Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 15, 2019

18 Feb Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 15, 2019

Trends and Legislative Developments

January Commercial Bankruptcy Filings, 2006-19

Secured Claims

Second Time’s a Charm: First Circuit Finds That Financing Statement Amendments Saved Defective Collateral Description

First Circuit Rules That “Incorporation by Reference” of Collateral Description in UCC Financing Statements May Not Perfect Lien

Reorganization

Judge rules on ‘astonishingly contentious’ Acis-Highland Capital bankruptcy feud

Cross-Border

The Enforcement of Consensual Foreign Plans of Reorganization in Chapter 15

English court uses UNCITRAL Model Law to favour Chapter 11 process over English insolvency procedures