walkingshaw, Esq., of Counsel Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Charles C. Johnson and Got News LLC: Jay M. Wolman, Esq. of Counsel, Randazza Legal Group, PLLC, Hartford, Connecticut.

    Case Number: 16-11700

    Defamation Was Not Personal Tort With No Physical or Psychic

  • SIPC v. Madoff, 08-01789

    Publication Date: 2017-06-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff Irving Picard, Trustee: David J. Sheehan, Esq., Nicholas J. Cremona, Esq., Dean D. Hunt, Esq., of Counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants: Richard E. Signorelli, Esq., Bryan Ha, Esq., of Counsel, Law office of Richard E. Signorelli, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08-01789 (SMB)

    Coram Nobis Relief Denied; Prejudice From Mistaken Advice From Counsel Not

  • In re: Liu J. Kim, 11-15842

    Publication Date: 2017-04-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Liu J. Kim by: Margarita Rubin, Esq., Rubin & Rubin, P.C., South Salem, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for 1204 Broadway NYC LLC by: Jeffrey A. Miller, Esq., Mickee M. Hennessy, Esq., Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, LLP, Uniondale, NY.

    Case Number: 11-15842

    Chapter 7 Case Reopened But Surplus Funds' Distribution Not Dete

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  • In re Onewoo Corporation, and V.J.One Corporation, Plaintiffs v. Hampshire Brands, Inc., Hampshire Group, Limited, Paul Buxbaum and William Drozdowski, Defendants, 17-01008

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for the Plaintiffs by: Robert L. Lash, Esq., Hur & Lash, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for the Defendants by: Leon R. Barson, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 17-01008

    Court Explains Why Fraud, Breach Action Cannot Be Remanded to District or Transferred to Delaware Bankruptcy

  • Feltman v. Noor Staffing Group, LLC, 16-01037

    Publication Date: 2017-03-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys to James S. Feltman, not individually but solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee of Corporate Resource Services, Inc., et al., by: Steven S. Flores, Esq., Lauren L. Peacock, Esq., Minta J. Nester, Esq., Togut, Segal & Segal LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Noor Staffing Group, LLC and Noor Associates, Inc., By: Scott A. Griffin, Esq., Michael D. Hamersky, Esq., David M. Smith, Esq., Griffin Hamersky LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-01037

    Cite as: Feltman v. Noor Staffing Group, LLC, 16-01037, NYLJ 1202780557155, at *1 (Bankruptcy., SDNY, Decided March 1, 2017) CASENAME James S. Feltman, not indivi

  • Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust, by and through the Wilmington Trust Company, solely in its capacity as Trust Administrator and Trustee, Plaintiff v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al., Defendants, 09-00504

    Publication Date: 2017-02-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff by: Eric B. Fisher, Esq., Neil S. Binder, Esq., Lindsay A. Bush, Esq., Lauren K. Handelsman, Esq., Binder & Schwartz LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for GMAM Investment Funds Trust, Lehman GMAM Investment Funds Trust, and Pension Inv. Committee of GM for GM Employees Domestic Group Pension Trust by: Arthur J. Steinberg, Esq., Edward L. Ripley, Esq., King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 09-00504

    Cite as: Motors Liquidation Co. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, 09-00504, NYLJ 1202778803972, at *1 (SDNY, Decided December 7, 2016) 09-00504 Bankruptcy

  • Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Madoff, 08-01789

    Publication Date: 2016-11-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | White Collar Crime
    Industry:
    Court: Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff, Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC: David J. Sheehan, Esq., Regina Griffin, Esq., Thomas L. Long, Esq., Seanna R. Brown, Esq., Amanda E. Fein, Esq., Catherine E. Woltering, Esq., of Counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Liaison Counsel for All Subsequent Transferee Defendants1: Robinson B. Lacy, Esq., of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. Franklin B. Velie, Esq., Jonathan G. Kortmansky, Esq., Mitchell C. Stein, Esq., of Counsel, Sullivan & Worchester LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Bureau of Labor Insurance: Michael B. Himmel, Esq., Amiad M. Kushner, Esq., Lauren M. Garcia, Esq., of Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08-01789 (SMB)

    Cite as: SIPC v. Madoff, 08-01789, NYLJ 1202773121758, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 21, 2016) CASE NAME Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Plaintiff

  • In re: AOG Entertainment, Inc., et al,1 Debtor, 16-11090

    Publication Date: 2016-10-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Simon Robert Fuller: Timothy W. Walsh, Esq., Darren Azman, Esq., of Counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession: Matthew A. Feldman, Esq., Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq., Matthew Freimuth, Esq., Andrew S. Mordkoff, Esq., of Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for the Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Lenders: Lee R. Bogdanoff, Esq., David A. Fidler, Esq., Whitman L. Holt, Esq., of Counsel, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, Los Angeles, California. Counsel for Crestview Media Investors, L.P.: Eric D. Winston, Esq., of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, California, Scott C. Shelley, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY. Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Craig A. Wolfe, Esq., Jason R. Alderson, Esq., of Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-11090

    Cite as: In re: AOG Entertainment, Inc., 16-11090, NYLJ 1202769152392, at *1 (Bankruptcy, SDNY, Decided September 16, 2016) 16-11090 Bankruptcy Ju