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Haynes and Boone, LLP Fort Worth, TX Document Search Results (15) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Acquiring Distressed Natural Gas Assets Outside of Bankruptcy: Good Deals Today May Be Fraudulent Transfers Tomorrow
Charles A. Beckham, Karl D. Burrer, Bernard F. Clark, Kenric Kattner, Stephen M. Pezanosky; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Technological innovation has changed the landscape of domestic natural gas production from shortage to surplus. The result: a glut of natural gas and historically low prices. While many producers have successfully hedged against this risk to date, as older hedges roll off, many companies are unable...
| | The Sun is Setting: Is it Time To Sell The Company?
Kenneth K. Bezozo, Brandon S. Jones, Anna Rogers; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 17, 2012 You are the general counsel of a public company, and the company’s board has determined that it is in the best interests of the company’s stockholders to examine and explore all strategic alternatives to increase stockholder value, including a sale of the business. Although there are...
| | Sales and Use Tax, Hard Times, and the Sticky Wicket of Nexus
Kenneth K. Bezozo, Brandon S. Jones, Lauren Waite; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 24, 2012, previously published on February 23, 2012 Over the last few years as tax revenues have decreased and budgets have tightened, states across the country have aggressively pursued out-of-state retailers that may owe sales or use tax. From ticket sellers like StubHub, online retailers like Amazon, and mail-order companies like Scholastic...
|  | Can Secured Creditors Credit Bid in Chapter 11 Plans? Supreme Court to Decide
Lawrence Mittman, John D. Penn; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 1, 2012 The issue is whether a Chapter 11 plan can be crammed down over the secured lender’s objection where the plan provides for the sale or transfer of the secured lender’s collateral with the proceeds going to the secured lender without the secured lender having the right to credit bid for...
| | The New Workplace Violence Cops: "Whatcha Gonna Do When OSHA Comes For You?
Matthew T. Deffebach, Erin Shea; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 26, 2011, previously published on September 23, 2011 As a result of OSHA’s recently issued directive on workplace violence, the cops may not be alone in investigating incidents of workplace violence. OSHA is now in the business of policing workplace violence.
| | SEC Abandons Fight on Shareholder Proxy Access Rule
Kit Addleman, Ben Johnson, Bruce Newsome; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 15, 2011, previously published on September 9, 2011 On September 7, 2011, the Securities and Exchange (SEC) announced that it will not appeal the D.C. Circuit’s July ruling in Business Roundtable and Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. SEC, No. 10-1305, (D.C. Cir. July 22, 2011), where a unanimous panel of the D.C. Circuit vacated...
| | Bankruptcy Court Permits Minimal Artificial Impairment and Applies Investment Band Approach to Determine the Cram-Down Rate Under Till
Ian T. Peck, Stephen M. Pezanosky, Jarom Yates; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 12, 2011 Bankruptcy Judge Michael Lynn of the Northern District of Texas recently issued a noteworthy opinion in In re Village at Camp Bowie I, L.P. that addresses two important Chapter 11 confirmation issues. Judge Lynn determined that a plan that artificially impaired a class of claims in order to meet...
| | OSHA Warns Employers of More Aggressive Enforcement
Matthew T. Deffebach, Erin Shea; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 2, 2011, previously published on August 2, 2011 Supporting OSHA’s aggressive semi-annual regulatory agenda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, Jordan Barab, recently warned a research symposium that, “despite what goes on in Congress, [OSHA] [has] absolutely no intention of pulling back or retreating.” Barab alerted...
| | Weathering the Storm: Second Circuit Affirms an Expansive Interpretation of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code
Judith Elkin, Sarah B. Foster, Kenric Kattner, Stephen Manz, Stephen M. Pezanosky, Robin E. Phelan, Eric Terry; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 29, 2011, previously published on July 25, 2011 On June 28, 2011, in In re Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. v. Alfa, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that Enron’s redemption of its commercial paper prior to maturity fell within the definition of a “settlement payment” and was protected from avoidance under §...
| | Second Circuit Affirms an Expansive Interpretation of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code
Judith Elkin, Sarah B. Foster, Kenric Kattner, Stephen Manz, Stephen M. Pezanosky, Robin E. Phelan, Eric Terry; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 26, 2011, previously published on July 25, 2011 On June 28, 2011, in In re Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. v. Alfa, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that Enron’s redemption of its commercial paper prior to maturity fell within the definition of a “settlement payment” and was protected from avoidance under §...
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