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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 new filings today)
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
BK CD CA: Bankruptcy filings fall slightly in March, 2020
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Mediation:
Four Examples of How Mediation Programs Develop and Grow
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Sales:
Distressed Asset Sales: Bankruptcy and Out-of-Court Options
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Third Party Releases:
In Millennium, the Third Circuit Gives Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in a Chapter 11 Plan a Stern Look
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Appeals:
U.S. Supreme Court: Creditors May Immediately Appeal Denials of Automatic-Stay Relief
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Jurisdiction:
Turf War Update: Sixth Circuit Weighs In on Dispute Between Bankruptcy Courts and FERC Over Rejection of Power Contracts
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This Time is Different: Core Bankruptcy Jurisdiction for Insurance Coverage Lawsuits for Coronavirus Related Claims
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Contracts:
Model Standstill/Tolling Agreement
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Administrative Expenses:
Rethinking Administrative Expenses in Chapter 11: How Vendors and Landlords Will Be Affected by “Mothballed” Cases, Partial Freezes, and Critical Expenses in the COVID-19 Crisis
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D&O:
D&O Insurance Issues Arising from the COVID-19 Crisis
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Avoidance Actions:
Uniform Voidable Transactions Act Adopted in New York
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Post-Merit, the Second Circuit Reaffirms Its Ruling That State Law Avoidance Claims Are Preempted by the Section 546(e) Safe Harbor
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Eight Circuit BAP Determines Junior Lienholders Receive Preference Protection
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UST:
UST Seeks Trial Attorneys In CA and AR
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Fiduciary Duty:
Vigilance Now Can Help Avoid Scrutiny Later: Fiduciary Duties in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
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Bankruptcy Reform:
(Not-So) Small Business Reorganization Act: CARES Act Expands SBRA Eligibility
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Aviation:
Airline Insolvencies
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New York City Airport Use Declines by 96%, Port Authority Says
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Airlines Have a Really Big Problem: People
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United Air Braces for ‘Essentially Zero’ Travel Demand After Aid
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737 Max Has Been Grounded for One Year
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How The U.S. Is Distributing Airline Bailout Funds In COVID-19 Relief Deal
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Airline stocks are set to surge after the 'big 4' accepted more than $15 billion in government bailouts
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American Airlines, United, and other carriers have agreed to bailout terms with the US Treasury that will avoid layoffs until October
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American Airlines CEO: ‘Feels like we’re at the bottom’ as coronavirus sends revenue tanking by 90%
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The real reason U.S. airlines and Boeing went for a combined $73.7 billion in buybacks
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Coronavirus Won’t Kill Leisure Or Business Travel, But It Will Change Them Significantly, Perhaps Forever
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VietJet Lenders Agree Loan Repayment Delays for Plane Purchases
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EasyJet Gets New Loans, Plans Jet Sales to Ride Out Coronavirus
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Cathay’s Passenger Traffic Just 1% of Usual After ‘Drastic’ Drop
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Virgin Australia Stock Suspended as Restructuring Talks Extend
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Gambling:
Vegas Casino Executives Discuss Reopening With Dealers in Masks
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Fitness:
After failed FlyWheel deal, New York Sports Club considers bankruptcy
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Education:
Sports are on the chopping block as colleges seek coronavirus relief
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After Coronavirus, Colleges Worry: Will Students Return?
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Some Colleges Are Waiving SAT and ACT Requirements
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Some colleges consider canceling in-person classes until 2021 over coronavirus
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College students are rebelling against full tuition after classes move online
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Falwell’s Liberty University Pockets Fees After Pretending To Open Dorms, Suit Alleges
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SAT Scrapped for June in Latest Hit to Higher Education
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Cannabis:
Cannabis Has Been Deemed "Essential" in California, But Can Businesses Survive COVID-19?
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Bankruptcy and Restructuring in the Cannabis Industry in 2020 and Beyond
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Newspapers:
L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Eliminated’
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Pensions:
Public Pensions Face Reckoning From Dual Shocks of the Economy
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Student Debt:
11th Circuit: Student Borrower Consumer Claims not Preempted by HEA
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Transit:
Transport After the Virus Will Be More Cars, Fewer Trains
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Climate:
Shell Sets Bolder Emissions Goal Even as Virus Hits Oil Business
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Think This Pandemic Is Bad? We Have Another Crisis Coming
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Sovereigns:
G20 freezes poor countries’ debts to add $20B for pandemic fight
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Lebanon’s Vexing Modification Clause
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What to do When Your Contract is a Dog's Breakfast
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International creditors look to grant 40 sub-Saharan African countries debt suspension
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UK:
For the Foreseeable Future, U.K. Parliament May Meet in Cyberspace
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U.K. to Decide on Lockdown Extension as Virus Seen Hitting Peak
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UK fashion retailers Oasis, Warehouse fall into administration
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U.K. Earnings Could Halve This Year Due to Covid-19, Citi Says
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What do the statistics say about the impact of Covid-19 on UK businesses?
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Why UK's coronavirus death toll is likely much higher than official tally
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A 52% Gap in U.K. Virus Counts Hurts in More Ways Than One
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Sunak’s ‘Whatever It Takes’ Virus Support Unprecedented in U.K.
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Who Goes Into Intensive Care? U.K. Legal Challenges Stacking Up
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IMF Suggests Brexit Trade Talks Should be Extended
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Britain’s Virus-Hit Businesses Find an Unlikely Help in Brexit
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EU:
EU gives advice on lifting coronavirus lockdowns: Don’t all return to work at once
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EU bars bailed-out companies from paying dividends and bonuses
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Virus May Prove Dark Moment for European Project, Stiglitz Says
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Updated Guide: How to access European Governments’ financial support packages
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How Bad Will European Economies Get? Key Challenges For Each Country
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Europe’s Largest Port Warns Virus Impact to Become More Severe
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PIIGS:
Italian debt sinks after ‘corona bond’ plan falters
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Italians question merits of virus testing
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Sun-starved and Locked Down, Italians Ask If Summer Can Be Saved
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Italy Reports 2,667 New Virus Infections, Lowest in 4 1/2 Weeks
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Irish banks may extend mortgage breaks to six months
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Spanish Coronavirus Infections Increase by the Most in a Week
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Coronavirus could derail Greek banks' bad debt reduction plans
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Canada:
Canada Home Sales, Listings Plunge in March With More Pain Seen
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Bankruptcy can't be used as ‘fiscal car wash,’ says N.S. court official who quotes Bob Dylan
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Canada Economy Shrank Most on Record in 1Q, Early Data Show
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Vancouver mayor clarifies ‘misinformation’ about city finances, renews call for provincial help
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Australia:
Court relieves administrators of personal liability for rent
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How could COVID-19 contaminate the financing arrangements of Australian businesses?
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Australia Unexpectedly Adds Jobs, Unemployment Edges Up to 5.2%
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Finland:
Finland’s Lockdown Seen Cutting GDP by as Much as 2% Per Month
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Belgium:
Belgium extends lockdown measures until May 3
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South Korea:
South Korea goes to the polls even as it rebounds from coronavirus pandemic
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South Korea Plans Emergency Handouts to Households Hit by Virus
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Hong Kong:
Reliefs and Support for Small and Medium Enterprises (“SMEs”) in Hong Kong
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Let Not The Sun Go Down On Your Wrath: Winding-Up Petition Brought “in A Fit Of Spite” Adjourned To Aid Restructuring
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Indonesia:
Indonesia Sees $10 Billion Hole in Tourism Revenue From Virus
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China:
French luxury brand Hermès pulls in $2.7 million in a day at a flagship store in China as wealthy shoppers splurge after the coronavirus lockdown
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China Home Prices Resume Upward Climb as Virus Impact Abates
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China knew the coronavirus could become a pandemic in mid-January but for 6 days claimed publicly that there was no evidence it could spread among humans
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More Than 3,000 People in China Were Already Infected With Coronavirus by the Time Xi Jinping Warned the Public: Report
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The coronavirus likely came from China’s wet markets. They’re reopening anyway.
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Mexico:
Mexico’s state oil company hasn’t paid hundreds of workers for months
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Nurses at a hospital in Mexico were reportedly told not to wear face masks so they wouldn't incite panic in patients
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Africa:
IMF Mulls $365 Million Loan to Congo Battling Multiple Epidemics
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As Africa’s largest creditor, China is a determinant factor amid calls for debt-relief
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Fear of Economic Shock Hampers Ethiopia’s Coronavirus Fight
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MENA:
NMC creditor files criminal complaint
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IMF sees crisis-hit Lebanon's output shrinking 12% in 2020
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Franklin Templeton grabs more Gulf government debt amid oil crash
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Singapore:
Dormitory Infections Push Singapore Virus Cases to New Record
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Japan:
Japan losing patience with government over COVID-19 response • Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths
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More Than 200 Listed Japanese Companies Have Cut Their Forecasts
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Japan Should Drop Strings on Virus Aid, Economist Says
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‘Toothless’ Japan Lockdown Shows Some Tentative Signs of Success
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Goldman Sees Virus Hitting Japan Jobs More Than Financial Crisis
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Germany:
Update to the Amendments of the German Insolvency Act
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Germany slowly eases lockdown measures • German easing of lockdown to start with schools on May 4 • Merkel Announces Steps to Slowly Return Germany to Normal
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Germany’s New Coronavirus Cases Climb for First Time in a Week
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Meticulous and Orderly, Germany Can Handle a Pandemic
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German car dealerships to reopen Monday
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Australia:
Lovelorn Aussie is first jailed for breaking virus quarantine
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Bulgaria:
Over 42% of Bulgarian startups at risk of bankruptcy in next three months - industry
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India:
Recent Legislative And Case Law Developments In Insolvency And Bankruptcy Law
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Hit by sharp ad decline, India's newspapers cut jobs and salaries
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At station with no trains, locked-down strangers in India wait weeks with no way out
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South Africa:
South Africa Mining Faces 45,000 Job Losses on Extended Lockdown
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South Africa CEOs Heed President’s Call to Take Pay Cuts
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Zambia:
Debt-ridden Zambia has no option but to ask IMF for help
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Brazil:
Brazil government, banks in talks about bailing out companies
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France:
Paul Hastings Expands Global Finance and Restructuring Practice with Renowned Restructuring Partner and Team in Paris
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France Reports 1,438 New Virus Deaths, Highest Toll to Date
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Russia:
Russian Region Plans Tracking Bracelets for Coronavirus Victims
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Russia’s Oil Pain Deepens as OPEC+ Prepares to Cut Output
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Argentina:
Argentina Sets Stage for Restructuring With $50 Billion Filing
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Argentina a 'black box' as $70 billion debt talks enter final act
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Philippines:
Philippine Labor Department’s Cash Aid Program Runs Out of Funds
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Sweden:
Swedish fashion retailer MQ files for bankruptcy
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Swedish hotel and restaurant bankruptcies set to triple in April -credit agency UC
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