Note from Peter S. Clark, II (CR&B Practice Group Leader):

Welcome to the January 2016 issue of the CR&B Alert, the newsletter produced by Reed Smith's Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. Please share your feedback and ideas. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you.

In this Issue:

• Deed-In-Lieu, or Not
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Courts, Finds Substantially Completed Plan Is Not Equitably Moot
• The Inconsequential Value Exception to the Section 1111(b) Election: Analyzing the When and How
• Chapter 7 Trustee’s Claim of Breach of Fiduciary Duty Based on Failure to Comply with the WARN Act Survives Motion to Dismiss
• Section 303 Requirements Not Enough – Involuntary Chapter 7 Petitioner Must Also Demonstrate Good Faith in Filing
• Regardless of Claim Priority, State Department of Revenue Entitled to Adequate Protection Thanks to Bulk Sales Act
• Separate Agreements Comprising One Unitary Contract Must Be Assumed or Rejected Cum Onere
• Issues of Material Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Whether Lender Impliedly Assumed Liability to Return Membership Deposits
• Sale of Substantially All of Debtor’s Assets Cannot Be Approved in a Final Cash Collateral Order
• Counsel’s Corner: News From Reed Smith

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