The Year in Bankruptcy – 2024 Popular Reads on JD Supra | Beacon Insights by JD Supra

For your reference, here is a year-end recap of some of the most widely read bankruptcy-related updates, analysis, and guidance published on JD Supra throughout 2024:

1. Talc-Related Matter Filings Predictably Increase, As New Bankruptcies are Filed – by Thomas Cocchi, Shayan Heidarzadeh, and Frederic “Rick” Norris at Husch Blackwell
2. First Impressions: Seventh Circuit Rules that the Bankruptcy Code’s “Safe Harbor” for Securities Contracts Transfers Applies to Non-Public Securities – by Daniel Merrett at Jones Day
3. How the U.S. Supreme Court’s Rulings on Kaiser and Purdue Pharma Affect Insurers’ Rights and Interests in Chapter 11 Cases – by Scott Seaman at Hinshaw
4. Tennessee Supreme Court Clarifies Standing Law and Eliminates Wrongful Foreclosure as a Cause of Action in a Big Win for Mortgage Industry – by Erik Halvorson and J. Hunter Robinson at Bradley
5. UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Concludes Digital Assets Compatible With English Insolvency Law – by Bruce Bell, Tim Bennett, Stuart Davis, Gabriel Lakeman, and Jessica Walker at Latham & Watkins
6. Subchapter V Debt Limit Set to Expire in June 2024: What This Means for Small Businesses – by Jason Bank and Danielle Kus at Kerr Russell
7. The Clawback Process in Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know – by Eric Monzo and Tara Pakrouh at Morris James
8. Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors – an often-overlooked state law alternative to Chapter 7 bankruptcy – by Magdalena Schardt at Fox Rothschild
9. Restructuring in the Cayman Islands: The New Regime – by Alex Davies, Jordan McErlean, and Spencer Vickers at Conyers
10. Delaware District Court Sheds Light on Standards for Dismissal of Chapter 11 Case Based on Bad Faith – by Robert Klyman and Scott Shelley at DLA Piper
11. Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in the Netherlands (Updated) – by Bas Ebels, Marlena Koscielniak, and Marc Udink at ILN
12. From Opioids to Opt-Outs: Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases and the Aftermath of Purdue – by Paul Possinger and Elliot Stevens at Proskauer
13. Imputation of Agent’s Knowledge to Transferee in Bankruptcy Avoidance Litigation Defeats Good-Faith Defense – by Oliver Zeltner at Jones Day
14. The Ponzi Scheme Presumption in Avoidance Action Litigation – by Kimberly Black and Daniel Lowenthal at Patterson Belknap
15. US Bankruptcy Court Establishes Guidelines for “New Value” Plans of Reorganization in Competing Plan Scenarios – by Shant Eulmessekian and Robert Klyman at DLA Piper

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