FTX Bankruptcy—What Could Be Next for the Industry?
One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges—FTX Trading Ltd.—and many of its affiliates filed for bankruptcy earlier this month.1 While
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Free and Clear of Post-Petition Guarantor Liability—Not So Fast: A Bankruptcy Discharge May Not Apply to Post-petition Claims Arising Under Pre-petition Contracts
The Bankruptcy Protector A somewhat common question that arises after a bankruptcy discharge is granted is whether post-petition liabilities are
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Antitrust Matters: What Digital Asset Innovators Need to Know
Unpacking three key competition issues for digital asset innovators and investors: M&A, interlocking directorates, and interoperability. In a sea of
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IP Education: IP Assets & Estate Planning
For many artists, part of the intention for a piece of art is to live beyond its creator. Similarly, inventors
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Parting Advice: Judge Drain Rules That Dividends Paid From the Proceeds of Safe-Harbored Transactions Are Not Safe-Harbored in In re Tops Holding II Corp.
In his final opinion, Judge Robert D. Drain of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
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Key Doctrines to Raise in Defending FELA Cases
The Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”) is a federal statute that provides a cause of action against a railroad employer
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Legit Ledger Episode 11: Understanding the Current Crypto Bankruptcies with Michael Driscoll
Click here to listen to the audio. In this episode of the Legit Ledger, Sheppard Mullin attorney Michael Driscoll joins
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Booo! You’re A Billionaire. Scariest Issues You Might Encounter If You Win the Lotto
Booo! You’re a billionaire. Well, at least that’s the dream if you plan on playing the $1 billion Powerball jackpot
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Joint tenancy and making gifts of the right of survivorship
Since the pecore decision, there has been much debate amongst practitioners and academic commentators about the doctrinal soundness of a
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Enforcement of assigned judgment debt refused by British Virgin Islands Court
A foreign judgment will only be enforced in the British Virgin Islands if it is for a definite sum of
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