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Distressed Real Estate Bankruptcies Continue, Despite Interest Rate Peak
Although interest rates may have peaked, we continue to expect a large volume of distressed real estate debtors to utilize the bankruptcy system over the next couple of years. This article analyzes two recent decisions regarding distressed real estate bankruptcies, both of which involve rights of real estate lenders against proceeds of collateral other than the real estate itself.
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Distressed Real Estate Filings to Continue
Although interest rates may have peaked, we continue to expect a large volume of distressed real estate debtors to utilize the bankruptcy system over the next couple of years. This article analyzes two recent decisions regarding distressed real estate bankruptcies, both of which involve rights of real estate lenders against proceeds of collateral other than the real estate itself.
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Players On the Move
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
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CRE Case Roundup: Analysis of Recent Cases In Commercial Leasing
Stewart Sterk, Mack Professor of Law at the Cardozo School of Law and Editor-in-Chief of New York Real Estate Law Reporter and Scott Mollen, partner at Herrick Feinstein provide analysis of recent cases regarding commercial real estate.
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To What Extent Does a Bankruptcy Court Have Jurisdiction Over a Post-Confirmation Lawsuit?
In the recent decision of Tew v. ED&F Man Capital Markets, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky addressed a thorny decision for all bankruptcy courts, namely to what extent a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction over a post-confirmation lawsuit.
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Fresh Filings
Notable court filings in entertainment law.
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Following Uptick In 2023, Bankruptcy Lawyers Are Expecting a Busy 2024
Predictions of an uptick in bankruptcy filings came true this year, and bankruptcy lawyers are expecting a steady continuation into 2024, with the use of alternative approaches continuing to increase.
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Litigation Finance Offers Significant Benefits for Restructuring Matters
In today's volatile economic climate, companies need to be more creative to find ways to mitigate risk. Litigation finance is one of those out-of-the-box solutions that can provide benefits.
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Ninth Circuit Focuses On Extrinsic Test In Ruling On Choreography Copyright
Reversing and remanding, the Ninth Circuit emphasized: "The district court's approach of reducing choreography to 'poses' is fundamentally at odds with the way we analyze copyright claims for other art forms, like musical compositions."
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Second Circuit Likely to Deliver Big Win for Commercial Shopping Center Lessor
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, on remand from the Supreme Court, further remanded to the district court the key issue of whether the Chapter 11 debtor gave "adequate assurance of future performance of" a commercial real property shopping center lease "as required by the Bankruptcy Code after the debtor's assignment of its lease.
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