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A recent flurry of activity in Chapter 11 practice has been an embrace of bankruptcy as the ideal forum for companies to channel mass tort litigation into mandatory mediation and a settlement plan process. Purdue Pharma, Boy Scouts, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, and others have strategically used...
Final regulations published on September 30, 2022 (the “final Regulations”) by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the Department of Treasury under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) grant business owners a reprieve, but not a pardon, with respect to their looming beneficial...
MyLawCLE, Partnership and LLC Bankruptcies: Tips and Direction for Emerging Problem Areas Facing Lawyers Who Represent LLC and Partnership Entities or Their Members and Partners.
This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions that illustrate the importance of the administrative record built by a claims administrator, and the impact that the depth and thoroughness of the record will have on litigation over claims decisions. Whether reviewing claims under the de novo...
American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference, Dealing with Digital Assets,
Saul Ewing attorneys hosted this fast-paced webinar, providing a list of things you need to know to develop your checklist for legal issues in 2023, from employment, corporate governance, cybersecurity and privacy, intellectual property to tax. Attorneys with specialized knowledge in these areas...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to augmentation of the administrative record following new rationales, attempted alternative ERISA causes of action, untimely ERISA claims, plans governed by ERISA even in the absence of a written plan document, and the limited weight given to residual...
Opportunity Zones offer potential benefits for your clients, but it's crucial to distinguish between good and bad investments. Delve into the intricacies of the Opportunity Zone program, compliance and reporting obligations involved in maintaining these investments, and tax benefits that are...
Panelist During Views from the Bench, Valuing the Difficult Asset
RESTRUCTURING, INSOLVENCY & TROUBLED COMPANIES 2022; BAD DEBTOR OWES ME MONEY! Candice Kline, a Partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice, will participate in a Financial Poise webinar on October 19, 2022, entitled "Bad Debtor Owes Me Money!" This is part of the "Restructuring...
Gary Lipkin brings more than two decades of legal experience to his new role as a partner in Saul Ewing’s Litigation Department, including handling a diverse range of cases before the nation’s preeminent business court, the Delaware Court of Chancery. He resides in the Firm’s Wilmington office. Mr...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to the interpretation of time periods for claims under life insurance and disability plans, a situation where three separate administrators handled a disability benefits claim (but came to different decisions), the Eleventh Circuit’s parsing of...
Strafford Webinar Panelist on Partnership and LLC Bankruptcies: Unique Legal Issues and Recent Case Law Developments
Eric Orlinsky at the firm Saul Ewing LLP, and one of the founding fathers of the business and technology court in Maryland stated, “research and evidence demonstrates that business cases litigated in a specialized court quickly resolve contributing to the efficiency of the court system.”
THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO IN CLOSING A DEAL: TIPS AND CHECKLISTS TO MAKE A DEAL GO MORE SMOOTHLY Patricia Varona Garcia to Speak during Chicago Bar Association webinar on Business Law Transactions.
Twitter to interview Elon Musk, known for combative testimony Musk's lawyers will want to keep him focused on answering questions, but that can be a challenge with such a smart and opinionated witness, said James Morsch, a corporate litigator who is not involved in the court battle. "I would compare...
Saul Ewing served as legal counsel to Summit Ridge Energy, LLC in a deal with Apollo affiliates in which Apollo agreed to make a $175 million strategic investment in Summit Ridge, a leading owner-operator of community solar assets. The agreement was announced on July 15, 2022. Since launching in...
“Penny wise but pound foolish” first appeared in writing over 500 years ago. This idiom captures the wisdom of human experience in just five words: shortcuts that appear to save money are more expensive in the long run. Sometimes much more. Further proof of this eternal truth - and one taxpayer’s...
Saul Ewing, a full-service law firm with more than 400 attorneys in 16 offices, announced that it has been selected as Delaware counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings of Forever 21, Inc. et al. ("Forever 21"), pending in the United States Bankruptcy...