Business Restructuring Review
In this issue:
- Successful Reorganization of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation
Kaiser Aluminum and 20 of its subsidiaries, with Jones Day as counsel, emerged from chapter 11 protection on July 6, 2006, relieved of $4 billion in debt. - The Cautionary Tale Continues: Debt Acquired From Recipient of Voidable Transfer Subject to Disallowance Under Section 502(d)
A New York bankruptcy court ruled that an assigned claim can be disallowed under section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy
Code if the assignor was allegedly the recipient of a voidable transfer. - Newsworthy
- Airline Focus: Using Section 1113 to Navigate Stormy Skies
The bankruptcy court overseeing Delta Air Lines subsidiary Comair denied the carrier’s motion to reject a collective bargaining agreement with its flight attendants, ruling that the debtor did not negotiate in good faith and that its proposal was not fair and equitable. - From the Top
Brief discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court’s three bankruptcy rulings during the first six months of 2006. - Creditor Disenfranchised After Failing to Seek Temporary Allowance of Its Claim
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that neither the Rooker-Feldman doctrine nor local bankruptcy court rules excuse a creditor’s failure to obtain an order temporarily allowing its claim so that it can vote on a plan.