BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY NEWS AND ANALYSIS – WEEK ENDING MAY 01, 2020

Trends And Legislative Developments

COVID-19 Emergency Bankruptcy Reform – A Call For Action!

Bankruptcy filings, foreclosures expected to surge in coming months

Despite $484 Billion Loan Program, a Flood of Small Business Bankruptcies Likely in Coming Months

15 Companies Facing Bankruptcy in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Making it easier to declare bankruptcy could avert economic catastrophe

Individual Employs New Small Business Bankruptcy Law to Modify Mortgage

CFTC Proposes First Comprehensive Rewrite of Bankruptcy Rules Since 1983

Workouts

Badges of Opportunism: Principles for Policing Restructuring Support Agreements

Can You Take Advantage of Distressed Situations? A Q&A With Schuyler Carroll and Henry Owsley

Distressed Deals Ripe for ‘Failing Firm’ Antitrust Exemption

Advice for Financially-Distressed Businesses and Their Creditors

The growing worry for bondholders: Getting ‘primed’

DIP Financing

Can Chapter 11 Debtors Receive PPP Loans?

Claims

Does A Claim Objection Under Section 502(D) Survive The Transfer Of The Claim By The Original Claimant?

Avoidance And Recovery

Claims Based on Avoidable Transfer Cannot be “Washed Clean” in the Secondary Market

Reorganization

Rights Offerings and Private Placements in Chapter 11: How Creditors Can Strike a Windfall Within the Boundaries of the Bankruptcy Code