Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending October 14, 2016

14 Oct Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending October 14, 2016

Trends

Commercial Bankruptcies Soar 38 Percent as Debt Crushes Businesses

Claims

How a “Voluntary” Default under An Indenture Converted an Optional Redemption Provision into a Mandatory Redemption Provision Requiring Payment of a Make-Whole Premium

Recent Delaware Chapter 11 Case Supports Vendors’ Reclamation Claims

Unsecured Creditor Carve-outs: Chapter 11 Misery Makes Strange Bedfellows

Sales

Second Circuit Sets Out Standard for Determining Scope of Free and Clear Provision in Sale Order under Section 363(F)

Trustee Fails to Meet Burden of Showing That Proposed Sale of Assets Complies with Section 363(F) of the Bankruptcy Code

Cross-Border

New forum looks at managing cross-border insolvency cases

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