Earlier this month, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) released its The Trouble with with Unneeded Bankruptcy Reform, a response to the ABI Commission Report. Of course, Plan Proponent has been covering the Commission Report since February. It’s only fitting then that, to “prime the pump” after an unplanned
(Some imagined or actual version of the Baha Mar Resort)
As we discussed in two prior posts (Part 1 and Part 2), on June 15, 2015, a 6-3 Supreme Court held in the Chapter 11 case of Baker Botts, L.L.P. v. ASARCO, LLC that bankruptcy professionals employed under Section 327(a) of the
(Can the Commission’s SME proposal better-adapt Chapter 11 for Main Street?)
(Yes, Bark Marketing needs to update for the upcoming season. Go Dawgs!)
This is the final post in Plan Proponent’s series on the plan confirmation-related recommendations in the ABI Commission Report. We wrapped-up our coverage of the Exiting the Case piece in
(by Elizabeth Carden of the ABI)
(by Dave’s iPhone)
The American Bankruptcy Institute held its 20th Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop on Amelia Island last week. At the conference, we heard Prof. Michelle Harner, the Reporter for the ABI Commission Report, talk about the Commission’s recommendations regarding “structured dismissals.” That’s fitting because that is
This is the next post in Plan Proponent’s series on the plan confirmation-related recommendations in the ABI Commission Report (and, in particular, its Exiting the Case piece). In this post, we’ll wrap-up Section F of the Report regarding “Plan Voting and Confirmation Issues.” Subsection 5, the focus of this post, addresses Discharge of Claims Upon
As we discussed in two prior posts, on June 15, 2015, a 6-3 Supreme Court held in the Chapter 11 case of Baker Botts, L.L.P. v. ASARCO, LLC that bankruptcy professionals employed under Section 327(a) of the Bankruptcy Code may not, under Section 330(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, recover as compensation fees incurred in defending
(courtesy of Dave’s iPhone on June 18, 2015)
As a recap of Part 1, on June 15, 2015, a 6-3 Supreme Court held in the Chapter 11 case of Baker Botts, L.L.P. v. ASARCO, LLC that bankruptcy professionals employed under Section 327(a) of the Bankruptcy Code may not, under Section 330(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy
(courtesy of Dave’s iPhone on June 18, 2015)
Two Thursdays ago, we visited my wife’s family in Potomac, Maryland. In addition to seeing the usual sites, we did a Supreme Court “drive-by” and snapped the above photo, a very timely now outdated, but still very political picture.
Indeed, Friday morning, the Supreme Court issued its
This is the next post in Plan Proponent’s series on the plan confirmation-related recommendations in the ABI Commission Report (and, in particular, its Exiting the Case piece).We’ve switched over to Section F of the Report regarding “Plan Voting and Confirmation Issues.” Subsection 4, the focus of this post, addresses Plan Settlements and Compromises.
Background
Settlements
This is the next post in Plan Proponent’s series on the confirmation-related recommendations in the ABI Commission Report (and, in particular, its Exiting the Case piece).We’ve switched over to Section F of the Report regarding “Plan Voting and Confirmation Issues.” Subsection 3, the focus of this post, addresses “Designation of Voting Rights.”
Background
Under Section