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Creditor's Rights Vindicated: Bad Faith Chapter 11 Dismissed By Appellate Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has often declared that the bankruptcy court is a place strictly reserved for 'honest debtors.' And while that connotes individuals, there is no escaping the implication that it is just as applicable to businesses that should only be seeking to advance legitimate ends via the bankruptcy process. Yet, an even more direct admonition to all who may file a bankruptcy case is the requirement of 'good faith,' a concept general enough to be adaptable, but strict enough to require entrants to come into the proceedings with the proverbial 'clean hands.'
Unfortunately, not every entity is as high-minded when it files for bankruptcy protection. These malefactors particularly usurp the reorganization process of Chapter 11, since its avowed goal of preserving an existing business provides an opportunity for the unscrupulous to remain in control and bend the law to their own less-than-honest ends.
Fortunately, the bankruptcy courts have the ability to ferret out such wrongdoing. Our subject today is a most recent example of some not-so-nice folks attempting to twist the Chapter 11 process to their own selfish ends, and how the prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit quite handily sent them packing.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?