What the Pros Say (Week of 12/18/16)

• Makewhole. Geoffrey Raicht, Trevor Hoffman, Ian Peck and Stephen Pezanosky of Haynes & Boone LLP contribute to the recent onslaught of review pieces post Third Circuit opinion. 
• Notice. Lorie Ball of Robins Kaplan LLP reviews the recent SDNY Chemtura decision relating to publication notice and due process. 
• Trademark License Rejection. Ira Sacks and Julia Lissner of Akerman LLP write on the opinion split in the area of rejected trademark licenses. 

What the Pros Say (Week of 11/20/16)

Things must have slowed down as a lot of professionals are putting pen to paper...

• Dead Malls. FTI Consulting provides an analysis.  
• Deathtraps. Proskauer LLP's Daniel Desatnik discusses "death traps" as a tool in restructurings.
• Default Interest. Troutman Sanders LLP's Penelope Parmes, Matthew Brooks and Meghan Wells discuss a recent Ninth Circuit decision.
• Distressed Oil & Gas. Haynes & Boone LLP's Charles Beckham and Opportune LLP's Ryan Bouley discuss distressed debt and oil and gas bankruptcy. 
• Election. Oaktree Capital Management's Howard Marks follows up on his pre-election letter with these insights.
• Jevic. Rebecca Hollander of Cole Schotz LLP discusses the upcoming Supreme Court hearing.
• LLC Blockers. Nancy Peterman of Greenberg Traurig LLP discusses blocking rights in LLC operating agreements. 
• Make-Whole Analysis. Bracewell's Evan Flashen, David Lawton and Mark Dendinger review the Third Circuit's reversing opinion. As do Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP's Adam Harris, Lawrence Gelber, Michael Cook, and Lucy Kweskin here.
• Retail and Consumer Products. FTI Consulting released its 2016 Holiday Retail Report.
• Shipping. Bracewell's Evan Flaschen and Mark Dendinger are prolific this week, also addressing the increasingly distressed shipping space. Seward & Kissel LLP's John Ashmead, Michael Timpone, and Robert Gayda also address the distressed shipping space - highly relevant in light of this week's crazy drybulk shipper movements (see Dryships).

What the Pros Say (Week of 10/30/16)

• Haynes & Boone LLP released a timely updated to its oilfield services bankrutpcy tracker/report which now includes Basic Energy and Key Energy.
• Knighthead Capital Management - Tom Wagner, co-head of KCM, discusses distressed opportunities, particularly sovereigns like Venezuela (video).
• Polsinelli - Jeremy Johnson (Partner) discusses healthcare distress. 

What the Pros Say (Week of 10/16/16)

Featured piece: 

• Reed Smith covers every bankruptcy topic known to man in its October newsletter.

Others:

• Cole Schotz provides an update on third-party releases.  
• Haynes & Boone LLP reports on the midstream oil & gas space. 
• Haynes & Boone LLP releases its Fall borrowing base redeterminations survey.
• Kasowitz Benson released a primer on ad hoc committees.  
• Schulte Roth discusses how the Sixth Circuit reasoned equitable mootness to dismiss an appeal from Detroit's confirmed plan.
• Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP provides an update on carve-outs given a recent 3rd circuit opinion.
• Weil covers make-wholes outside of the bankruptcy context.
• Sheppard Mullin reviews credit bidding.