Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 10, 2017

11 Feb Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 10, 2017

Trends

January Total Bankruptcy Filings Up 5 Percent from 2016, First Consecutive Monthly Year-over-Year Increases Since 2010

Secured Claims

“All assets” Filings Under the Uniform Commercial Code: Is more or less correct?

Judge Punts on How the Rule of Explicitness Survived Adoption of the Code

Language Matters: Third Circuit Finds Make-Whole Provision Enforceable After Bankruptcy Filing

Unsecured Claims

Vendor Alert: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Upholds Creditor’s Reclamation Claim

Reorganization

Fair Equivalents and Market Prices: Bankruptcy Cramdown Interest Rates

Avoidance and Recovery

Terminating a Contract Is a Transfer of an Asset — Sometimes

Cross-Border

Judges lead the way on cross-border insolvency initiatives

S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Preference Action Involving International Transfer