U.S. subsidiaries of a Canadian parent were under the control of a Canadian receiver, switching COMI from the U.S. to Canada.

Another bankruptcy court in New York holds that the ability to opt out of nondebtor releases represents consent after Purdue.

Bankruptcy courts in New York and Delaware believe that Purdue did not change the law and that nondebtor releases and exculpations are still permissible in chapter 15 cases.

Defensive setoff rights are not discharged by chapter 11 confirmation, even when no proof of claim was filed.

New York’s Judge Martin Glenn disapproved a lockup agreement masquerading as a plan-support agreement that required the creditor to vote for any plan the debtor might propose.

A lawyer was found to have committed fraud on the court for filing schedules claiming ownership of property that another court had found not to be the debtor’s property.

A foreign branch of a U.S. bank isn’t a foreign bank eligible for chapter 15.

Applying ordinary contract law, New York judge rules that customers are bound by contracts they haven’t read.

A court filing by a claims trader was stricken from the docket because it contained judges’ direct email addresses.

One month apart, two judges in New York differed on the extent to which they permitted redactions of information about creditors, their identities and addresses.