Creditors' Rights Report
The Creditors’ Rights Report is published periodically by the Bankruptcy Practice Group at Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP. The Creditors' Rights Report provides our clients and other readers with information and new developments on our primary focus: the rights of creditors in bankruptcy and how those rights can and should be protected and enforced zealously.
September 2006Articles: Will Bankruptcy Filings go Back Up?; Diligence Pays; No Offset Using Rejection Damages
June 2006Articles: Limitations on Debtor's Right to Assume and Assign Intellectual Property Extended to Trademarks; Recent Cases of Interest; Law Firm Settles Enron Preference Litigation … and more; Stepping Up the Automatic Stay?
May 2006Articles: Connolly Bove Wins Priority Claim Dispute in Illinois; Order Directing Environmental Agency to Dismiss Administrative Action Upheld … Again; Supreme Court Declines Appeal of Third Circuit Substantive Consolidation Ruling; Statute of Limitations on Preference Actions; Anna Nicole Smith Prevails on Bankruptcy Jurisdiction - But It Ain't Over Yet
April 2006Articles: Options for Commercial Landlords; Are the 2005 Amendments Having an Impact?; It Only Hurts When You Cry; Whaddayacallit? (BAPCPA)
March 2006Articles: District of Delaware Welcomes Four New Bankruptcy Judges; Bankruptcy Discharge Does Not Protect Continuing Infringement; How Did a Former Playboy Playment Become a Supreme Court Bankruptcy Case?; A More Flexible Defense for "Pass-Through" Preference Defendants; District of Delaware Adopts New Local Rules
February 2006Articles: 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments Create New Rights for Creditors (Extended Reclamation Rights; Enhanced Rights for Creditors Against Preference Recovery Actions; Limits on the Debtor's Exclusive Right to Propose a Plan; Assumption/Rejection of Commercial Real Property Leases; Assignment of Commercial Real Property Leases; Conversion/Dismissal of Bankruptcy Cases; Leverage for Utility Companies)
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Delaware Business Law & Litigation Report
The Delaware Business Law & Litigation Report is published by the Business Law Group at Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP. Our Business Law Group helps clients structure their businesses, provides counsel on various matters, including mergers and acquisitions, and routinely provides legal opinions on Delaware law for corporations and alternative entities. Our Business Law Group includes experienced litigators who practice regularly in the Delaware Court of Chancery. We periodically publish our Delaware Business Law & Litigation Report to inform you of new developments in these important areas of law.
Fall 2007Articles: RNI Wind Down Summary, Article 9-515(a) of the UCC-Lenders and Loan Servicers Beware, Connolly Bove Attorneys Travel to China and Taiwan, Delaware Court of Chancery Applies Issue Preclusion to Subsecquent Derivative Plaintiffs
Summer 2007Articles: 2007 Amendments to the General Corporation Law of Delaware, 2007 Amendments to the Delaware Alternative Business Entity Laws, Trust Act 2007 and Other Delaware Trust Legislation, Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Backdating Complaint, Delaware Supreme Court Refuses to Extend Director Fiduciary Duties to Individual Creditors of Corporation, Manufacturers May Be Able to Set Minimum Prices for Retailers.
Spring 2007Articles: CBLH Announces Formation of Delaware Entity Services LLC; Delaware Courts Ranked #1 for Sixth Straight Year; Chancery Court Holds Inside DIrector Liable for Decision about Transaction Bonusin Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int'l v. Jerney; E-Discovery News; Office of Thrift Supervision Issues Guidance, and Delaware Proposes New Legislation, Regarding Gift Cards.
Winter 2007Articles: Delaware Court Issues Rulings in Stock Option Backdating and “Spring-Loading” Cases; Delaware Court of Chancery Adopts Rule Changes; Mediation of Business Disputes and Technology Disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery; Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Unauthorized Practice of Law in Real Estate Closings; Electronic Discovery – What’s Ahead in 2007?
Summer 2006Articles: 2006 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law; 2006 Amendments to the Delaware Alternative Entity Laws; Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery Court’s Decision in In re: The Walt Disney Company Derivative Litigation; The Important Role of Records Management Policies in the Upcoming Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; New Legislation Affecting Delaware Trusts; “Firm Offers of Credit” in a Post-Cole World—Has a Bright Line Blurred?; Delaware Court of Chancery Provides Additional Guidance to Directors and Their Advisors in Going-Private Transactions
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Delaware Government Legal Quarterly
The Delaware Government Legal Quarterly is published by the Government Relations section of the Business Law Group at Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP. The Delaware Government Legal Quarterly is a publication designed to provide State, County and municipal officials information about judicial decisions and legislative amendments that affect how government operates.
Winter 2008Articles: State Comprehensive Plan Statutes Do Not Preclude County Ordinances From Applying Retroactively; "The Single Most Sweeping Congressional Reform Bill Since Watergate..." But Still Just a Start; Municipal Attempts to Regulate Illegal Immigrants May Be Preempted By Federal Law: Lozano v. City of Hazleton; Exercising Discretion In Land Use Matters
Summer 2007Articles: The Important Role of Governmental Authorities in the Review and Recordation of Documents in Real Estate Transactions; The Potential Erosion of the 30-Day Deadline for Appeals from Municipal Boards of Adjustment; Kent County Levy Court Ordinance Invalid Because It Failed to Follow State Law; Delaware's New Equal Protection Jurisprudence-One of a Kind.
Spring 2007Articles: Pier Pressure: Delaware Receives Favorable Recommendation in U.S. Supreme Court Dispute with New Jersey over Regulation of Wharves on the Delaware River; Admissibility of Post-enactment Statements of Legislators to Prove Legislative Intent; The U.S. Supreme Court Establishes New Due Process Rules For Tax Sales; Claims of Agency Bias and Constitutional Due Process.
Winter 2007Articles: Articles: Zoning Moratoria; The Important Lessons of Salem Church; Liability for Delays in Permitting Decisions; To Vote or Not To Vote: Legal and Ethical Considerations of Boards and Commissions
Fall 2006Articles: State Your Reasons Clearly or Do It Again: Legal Requirements for Valid Zoning Ordinances; How Proper Filing and Publication Can Bar Later Litigation; Who Holds the Final Decision?
Spring 2006Articles: Insurance Coverage Denials: Recovery for the Breach of the Duty to Defend and Indemnify; Down by the River: The State May Love that Water, But It's My Home; Open Space Preservation; Delaware Supreme Court Rules in Municipal Rezoning Case
Winter 2006Articles: Land Use Regulations and Cellular Telecommunications Facilities; What Happened in the Smyrna Election Case; Protecting High Ranking Government Officials from Discovery Abuse; Avoiding Judicial Scissors: Drafting Statues and Ordinances with Severability in Mind
Fall 2005Articles: Vested or Not? A Primer on Vested Rights Law in Delaware; State Government's Involvement in Privaate Construction Contracts; The Changing Face of Home Rule in Delaware; Pitfalls in Maintaining Personnel Files
Summer 2005Articles: Keeping Executive Sessions Within the Confines of the Law; A Review of Takings Law: Do We Really Have to Pay For This?; Immunity in Action - Acierno v. Nw Castle County Council; Supreme Court Gives Local Governments a Wider Berth
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