Executory Contracts/Leases

Rejecting a Contract Precludes a Suit for Post-Petition Breach

Opinion ostensibly leaves a debtor without recourse for a supplier’s post-petition breach occurring before rejection.
Court: 

Alabama Judge Rejects Second Circuit’s Bankruptcy Act Opinion in Straus-Duparquet

There is no implied assumption of an executory employment contract under the Bankruptcy Code.

Asset Sale Appeals Are Moot Even if There Is a Jevic Violation, First Circuit Says

Waiving the automatic stay and immediately closing a sale does not make Section 363(m) inapplicable.
Court: 

Properly Read, Seventh Circuit Opinion Does Not Undercut DIP Financing

Opinion does not mean that a DIP financing lien terminates when collateral is transferred.
Court: 

Circuit Split Deepens on Rejection of Trademark Licenses

First Circuit follows the Fourth Circuit’s Lubrizol and rejects the Seventh Circuit’s Sunbeam.
Court: 

Manhattan Judge Refuses to Rubber-Stamp a Sealing Motion

Protecting negotiating leverage isn’t grounds for sealing the terms of a lease.

BAPCPA Limits Remedies Against Debtors Who Don’t Reaffirm or Surrender

‘Stay and pay’ may not be permissible, but the remedies can be toothless.

Pages