Data Privacy A Growing Concern In Bankruptcies, Panel Says
A panel discussion hosted by the New York City Bar Association touched on data privacy in bankruptcy cases in the wake of 23andMe’s contentious Chapter 11.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's bankruptcy won a $33 million mansion for the estate. An insolvent real estate investment firm in New Jersey launched an adversary action seeking to block a $21 million secured claim. And members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced their version of legislation preventing treatment of DNA as an ordinary bankruptcy asset.
Stablecoin Law Risks Instability For Crypto Bankruptcies
Legislation enacted this past week to regulate payment stablecoins features some of the most significant changes to U.S. bankruptcy law in two decades, providing coinholders with first-priority claims in certain insolvency cases in a way that risks sowing dysfunction in bankruptcy proceedings, experts told Law360.
Data Privacy A Growing Concern In Bankruptcies, Panel Says
A panel discussion hosted by the New York City Bar Association touched on data privacy in bankruptcy cases in the wake of 23andMe’s contentious Chapter 11.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's bankruptcy won a $33 million mansion for the estate. An insolvent real estate investment firm in New Jersey launched an adversary action seeking to block a $21 million secured claim. And members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced their version of legislation preventing treatment of DNA as an ordinary bankruptcy asset.
Stablecoin Law Risks Instability For Crypto Bankruptcies
Legislation enacted this past week to regulate payment stablecoins features some of the most significant changes to U.S. bankruptcy law in two decades, providing coinholders with first-priority claims in certain insolvency cases in a way that risks sowing dysfunction in bankruptcy proceedings, experts told Law360.
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