Bankruptcy And Insolvency News And Analysis – Week Ending February 14, 2020

Trends and Legislative Developments

January Commercial Chapter 11 Filings 2010-20

Bankruptcy filings begin 2020 by moving higher

Big Changes for Small Business Bankruptcies

Another Chapter in the Bankruptcy Code?

Sales

Section 363 Sale Survives Collateral Attack by Chapter 7 Trustee

Claims

Anti-Assignment Provisions: Restrictions on Transfer of Promissory Notes May Be More Enforceable Than You Might Expect

Secured Claims

Bankruptcy Court Rules Default Interest is Not a Penalty Where Triggered by Maturity Default

You Say Loan Participation, I Say Securities, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off

Avoidance and Recovery

Directors’ Duties in Insolvency and the D&O Insurance Implications

Keeping Your Bankruptcy Practice in the Twenty-First Century: The Expanding Issue of Cryptocurrency

Reorganization

Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code Relief of Indebtedness Income and Workouts

Corporate Restructuring under Relative and Absolute Priority Default Rules: A Comparative Assessment