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Bankruptcy Litigation Panel
Latest post-petition interest litigation, make-whole payments (School Specialty, AMR), OID, etc. (ResCap, KV Pharma); enforceability of intercreditor agreements; class-action certification in bankruptcy (Rodriguez); settlement payments (Quebecor); post-Stern consent to jurisdiction cases (Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits); § 502(d) disallowance under KB Toys; fraudulent transfer update (Tribune, Sentinel)
“Market Value” Tests in Valuation
What is the difference between “market value” and “intrinsic value”?; what is market value, and how is it discerned?; how reliable are various indicia or tests of market value, including: (1) public (or private) bankruptcy trading prices of the debt or equity securities of a debtor, (2) outcome of the bankruptcy sale process and (3) credit-bidding, and when can “market tests” be wrong?; have bankruptcy courts allowed lay perceptions of discernible market value to replace expert testimony and other proofs relevant to § 506 determinations or cramdowns?; how can rights offerings be used and assessed as an indication of value?
GSC Group Case Study and Other Bankruptcy Ethics Matters
Review of GSC case (bankruptcy court decision pending); what are the lessons of GSC for practitioners regarding disclosure, fee sharing, disinterestedness and conflicts, etc?; review of disinterestedness standards under § 101(14) and related disclosure requirements; additional ethics topic might include conflicts waivers (when is it necessary to obtain a waiver? Distinctions may be drawn based on current vs. recent vs. former clients, directly adverse vs. positionally adverse, relatedness to a prior matter, use of confidential information); Brown Publishing
Multi-Debtor Cases
Each affiliated debtor and its creditors have potentially conflicting interests in maximizing assets and minimizing claims, so how are these interests reconciled in multi-debtor cases?; can one board make decisions for all debtors?; when is an independent board or CRO needed to represent the interests of a particular business unit, and why don’t we see that more often?; how should one arrange intercompany DIP financing?; how should one ensure that all constituencies are represented and that key stakeholders are at the table?; should there be multiple creditors’ committees?; use of examiners and other third parties; increased use of motions seeking to disqualify counsel, mediators, etc.
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