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Kmart Bankruptcy: Lessons for Lessors and Secured Parties
One of the most fundamental and critical principles that enables the equipment leasing industry to function on a day-to-day basis is commercial certainty ' certainty in expectations regarding financing; certainty in the meaning of documentation; and reliance on the certainty of the application of legal principles that will be brought to bear in the event of a lease default or bankruptcy.
A currently pending proceeding in the massive Kmart bankruptcy challenges those underpinnings of certainty through the imaginative invocation of the 'equitable powers' of the Bankruptcy Court by a debtor-in-possession who may succeed in bringing about a result which is, by any standard, unfair, unanticipated and 'inequitable' ' at least in any commercial meaning of the word. [Note, On January 22, 2002, Kmart and its affiliate debtors filed a voluntary petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Illinois seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of U.S.C., 11 U.S.C. '' 101, et seq as amended. On January 24, 2003 Kmart filed its Joint Plan of Reorganization. The Plan was confirmed and Kmart emerged from Bankruptcy on May 5, 2003. Even though Kmart has emerged from Chapter 11, the Plan of Reorganization provided that if a motion for assumption was pending at the time of confirmation, that the Plan would not control, and the motions would.]
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.