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The New Era Of Preference Action Defense

A notable shift is emerging in the treatment and pursuit of avoidance actions as bankruptcy filings continue to rise across certain sectors of the economy. Preference litigation, long a routine component of Chapter 11 proceedings, is becoming increasingly sophisticated as trustees, litigation trusts, and estate representatives adopt new tools and strategies to maximize recoveries.

United States Insolvency

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IR Global

Quarterly Brief: What’s New, What’s Next Across Industries In Restructuring & Turnaround (Q2 2026)

Riveron's Q2 2026 Restructuring & Turnaround brief examines how companies across multiple industries are navigating elevated financial distress amid tighter credit conditions, rising debt maturities, and persistent operational pressures. The analysis explores sector-specific challenges from aerospace to retail, highlighting how management teams and lenders are addressing liquidity constraints and restructuring risks in an increasingly selective credit environment.

United States Insolvency

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Riveron

S.D.N.Y. Recognizes In Re ARD Finance As The First Chapter 15 “foreign Main Proceeding” Under Luxembourg’s 2023 Restructuring Statute

Judge Glenn recently became the first U.S. bankruptcy judge to recognize a Luxembourg judicial reorganization by collective procedure (the Luxembourg Proceeding or JRP) as a “foreign main proceeding” under Chapter...

United States Insolvency

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

When Boards Flip: Governance And Litigation Risk In Financial Distress

Moore & Van Allen attorney Reginald Sainvil examines the governance challenges and litigation risks that emerge when control of financially distressed companies shifts at the board level through "board flips."

United States Insolvency

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Moore & Van Allen

Delaware Adopts Uniform Assignment For The Benefit Of Creditors Act, Expanding Bankruptcy Alternative For Distressed Companies

United States Insolvency

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Court Of Appeal Of Alberta Confirms Limits On Cross-Examination Of Court Officers

Canada Insolvency

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Delaware Becomes Sixth State To Adopt The Uniform Assignment For Benefit Of Creditors Act: What It Means For Distressed Businesses

United States Insolvency

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

Duel Of The Forums – Court Declines Receivership Application In Favour Of Existing Arbitration Process

Canada Insolvency

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Keep Your Recission Rights Close: The Intersection Between Bankruptcy Law And Copyright Law

United States Insolvency

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Adams and Reese

Delaware Adopts Uniform Assignment For The Benefit Of Creditors (ABC) Act

United States Insolvency

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Intellectual Property In Bankruptcy: An Overview

United States Insolvency

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

Southern District Of Texas Clarifies Post-Purdue Course For Consensual Third-Party Releases And Gatekeeping Provisions

United States Insolvency

JD

Jones Day

Release Of Insured In Bankruptcy Bars Coverage For Later Judgment

United States Insolvency

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Wiley Rein

Recent Developments In Cross-Border Restructuring Under Chapter 15 Of The Bankruptcy Code

United States Insolvency

AP

Arnold & Porter

Third Circuit Pumps The Brakes On Class Action Fee Multiplier

United States Litigation

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Ballard Spahr LLP

New Laws Are Changing Connecticut Employers’ Pay, Accommodation, AI Obligations In ’26/27

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Ambiguity Of Measurement Conditions For Relevant Chemical Property Leads To Federal Circuit Affirming Noninfringement Of Epoprostenol Patents

United States IP

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Duane Morris LLP

AI Notetakers: Productivity Tool Or Emerging Legal Risk?

United States Technology

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Mayer Brown

Federal Court Vacates $100,000 H-1B Fee

United States Immigration

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

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The New Era Of Preference Action Defense

A notable shift is emerging in the treatment and pursuit of avoidance actions as bankruptcy filings continue to rise across certain sectors of the economy. Preference litigation, long a routine component of Chapter 11 proceedings, is becoming increasingly sophisticated as trustees, litigation trusts, and estate representatives adopt new tools and strategies to maximize recoveries.

United States Insolvency

IG

IR Global

Judicial Foreclosure And Receivership As Alternative Remedies For Washington Lenders After Vargas

On April 30, 2026, the Washington Supreme Court ruled in Vargas v. RRA CP Opportunity Trust 1 that only a “holder” of a negotiable instrument, as contemplated by the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), can satisfy the prerequisites for conducting a nonjudicial trustee’s sale of property under the Washington Deed of Trust Act (DTA).

United States Real Estate

AP

Arnold & Porter

Quarterly Brief: What’s New, What’s Next Across Industries In Restructuring & Turnaround (Q2 2026)

Riveron's Q2 2026 Restructuring & Turnaround brief examines how companies across multiple industries are navigating elevated financial distress amid tighter credit conditions, rising debt maturities, and persistent operational pressures. The analysis explores sector-specific challenges from aerospace to retail, highlighting how management teams and lenders are addressing liquidity constraints and restructuring risks in an increasingly selective credit environment.

United States Insolvency

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Riveron

S.D.N.Y. Recognizes In Re ARD Finance As The First Chapter 15 “foreign Main Proceeding” Under Luxembourg’s 2023 Restructuring Statute

United States Insolvency

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Delaware Adopts Uniform Assignment For The Benefit Of Creditors Act, Expanding Bankruptcy Alternative For Distressed Companies

United States Insolvency

B

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Cayman Court Dismisses US$26 Million Winding-Up Petition: Key Takeaways From China Export & Credit Insurance Corp v Hyalroute Communication Group Ltd

Cayman Islands Litigation

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Conyers

Justice Martin Has Retired From The Supreme Court. What Impact Will That Have Going Forward?

Canada Litigation

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

A Practical Guide To Managing Complex Multi-Party Litigation On The Commercial List

Canada Litigation

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

United States Supreme Court Rules On Failure To Disclose Personal Injury Claim In Bankruptcy

United States Litigation

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

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Financial Restructuring

The New Era Of Preference Action Defense

A notable shift is emerging in the treatment and pursuit of avoidance actions as bankruptcy filings continue to rise across certain sectors of the economy. Preference litigation, long a routine component of Chapter 11 proceedings, is becoming increasingly sophisticated as trustees, litigation trusts, and estate representatives adopt new tools and strategies to maximize recoveries.

United States Insolvency

IG

IR Global

Quarterly Brief: What’s New, What’s Next Across Industries In Restructuring & Turnaround (Q2 2026)

Riveron's Q2 2026 Restructuring & Turnaround brief examines how companies across multiple industries are navigating elevated financial distress amid tighter credit conditions, rising debt maturities, and persistent operational pressures. The analysis explores sector-specific challenges from aerospace to retail, highlighting how management teams and lenders are addressing liquidity constraints and restructuring risks in an increasingly selective credit environment.

United States Insolvency

R

Riveron

S.D.N.Y. Recognizes In Re ARD Finance As The First Chapter 15 “foreign Main Proceeding” Under Luxembourg’s 2023 Restructuring Statute

Judge Glenn recently became the first U.S. bankruptcy judge to recognize a Luxembourg judicial reorganization by collective procedure (the Luxembourg Proceeding or JRP) as a “foreign main proceeding” under Chapter...

United States Insolvency

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

When Boards Flip: Governance And Litigation Risk In Financial Distress

United States Insolvency

MV

Moore & Van Allen

Delaware Adopts Uniform Assignment For The Benefit Of Creditors Act, Expanding Bankruptcy Alternative For Distressed Companies

United States Insolvency

B

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

“Simply Put, Chapter 15 Is Not Chapter 11” – U.S. Bankruptcy Court Cracks Open Door For Canadian Cannabis Restructurings

United States Cannabis

DM

Duane Morris LLP

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Cracks Open Door For Canadian Cannabis Restructurings

United States Cannabis

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Southern District Of Texas Clarifies Post-Purdue Course For Consensual Third-Party Releases And Gatekeeping Provisions

United States Insolvency

JD

Jones Day

Recent Developments In Cross-Border Restructuring Under Chapter 15 Of The Bankruptcy Code

United States Insolvency

AP

Arnold & Porter

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Referral Networks, Market Uncertainty And "Pipeline To Prosperity": A Conversation With TMA Chicago/Midwest Chapter President Sandy Prabhakar (Podcast)

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Ballard Spahr LLP

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Superpriority Status For Payments In Bankruptcy (Video)

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Lowenstein Sandler

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