A seat at the table: this is what you likely want when your financial interests are drawn into a bankruptcy court proceeding. You’ll seek to be heard and do what you can to maximize your recovery.

While the recent Bankruptcy Code amendments allow small business debtors to extend their deferral of lease obligations beyond the first 60 days of the bankruptcy case, the amendments raise and leave ...

Carlos J. Cuevas[/caption] When a debtor files a bankruptcy case the automatic stay arises immediately. 11 U.S.C. §362(a); Rexnord Holdings v. Bidermann, 21 F.3d 522, 527 (2d Cir. 1994). The U.S.

An explanation of insider status in bankruptcy and restructuring cases, including the risks and implications of insider ...

Editor's note: This guide was written by Miller and Hage for The Jaffe Update, a publication produced in July 2013 before the bankruptcy was filed by Kevyn Orr. If Kevyn Orr, the Emergency Manager for ...

Qurate Retail has a 9.99% to 50% chance of filing bankruptcy within the next 12 months based on FRISK scoring. The preferred stock has a current yield of over 40% based on the closing price on October ...

Divided appeals court says state claims are in keeping with federal law's goal of giving debtors "a fresh start." The U.S. Bankruptcy Code does not preempt a bankrupt debtor's state-law claims of ...

When a person files for bankruptcy, it’s a sad day. Although the bankruptcy code was enacted to give a “fresh start to the honest but unfortunate debtor” and a single point of contact for creditors ...

Senator Warren and Congressman Nadler have introduced the Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act (CBRA) which portends to be the biggest change to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code since the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevent ...

This morning at 10 a.m., the Court will hear oral arguments in two cases that at first blush look like they present a fairly dry bankruptcy question. But once unpacked and translated into less ...