U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Shelley Chapman ruled last week in the chapter 11 case of Sabine Oil & Gas that Sabine could utilize the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to “reject” certain agreements with pipeline operators. This decision will permit Sabine to walk
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Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Effort to Circumvent Supreme Court’s Asarco Decision
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The Supreme Court’s decision last term in Baker Botts v. Asarco, in which the Court ruled that professionals that are paid from a debtor’s bankruptcy estate cannot be compensated for time spent defending their fee applications, continues to rankle…
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Were the Energy Future Holdings and Caesars Chapter 11 Cases Just Saved by K Street Lobbyists?
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Bankruptcy and restructuring professionals usually do not need to be political junkies. Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code, and the accompanying machinations of the Congressional legislative process, typically occur at a glacial pace, and such changes nearly always affect future…
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Energy Future Holdings – Kicking a Very Large Can Down the Road
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Energy Future Holdings (“EFH” or “Debtors”) has cleared all of the preliminary hurdles in its path as it moves towards the confirmation of its plan of reorganization (the “Plan”). Last week Judge Christopher Sontchi of the United States Bankruptcy Court…
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Baker Botts v. Asarco: The Supreme Court Shows Again That It Really Doesn’t Understand Corporate Bankruptcy Cases
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The Supreme Court has not handled its recent major bankruptcy decisions well. The jurisdictional confusion engendered by its 2011 decision in Stern v. Marshall was only partially clarified by this term’s opinion in Wellness International Network v. Sharif. The…
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Energy Future Holdings – Bidding Procedures Fight Highlights Conflicts Among Affiliated Debtors
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Energy Future Holdings (EFH), f/k/a TXU Corp., an energy company centered in Texas, was taken private in 2007 in the largest leveraged buyout transaction that has ever taken place. The deal was largely predicated on an anticipated rise in …
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Interesting ResCap FactOID – Court Rejects Effort to Disallow Portion of Bond Claims Based on “Original Issue Discount”
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In an opinion that will have a significant impact on the viability of debt for debt exchanges and out of court restructurings, Judge Martin Glenn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has refused in…
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Auto-Hauler Allied Systems Holdings’ Car Wreck of a Chapter 11 Case May Finally Be at an End
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Many commentators have remarked that a “new normal” has evolved for Chapter 11 proceedings, wherein the major constituents negotiate the salient terms and exit strategy of the debtor’s restructuring prior to the filing of the bankruptcy petition, generally leading
“I’ll Sit This One Out” – Fifth Circuit Permits Secured Creditor to Disregard Chapter 11 Case
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A few weeks ago in In re S. White Transportation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit permitted a secured creditor that had indisputably received notice of the debtor’s chapter 11 case, but took no steps to
“Girls Gone Wild” Chapter 11 Case – [Insert Joke Here]
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GGW LLC and its affiliates (“GGW”), which produce and distribute the soft core pornography videos known as “Girls Gone Wild”, recently filed for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The filing follows years of legal troubles for the company’s
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