Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending December 1, 2017

02 Dec Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending December 1, 2017

Trends and Developments

Impending Amendments to the Bankruptcy Rules Significantly Change a Secured Creditor’s Duties on Filing Claims

Bankruptcy filings decline, but experts at Business Law Fall Meeting predict the hits will keep coming

Intellectual Property

DLA Piper prepares report on the protection of IP rights in insolvency proceedings for INSOL International

Executory Contracts

When Worlds Collide: Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and Chapter 11

Cross-Border

Recent Rulings Deepen the Divide on Whether the Bankruptcy Code’s Avoidance Provisions Apply Extraterritorially