BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY NEWS AND ANALYSIS – WEEK ENDING August 7, 2020

Trends and Legislative Analysis

Bankruptcy lawyer says “we’re in the middle of the calm before the storm”

How Coronavirus Sparked a Bankruptcy Crisis

The Pros and Cons of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019

Conversion / Redesignation Of A Chapter 11 or 7 Bankruptcy to A Subchapter V Case

Chapter 12 Farm Bankruptcies for the Last 12 Months

July Commercial Chapter 11s Increase 52 Percent over Last Year, Total Filings Down 33 Percent

Most of What You Read about the Bankruptcy Filing Rate Is Wrong

Out-of-Court Transactions

Protecting Recoveries in a Pandemic: What Creditors Can Do Right Now

Where Past is Prologue: Applying Lessons from the Past to Protect ABL Lenders in a World of Future Distress

Navigating a Company through Troubled Waters: Shifting Fiduciary Duties & Corporate Governance in the Zone of Insolvency

Case Commencement

Behind The Curtain—Chapter 11 From The Inside—Chapter 2—The Initial Meeting

The Fraudulent Conveyance Origins of Chapter 11: An Essay on the Unwritten Law of Corporate Reorganizations

Keep Your Friends Close, but Keep Your Critical Vendors Closer

Mothballing Motions from Retail debtors to Avoid Rent Payments due to COVID-19 Pandemic 

Sales

Key Provisions in Bankruptcy Asset Purchase Agreements

Avoidance and Recovery

Bankruptcy ‘Plunderers’ Can Be Sued by Creditors, Third Circuit Rules

Cross-Border

UPDATED Global Insolvency Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Insolvency Laws