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Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending March 6, 2015

  Trends Bankruptcy Filings Down Again 10.1% in February 2015 ABI: February Chapter 11 Filings Down 25% Secured Claims No...

06 March, 2015 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy News and Analysis – Week Ending January 30, 2015

Trends Expense Puts Lid on Bankruptcy Filings The Year in Review: U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Matters Rethinking "Small"...

01 February, 2015 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending January 16, 2015

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" class="zemanta-img"] A bond from the Dutch East India Company, dating from...

18 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending January 9, 2015

Trends Bankruptcy Count Lowest Ever. Uptick Anticipated - Health Care Filings Lead Count Bankruptcies Down 12% in...

10 January, 2015 / 0 Comments

Happy Holidays from South Bay Law Firm!

We plan to be back on January 9, 2015.  Meanwhile, have a joyous holiday season...

27 December, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week of December 19, 2014

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" class="zemanta-img"] The Nine[/caption] Legislation Four Things You Need to Know About Chapter 11...

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Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending December 5, 2014

Current Developments and Legislation November Bankruptcy Filings Decline 16 Percent From 2013 House passes financial institution bankruptcy...

05 December, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending November 21, 2014

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="549" class="zemanta-img"] The Supreme Court of the United States. Washington, D.C. (Photo...

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Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending November 14, 2014

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" class="zemanta-img"] The John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, home of the United...

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Insolvency News and Analysis – Week of November 7, 2014

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" class="zemanta-img"] English: The John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, home of the...

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Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending October 24, 2014

Secured Credit Delaware Supreme Court Rules Mistakenly Filed UCC Termination Statement Is Effective in $1.5 Billion...

25 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending October 17, 2014

Involuntary Petitions LLP: When Is A Partnership Not a Partnership (And Who Cares)? Sales Fiduciary Considerations for Pre-Bankruptcy...

17 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending October 10, 2014

http://gty.im/163443759 Current Events Commercial Restructuring and Bankruptcy News (ReedSmith, LLP) Venue The Short Case for Venue Reform Procedure Proposed Bankruptcy Rule...

10 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

What’s In A Name?

“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare once asked, rhetorically.  According to Shakespeare’s character Juliet – and...

02 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 26, 2014

  http://gty.im/88621051 Legislation False Premises of Bankruptcy Reform Agenda Current Developments The Weil Bankruptcy Blog: 2014 Mid-Year Review Case Commencement Why Pot...

26 September, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 19, 2014

  Claims Court Denies Administrative Priority Status to Seller Whose Goods Were Not Received by the Debtor Auction...

19 September, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 12, 2014

Bankruptcy Legislation House Panel OKs Bankruptcy Path for Big Bank Failures DIP Lending The Fifth Circuit Narrowly Construes...

12 September, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending September 5, 2014

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Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending August 29, 2014

  [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="302"] Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second...

29 August, 2014 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending August 22, 2014

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350"] English: Charles Simms, March 17, 1796, Fire Insurance Policy (Photo credit:...

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Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending August 15, 2014

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15 August, 2014 / 0 Comments

Paid in Full

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200"] American National Bank AD (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] One of the fundamental functions...

10 August, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending August 1, 2014

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="320"] Insolvency News and Analysis . . . and More[/caption]                       Trends Highlights From 2014...

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Insolvency News and Analysis – July 18, 2014

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350"] The bitcoin logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]                               Secured Claims In re 804 Congress: Fifth...

18 July, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – July 11, 2014

  [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350"] Emblem of Hong Kong (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]                             Trends Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Drop 22%...

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Insolvency News and Analysis – Week Ending July 3, 2014

  [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350"] Map of the geographic boundaries of the various United States Courts...

01 July, 2014 / 0 Comments

The Little Things

In the confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan – as in life – it is...

27 June, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insolvency News and Analysis – June 20, 2014

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="320"] Alphabetical by Author (Photo credit: woohoo_megoo)[/caption]                       Bankruptcy and Insolvency News and Analysis...

20 June, 2014 / 0 Comments

Bankruptcy News and Analysis – June 13, 2014

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350"] Newspaper (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]                   Asset Ownership - Bankruptcy Estate: When Is A Joint...

13 June, 2014 / 0 Comments

Recent Insolvency and Bankruptcy Headlines – June 6, 2014

Some of the week's top bankruptcy and restructuring headlines: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] English: Part of...

06 June, 2014 / 0 Comments

The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease

An old and well-known proverb warns:  “It is better to remain silent and be thought...

06 May, 2014 / 0 Comments

Getting Stuck With the Tab

It often happens that, upon commencement of a bankruptcy case, property which is part of...

17 March, 2014 / 0 Comments

Back to School in the Ninth Circuit

This summer was a very busy one for the Ninth Circuit's bankruptcy appellate docket: In Quin...

10 September, 2013 / 0 Comments

An Unexpected Tribute to Émile Zola

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Portrait of Émile Zola (1848), by Édouard Manet (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] "The...

10 July, 2013 / 0 Comments

When a Good Deal . . . Isn’t.

A very recent decision out of California's Central District Bankruptcy Court highlights the boundaries of...

01 July, 2013 / 0 Comments

If the Pro-Fit Doesn’t Fit . . .

In a decision released Monday, Central District of California Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kwan clarified some...

19 June, 2013 / 0 Comments

Cherry Picking.

In a 23-page memorandum decision issued yesterday, New York Bankruptcy Judge Stewart Bernstein ruled that...

14 June, 2013 / 0 Comments

“Defalcation” Explained. Sort Of.

Early last month the Supreme Court held that non-dischargeability for defalcation in breach of a...

07 June, 2013 / 0 Comments

“Debtquity.”

A recently-issued Ninth Circuit decision creates potentially new avenues of recovery for creditors of an...

04 June, 2013 / 0 Comments

Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law – 1st Quarter 2012

Cravath's always-well-done quarterly update of significant bankruptcy decisions, prepared by New York partner Richard Levin, has...

18 February, 2012 / 0 Comments