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November 25, 2024

Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane says that Delaware corporate law can’t prevent committees from having derivative standing.

July 17, 2024

New York’s Judge Sean Lane saw no reason for forcing holders of a $148 million defamation judgment ‘to wait years’ for a ‘modest distribution.’

May 22, 2023

Courts are divided on whether electricity supplied within 20 days of bankruptcy gives rise to an administrative priority claim.

August 23, 2022

Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in New York barred a chapter 11 claims agent from selling the claims docket to a claims trader in return for a share of the fees earned by the trader.

February 17, 2022

A fight between creditors justifies granting a Subchapter V debtor more time to file a plan, Judge Lane says.

April 22, 2021

Manhattan’s Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane requires a record in the foreign proceeding showing that third-party releases are in accord with foreign law.

April 27, 2020

Claims traders are put on notice: Purchasing a claim doesn’t insulate the buyer from disallowance under Section 502(d).

June 19, 2019

Judge Sean Lane publishes an opinion to nip an improper discovery tactic in the bud.

June 05, 2019

Allegedly repudiating U.S. dollar obligations won’t preclude a finding of property in the U.S., Judge Lane rules.

February 20, 2019

Although the parties were sophisticated, New York judge finds that a liquidated damages clause was actually an unenforceable penalty.