Circuit Expands Espinosa to Include Failure to Give Notice of Third-Party Releases
Eleventh Circuit holds that the lack of notice required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(c)(3) did not result in the invalidity of non-debtor, third-party releases in a chapter 11 plan.
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Solstice Sunglasses Reduces Rents, Exits Chapter 11
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Eleventh Circuit Differentiates the Two Standards for Approval of Non-Debtor Releases
The Eleventh Circuit has two standards for non-debtor releases: One for free-standing settlements and another for releases engrafted into chapter 11 reorganization plans
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Seadrill Nets Court Approval to Cut Debt, Exit Bankruptcy
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Hertz Files to List Shares on Nasdaq in Wake of Bankruptcy Exit
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Supreme Court Update: Equitable Mootness Not Ready for Prime Time
An arbitration case to be argued in November may inform bankruptcy courts whether they must enforce arbitration agreements.
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Supreme Court Likely to Tackle 2018 U.S. Trustee Fee Increase
The circuits are now split 2/2 on whether the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because the increase didn’t apply immediately in bankruptcy administrator districts.
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