Writing/Publications

Alert: “3 Chapter 15 Rulings in 4 Days Reinforce the Integrity of U.S.
Chapter 15 Administration”

May 2026

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Alert: “3 Strikes Against Chapter 15: What the Geden and Siu-Fung
Decisions Mean for Recognition Strategy”

March 2026

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Article: Assessing the “Logic and Limits” of Comparing European Pre-
Insolvency Regimes to Chapter 11” – published by INSOL International

February 2026

Alert: “You Use It, You Pay for It: TRP Brands Reinforces Landlord Rights” February 2026

Alert: “Colorado Bankruptcy Court Pushes Back on Chapter 11 Filings by
Solvent Debtors”

January 2026

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Article: Pratts Journal of Bankruptcy Law, “New York Bankruptcy Court
Agrees to Enforce English Three-Step, With Third-Party Releases, Used by
Mexican Auto Financer”

June 2025 Edition

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Alert: “When it Counts: Fully Secured and Paid-Off Creditors Can Count as
Petitioning Creditors for Involuntary Bankuprtcy Petitions”

December 2024

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Alert: “U.S. Bankruptcy Court Holds that State-Court Receivership Does
Not Bar Manager Member from Seeking LLC Bankruptcy Relief”

October 2024

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Chapter: International Insolvency & Restructuring Report (Capital Markets
Intelligence), “Foreign Enterprise Chapter 11s: The More Things Change,
The More They Stay the Same”

June 2024

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Alert: “Commercial Real Estate Partnership Cancellation of Debt Income” March 2024

Book: The AFIRE Guide To US Real Estate Investing (McGraw Hill - Fourth
Edition), Real Estate & Bankruptcy Chapter

January 2024

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Alert: “Not So Fast: An Option to Purchase Real Estate May Not Always Be
Rejected by the Debtor in Bankruptcy”

January 2024

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Alert: “U.S. District Court in Connecticut Navigates Supreme Court
Precedent Barring Recover of Certain Postpetition Default Interest”

March 2023

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Alert: “Time Approach Applied to Cap Rent Claim in Century 21
Department Stores Bankruptcy Cases”

February 2023

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Article: Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, “Bankruptcy Court Holds
Debtor-Assignor Is Not Off the Hook for Pre- and Post-Assignment
Damages Under Lease Assigned Pre-Bankruptcy Because Landlord Never
Granted a Release”

April/May 2022

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Article: Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, “Retail Debtor’s Bid for ‘Super’
Rent Holiday and Rent Abatement Denied”

April/May 2021

Alert: “Court Finds Pandemic Does Not Satisfy Lease’s Casualty Clause” March 2021

Alert: “The Letter of Credit Conundrum: When a Debtor’s Default May Be
Preferable to Its Late Payment”

August 2020

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Alert: “Court Holds COVID-19 Executive order Triggers Lease’s Force
Majeure Clause, Excusing Some Rent Obligations”

July 2020

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Alert: “Bankruptcy Blockers in Governance Documents May Not Prevent
Real Estate or Other Bankruptcies”

May 2020

Alert: “Personal Guaranties May Not Deter Property Owner Bankruptcies” May 2020
 

Alert: “How Chapter 11 Solved One Multifamily Condo Regime’s Dual
Challenges of Mounting Liabilities and Unpaid Dues”

April 2020

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Alert: “Navigating Bankruptcy Exposure for Landlords Arising from
Anticipated Lease Terminations During COVID-19”

April 2020

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Alert: “A Single Asset Bankruptcy from the 1990s Gains New Relevance
during COVID-19”

April 2020

Alert: “Michigan Issues Stronger Stay-Home order to Protect Public Health” April 2020

Article: MENA Business Law Review, “Saudi Arabia’s New Bankruptcy Law:
Analysing the First Cases”

2019 Third Quarter

Alert: “The European Union Restructuring Directive” July 2019

Alert: “SCOTUS to Review Constitutionality of Puerto Rico’s Oversight
Board”

June 2019

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Alert: “Nonconsensual Third-Party Release Limits: Substantial Financial
Contribution Won’t Buy Non-Debtors a Release from Claims that Don’t
Also Lie Against the Debtor”

June 2019