Bankruptcy & Restructuring Updates from Cooley LLPhttp://www.cooley.com<p><strong>New York --&nbsp;June 22, 2010 -- </strong>Cooley LLP announced its <a href="http://www.cooley.com/bankruptcy" target="_self">Bankruptcy &amp; Restructuring</a> practice was awarded top honors last week for its record of performance in 2010, receiving the "Restructuring Law Firm of the Ye...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=63985Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><em>The Cooley bankruptcy and restructuring team representing Pacific Ethanol Holding Co. LLC and its four plant subsidiaries&nbsp;includes partners <a href="http://www.cooley.com/lgottlieb" target=_self>Lawrence Gottlieb</a> and <a href="http://www.cooley.com/rkanowitz" target=_self>Richard Kano...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=63959Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>I. Introduction<br>The attorney-client privilege is the oldest of the recognized commonlaw privileges protecting communications. It serves "to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and their clients" and thereby promotes broader public interest in the observance of law and admi...http://www.cooley.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=63984Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>On May 19, 2009,&nbsp; President Obama signed into law the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, which is also known as the Mortgage Reform Act.&nbsp; Representing the federal government's first major effort to help homeowners&nbsp; avoid foreclosures as a result of the economic crisis, the act ...http://www.cooley.com/showarticle.aspx?Show=63965Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<strong>New York -- May 20, 2010 -- </strong>Cooley's <a target="_self" href="http://www.cooley.com/bankruptcy">Bankruptcy &amp; Restructuring</a> practice was named a finalist for "Law Firm of the Year" and several other categories by the annual Turnaround Atlas Awards. <a target="_self" href="http...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=63910Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><strong>San Francisco, Calif. – April 5, 2010 –</strong> Cooley Godward Kronish LLP announced today that Keith A. McDaniels, formerly a partner at Winston &amp; Strawn LLP,&nbsp; has joined the firm as a partner in its <a href="http://www.cooley.com/bankruptcy" target=_self>Bankruptcy &amp; Restr...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=63761Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><br>Partner <a href="http://www.cooley.com/rsussman" target="_self">Ronald Sussman</a> commented on a lawsuit stemming from Target Corp's sale of the Mervyn's department store chain in 2004 and the retailer's eventual bankruptcy filing in 2008. Cooley is representing the official committee of uns...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=63731Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>Partner <a href="http://www.cooley.com/rsussman" target="_parent">Ronald Sussman</a> commented on a lawsuit stemming from Target Corp's sale of the Mervyn's department store chain in 2004 and the retailer's eventual bankruptcy filing in 2008. Cooley is representing the official committee of unsec...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=63729Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><em>This is an important update for trade vendors and suppliers of goods who may be the targets of preference litigation.</em></p><p>On January 6, 2010 the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued a decision in the <em>Commissary Operations</em> case (Case No. 30...http://www.cooley.com/showalert.aspx?Show=63695Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT <p>Almost two decades ago,&nbsp;the terms "vicinity of insolvency" and "zone of insolvency" were introduced into the legal and business lexicon by a Delaware Chancery Court decision in <em>Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland, N.V. v. Pathe Communications Corp.,</em> 1991 WL 277613 (Del. Ch. 1991). Then,...http://www.cooley.com/showalert.aspx?Show=63686Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT