State Reports - USA

US Court expands creditors’ rights to assert claims against insiders
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2024 Spring edition 

Trouble in Texas: Resignations and Scandal
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023/24 Winter edition 

Purdue Pharma third party releases: A bitter pill to swallow
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Autumn edition 

Chapter 11 protections for unsecured creditors are candles in the wind
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Summer edition 

Are First-Day hearings “game over” for Chapter 11 cases?
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Spring edition 

Bitgrail & Celsius: Similar outcomes, different reasoning
Authors: Iacopo DONATI (Assistant Professor, University Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy) & José CARLES (Co-Chair Insolvency Tech & Digital Assets Wing; Partner CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Spain)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Spring edition

Divided we exist: What do the 2022 US mid-term elections mean?
uthor: Ryan P. WALKER (Senior Vice President, Federal Affairs Shumaker Advisors)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022/2023 Winter edition 

Live and let fly: Turbulence lands SAS in Chapter 11
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Autumn edition 

Cryptocurrencies and Crypto-Tokens
Authors: Montse MAS (CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Spain), Frank TSCHENTSCHER (President of INSOL Europe; Partner, Deloitte Legal, Germany) and José CARLES (Co-Chair of the Insolvency Tech and Digital Assets Wing; CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Spain) 
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Autumn edition 
 
Protection of dissenting creditors’ interests
Author: Abbas ABBASOV (Doctoral Researcher, Martin-Luther Universität Halle)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Autumn edition 
 
Corporate bankruptcy reformation in the US
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Summer edition 

Compromise: The new bad word?
Author: Ryan P. WALKER (Senior Vice President, Federal Affairs Shumaker Advisors)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Spring edition 

Over the hills and far away
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021/2022 Winter edition
 
Chapter 11 under fire: U.S. Congress seeks to end forum shopping
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Autumn  Edition

Digital Gold: Implications of crypto assets under an insolvency scenario
Authors: José CARLES, Laurent Le PAJOLEC and David ORSULA, (Co-chairs of the Insolvency Tech & Digital Assets Wing)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Summer edition 

A closer look at... 2020 statistics on business failures
Author: Emmanuelle INACIO (NSOL Europe Conference Technical and Training Course Director)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Summer edition 

Crisis & Opportunity: Biden’s first 100 days and beyond
Author: Ryan WALKER (Senior Vice President of Federal Affairs for Shumaker Advisors, LLC)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Summer Edition
 
US Column: A “Black Swan” event
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Spring Edition

Divergences and convergences of ‘COVID-19’ recovery plans in the United States, China and the EU
Author: Ludovic VAN EGROO (Institut d’Etudes Politiques Lille, France) 
Source: Eurofenix, 2020 Autumn Edition

Chapter 15: US Bankruptcy Court bars class action lawsuit
Authors: David H. CONAWAY and Ronald D.P. Bruckmann (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2020 Autumn Edition

COVID-19 “Suspends” US Chapter 11 Proceedings
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2020 Summer Edition

Sales incentives and setoff: using rebates to recover receivables
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2020 Spring Edition

Chapter 15 News: Delaware District Court rejects lawsuit against foreign representatives
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2019/20 Winter Edition

Selling claims in Chapter 11: A remedy with risks
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2019 Autumn Edition

Madoff: Insolvency laws without borders
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2019 Summer Edition

Cross-Border Insolvency: English High Court ruling impacts Delaware Chapter 11 case
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2019 Spring Edition

The long arm of the law: Avoidance actions without borders
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2018/2019 Winter Edition

A rose by another name has its thorns
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2018 Autumn Edition

The Chapter 15 Case of Hanjin Shipping
Author: Ilana VOLKOV (Cole Schotz PC, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2018 Summer Edition

US Chapter 15: Delaware court sends U.S. creditor packing… to Italy
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2018 Summer Edition

Managing credit risk in the supply chain
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2018 Spring Edition

Chapter 15: A sword and a shield
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2017 Autumn Edition

The case of Arcapita and the role of U.S. courts in international restructurings
Authors: Brad Geer, Anne Davey, and Zachary Cohen (Houlihan Lokey's Financial Restructuring Group, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2017 Summer Edition

USA: Everything must Go: Retail Chapter 11 filings
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2017 Spring Edition

Takata: The unfortunate recall
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Winter Edition

International sales contracts: Square peg, round hole?
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Summer Edition

Mediation in Restructuring and Insolvency
Author: Prof. Bob WESSELS (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Spring Edition

The US Supreme Court rejects attorneys’ fees in Chapter 11
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Autumn Edition

Managing the risk of involuntary bankruptcy
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Summer Edition

Rights of trade creditors in the US
Author: Daniel A. LOWENTHAL (Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Spring Edition

LDK Solar: Implementing a global restructuring of a China-based corporate family
Author: Phillip TAYLOR (Sidley Austin, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Spring Edition

A hunt for justice erodes the attorney-client privilege
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Winter Edition

Reducing a customer’s Accounts Receivable in the zone of Insolvency
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Autumn Edition

Q&A: Managing parallel proceedings – USA & Cayman Islands
Authors: Kim NEWMARCH (BDO, USA), Caroline MORAN (Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands) and Eleanor FISHER (AlixPartners, Cayman Islands)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Summer Edition

Winners and losers: They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, call me Deacon Blues
Author: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, USA)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Spring Edition