The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | July 12, 2018
It is interesting for one who has practiced bankruptcy law for 35 years to observe that many issues adjudicated in 1983 continue to require judicial review in 2018.
By Dan Packel | July 9, 2018
The firm picked up a former executive from Wyndham Worldwide along with three bankruptcy specialists from LeClairRyan.
By Scott Flaherty | July 5, 2018
As Irving Picard approaches 10 years on the job as trustee of funds recovered for Bernie Madoff's victims, he and his firm are getting closer to securing $1 billion in fees from the work.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rudolph J. Di Massa, Jr. and Jarret P. Hitchings | June 29, 2018
The Barton doctrine is a legal principle that limits a court's jurisdiction over a cause of action brought against a court-appointed receiver.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | June 26, 2018
Residents of Avoca are suing Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads over a toxic tort case that wound up in bankruptcy court.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Michael J. Custer | June 14, 2018
Although broad, the Bankruptcy Code's discharge provisions for individual debtors are not without limits.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | June 6, 2018
Substantive consolidation is a procedure that can be implemented by a bankruptcy court to treat two or more debtors in bankruptcy as one entity by pooling the assets and claims of the entities, eliminating inter-company claims, and combining the creditors of the entities for purposes of voting and distribution on and under a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jonathan W. Hugg | May 30, 2018
I recently attended the American Bar Association's annual institute on blockchain technology, digital currency, and ICOs (initial coin offerings). Some might view these new technologies as libertarian, even revolutionary.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. and Catherine B. Heitzenrater | May 24, 2018
In a recent decision out of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia, a court analyzed the effect of a setoff effectuated between two governmental units in the 90 days prior to the filing of a husband and wife's bankruptcy case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Kate A. Mahoney | May 10, 2018
A designation of “insider” status can impact a wide range of issues within a bankruptcy proceeding and sometimes change the outcome of the case. For example, the preference clawback period is deemed extended to one year for any payments or other transfers made by a debtor to an insider
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