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Bankruptcy

Seventh Circuit Finds Employer’s Liability for Unfair Labor Practice to be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy

February 4, 2019

Bankruptcy

Eleventh Circuit Holds that Chapter 11 Debtor May Shed Retiree Health Benefits in an Asset Sale

January 11, 2019

Bankruptcy

Ohio Bankruptcy Court Strikes Down Employee Retention Plan for Unfairly Excluding Union-Represented Employees

By J. Guzman October 10, 2018

Bankruptcy

CEO Who Failed to Remit Employees’ Contributions to Health Plan Cannot Use Bankruptcy to Escape Liability, Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Holds

By Ronak Rana August 14, 2018

Bankruptcy

New York Bankruptcy Court Finds Survivor Benefit Payable to Retiree’s Widow Not a “Retiree Benefit” Under Section 1114

By Ronak Rana October 23, 2017

Bankruptcy

New York Federal Court Applies Expansive Employment Test to Find Wage Claimant Was Debtor’s Employee

September 18, 2017

Bankruptcy

New York Bankruptcy Court Refuses to Discharge Debt Owed to Benefit Funds When Unpaid Contribution Money Was Taken from Employee Paychecks

May 10, 2017

Bankruptcy

U.S. Supreme Court Protects Priority Wage Claims in Decision on “Structured Dismissals”

April 3, 2017

Bankruptcy

Illinois Bankruptcy Court Narrowly Construes WARN Act’s “Liquidating Fiduciary” Exception

March 17, 2017

Bankruptcy

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Strikes Down Arbitration Clause That Prohibited Employee Class Action

October 24, 2016