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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 17, 2017

Trends January Chapter 11 Business Filings Down 19 Percent from Last Year Hughes Hubbard Bankruptcy Review for...

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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...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending January 20, 2017

Estate Substantive Consolidation − Recent Decisions Examine a Bankruptcy Court’s Ability to Augment a Debtor’s Estate Reorganization Opportunities...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending January 13, 2017

Trends Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Rise 26% in 2016 BankruptcyData Projects Rise in Bankruptcy in 2017 Bankruptcy Rate Rises...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending January 6, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4726" align="aligncenter" width="495"] (Photo: Shutterstock)[/caption] Trends: Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Increase 26 Percent in Calendar Year 2016,...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending December 16, 2016

  Case Commencement Involuntary Exposure – Do a Petitioning Creditor's Losses End in the Bankruptcy Court? Avoidance and...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending December 9, 2016

Trends November Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Up 26 Percent over Previous Year, Total Filings Down 10 Percent Commercial...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending December 2, 2016

Procedure The 2016 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Eliminating the Three-Day Rule for...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending October 28, 2016

Trends Breakdown of Business Bankruptcies by Industry in Q3 2016 Case Commencement Can Forcing a Company into Bankruptcy...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending October 21, 2016

Trends Here Are the Biggest Bankruptcy Bets for 2017 Case Administration The Equity Committee Trend: When Shareholders of...

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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...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending October 7, 2016

Trends Top ten court districts for ch. 11 filings reporting over $10 million in debt for...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 30, 2016

[caption id="attachment_3542" align="aligncenter" width="380"] (Photo: AP)[/caption] Case Commencement Third Circuit Court of Appeals Concludes that Section 303(i)...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 23, 2016

    Secured Claims What’s in Your Intercreditor Agreement? For First Lien Lenders, the Devil’s in the Details Claims...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 16, 2016

Trends Year-Over-Year Bankruptcy Filings Increase in August Claims Ninth Circuit Affirms Mandatory Subordination of Investor’s Securities Claim in...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 9, 2016

Trends Breaking the Streak: Bankruptcy Fillings Increase in August Business Bankruptcy Filings by Month, 2015 vs. 2016 The...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 2, 2016

Petitions Involuntary Bankruptcy Primer Part I: Understanding the Oft Ignored Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Claims Reclamation Claims and Lien...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending August 12, 2016

Trends Despite the overall decline, commercial filings continue to increase, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute Case...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending August 5, 2016

Trends 30 companies that might disappear in 2017 Current Developments An Overview of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and its...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending July 29, 2016

Risk Factors Risky Debt Looks Easy. It Isn't. Sales You Can’t Buy Me Love and You Can’t Buy...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending July 15, 2016

Trends George Putnam’s Mid-Year Bankruptcy Update: Sharp Increase in Filings Underway Post-Petition Operations Internet Service a Utility in...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending July 8, 2016

Trends The Big Unravel: U.S. Commercial Bankruptcies Skyrocket Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Climb 29% for the First Half...

09 July, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending July 1, 2016

Happy Birthday, America! Trends Single-Asset Real Estate Filings Inched Up in Q1 2016 Case Commencement Structural Limitations on Bankruptcy...

04 July, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending June 24, 2016

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending June 3, 2016

Trends Total Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Increase 32 Percent in May Case Commencement Blocking Member Provision in LLC Agreement...

03 June, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending May 27, 2016

Trends Corporate Bankruptcy Panel—ABI Commission’s Report on the Reform of Chapter 11: Small and Medium Businesses,...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending May 13, 2016

Trends The “credit cycle” begins to unravel. Litigation and ADR 6 Reasons Why Bankruptcy Mediation is a Process,...

13 May, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending May 6, 2016

Trends Business bankruptices keep climbing (and other news from Washington today) What Does Chapter 11 Really Cost? Avoidance...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending April 30, 2016

  Trends Article: March 2016 Bankruptcy & Restructuring Litigation Update Valuation U.S. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Valuations are on the...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending April 22, 2016

Trends Triple negative – making sense of the current wave of corporate restructurings Task Force Studying Individual...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending April 8, 2016

Trends Number of Large Business Bankruptcies Highest Since 2010 Sales Ninth Circuit B.A.P. Drove Down Bayshore Boulevard and...

08 April, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending April 1, 2016

Trends The Next Perfect Banking Storm Estate Property When Vendors Are Consigned to a Lower Authority Words Matter—Ninth Circuit...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending March 18, 2016

Claims How Are Informal Proofs of Claim Like Informal Dress Codes? What You Can Get Away...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending March 11, 2016

Trends Number of Troubled Companies Nears 2009 Peak February Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Climb 32% Y/Y, Chapter 11...

11 March, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending March 4, 2016

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" class="zemanta-img"] The bitcoin logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Trends February 2016 Commercial Bankruptcy Filings...

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 26, 2016

Trends and Current Development 2016 Lookback Period – Six Weeks (Part 3) The Year in Review: U.S....

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 19, 2016

Trends The Altman Z-Score In Edward Altman's Own Words Notable Plan Confirmations or Exits From Bankruptcy in...

19 February, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 12, 2016

  Trends Houlihan Lokey Sees ‘Growing Pockets of Distress’ in Debt Market BAPCPA 10 Years Later: the Effectiveness...

13 February, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending February 5, 2016

Sales Managing the Preparation, Delivery and Review of the Disclosure Schedule in Section 363 Transaction Can...

08 February, 2016 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending January 22, 2016

Trends Bankruptcies sink to lowest point since 2006 Legislation and Rules Key Considerations for Bankruptcy Practitioners Regarding Amended...

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