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Oil & Gas Gathering Agreements Can Be Rejected as Executory Contracts

Pipeline companies strike out again in New York on Texas law question.

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New York Southern District

Loan Agreement Gives U.S. Court Jurisdiction over Foreign Bank Lender

Few U.S. connections required for ‘specific jurisdiction’ over a foreign lender.

2nd Circuit
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New York Southern District

Judge Punts on How the Rule of Explicitness Survived Adoption of the Code

Circuits split on whether Section 510(b) killed off the exception to the Rule of Explicitness.

2nd Circuit
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New York Southern District

Appeals Brewing on Breadth of the Barton Doctrine in the Second Circuit

Will the Second Circuit follow the Ninth with a broad reading of Barton v. Barbour?

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New York Southern District

Clever Pleading Won’t Allow Individual Creditors to Sue, Madoff District Judge Says

Decision draws the line between common claims and those particular to individual creditors.

2nd Circuit
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New York Southern District

Transferring Venue Isn’t Easier Just Because There Is Bankruptcy Jurisdiction

New York district judge keeps a lawsuit out of the hands of a Delaware bankruptcy judge.

2nd Circuit
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New York Southern District

Preference Law Held Not to Have Extraterritorial Application

New York’s Judge Bernstein delves into the splits on extraterritoriality.

2nd Circuit
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New York Southern District

New York District Judges Are Split on Drawing Inferences of Fraud from Executives

Reversed by one district judge, Bankruptcy Judge Gerber was lauded by another on the same issue.

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New York Southern District

Circuit and District Courts Split on Maritime Liens in the Wake of Bankruptcy

O.W. Bunker bankruptcy tees up decisive Second Circuit rulings on liens for ‘necessaries.’

2nd Circuit
New York
New York Southern District

New York Judge Requires Hedge Funds to Disclose Their Investors

Evidence must show that hedge fund investors’ identities are ‘commercial information.’

2nd Circuit
New York
New York Southern District
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