In this Issue:

• Supreme Court Will Decide Standard of Review on Appeal in Insider Dispute
• How Much Post-petition Interest Is Too Much Interest for an Oversecured Creditor?
• Agricultural Cooperative Associations Owe ‘Special Circumstances’ Duties to Creditors upon Insolvency, Bankruptcy Court Says
• Right to a Jury Trial in a Bankruptcy Proceeding
• Class-Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Not So Fresh & Easy
• Delaware Court Approves Plan Releases for ‘Aggressive’ First Lien Lenders Following Second Bankruptcy Filing
• Bankruptcy Court Rejects Debtors’ Claims Against Lenders
• Chapter 7 Trustee Can ‘Step into the Shoes’ of the IRS and Avoid Transfers Occurring 10 Years Before Bankruptcy Filing
• Ninth Circuit Overrules Decades-old Entz-White Decision, Finds That Lenders Are Entitled to Default Interest Under Plan of Reorganization
• Court Finds That Utility Refunds Are a General Intangible
• The Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Sword
• Bankruptcy Court Rejects Yield Capitalization Method in Determining the FMV of an Unbranded Extended-Stay Hotel
• Second Circuit Addresses Limited Scope of Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code
• Delaware Weighs in on Split in Authority Regarding Amount of Severance Pay Entitled to Priority Status
• Dead Meat: Bankruptcy Court in Delaware Considers Ability to Set Off an Administrative Expense Claim Against Preference Liability
• Neither Expired Commercial Lease Nor Holdover Tenancy Is Property of Bankruptcy Estate
• Texas Bankruptcy Court Holds That Reverse Veil Piercing Is Not an Independent Claim Under Texas Law. Rather, It Is a Remedy That May Be Granted in a Successfully Established Independent Claim
• Cropped Out: Bankruptcy Court Construes Alleged Bailment Agreement as Disguised Financing
• Balloon Payment Will Not Pop Chapter 13 Plan
• Counsel’s Corner: News from Reed Smith

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