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Insolvency Service “reframes” view of creditor – IPs can apply their discretion (UK)

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Third Circuit Decision Suggests Another Way For Trademark Licensees To Protect Against License Rejection In Bankruptcy

Trademark licensees have long faced the serious risk of losing all license rights to a trademark if the licensor files bankruptcy and rejects the trademark license as an executory contract. However, a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals

The General Decline in Real Estate Value is Expected to Continue

The ABI's Chart of the Day Website has an interesting post citing the Calculated Risk Blog regarding supply for the housing market. Typically, the housing market has under six months of supply. The ongoing problems in the economy have been linked to

BAPCPA PowerPoint Presentation

I attended a very informative presentation yesterday by Rob Blackford from the company Design(615). The presentation was sponsored by the company Werkshop Marketing and involved designing a website to integrate with social media. One of the tips I

New York Times: Peddling Relief, [Debt Settlement] Firms Put Debtors in Deeper Hole

A recent New York Times piece confirms a lot of what readers of A Clean Slate already know: A lot of debt settlement outfits are scams and don’t deliver anywhere close to what they advertise. I have written about debt settlement here and here. These

Hardball in the Texas Rangers' Chapter 11 Case

The 2010 Major League Baseball season may not yet even be at the halfway point, but events in the Chapter 11 case of Texas Rangers Baseball Partners are beginning to resemble the taut back and forth of the final weeks of a pennant race. It appeared

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Automatic Stay

The Automatic Stay. It is one of the greatest and most powerful provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. If sections of the Bankruptcy Code were literary characters, the Automatic Stay would be a superhero. The Automatic Stay comes from section 362 of the

Chambers USA Names 10 Morris James Partners In Their 2010 Guide to Leading Business Lawyers

Morris James LLP is pleased to announce that ten of its partners have been ranked among the leading Delaware lawyers in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business - an increase of two rankings from last year. In addition

Rent as an administration expense - Goldacre

Commercial landlords and insolvency practitioners are all alive to the effects of the decision of HHJ Purle QC in Goldacre (Offices) Ltd v Nortel Networks UK Ltd [2009] EWHC 3389 (Ch) (07 December 2009), that rent is an administration expense...

May Bankruptcy Filings Decrease

The image above represents bankruptcy filings in the Western District of Kentucky from January 1, 2010 through May 31, 2010. Monthly totals decreased by 81 in the Western District during May. The image above represents bankruptcy filings in the

Synthetic Derivatives -What are They and Who Cares?

A few weeks ago, the Senate interrogated the guys from Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street so-called "Investment Bank" The argument was about regulating Synthetic Derivatives. HUH? What are those and why does it matter anyway? Here’s the easiest way to