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Buying assets in bankruptcy offers unique protections but brings public auctions, competitive bidding, and court oversight. Learn what buyers need to know.
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Market Watch: Week of September 21, 2026 – September 28, 2026 DailyDAC's Sentiment Score: 3.4/10 A week after the Fed's first hike since 2023, the bond market did the tightening the FOMC only hinted at. The 10-year Treasury (the benchmark…
Market Watch: Week of September 15–21, 2026 DailyDAC's Sentiment Score: 4.1/10 (Bearish. The Fed just hiked into a maturity wall, Treasury yields are at levels we haven’t seen since the Bush administration, and the credit cracks are getting harder to ignore.)…
Market Watch: Week of September 8, 2026 – September 14, 2026 DailyDAC's Sentiment Score: 3.6/10 – Not acute, but the margin is shrinking. The macro quit cooperating. Headline CPI is back to 3.4%, diesel is up 24% in a month, and Michigan sentiment is three…
Market Watch: Week of September 1, 2026 – September 7, 2026 DailyDAC's Sentiment Score: 4.7/10 On the surface, the leveraged-loan market had a good week. PitchBook LCD's August numbers show the distress ratio (the share of loans trading at steep…
Editors’ Note: In March 2026, the Chapter 7 trustee for Polished.com sued former chief executive Albert Fouerti and 12 other former officers and directors in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, seeking more than $200 million.…
Market Watch: Week of August 25, 2026 – August 31, 2026 DailyDAC’s Sentiment Score: 4.4/10 Three deals this week told the same story, and it is not subtle. Valvoline picked up $125 million of additional revolver capacity, cheaper pricing, five more years…
Market Watch: Week of August 18, 2026 – August 24, 2026 DailyDAC's Sentiment Score: 3.6/10 Not much happened in distressed credit this week. But everything happened to the price of borrowing money. The 30-year Treasury yield (essentially the government’s cost…
Editor’s Note: Federal equity receiverships usually arise at critical points in civil litigation, such as fraud cases, business disputes, or regulatory actions aimed at protecting assets. The court’s first major step is usually to appoint a receiver and issue an…
Market Watch: Week of August 11, 2026 – August 17, 2026 DailyDAC’s Sentiment Score: 4.3/10 On the surface, this was a slow week in the bankruptcy courts. But beneath the surface, the underlying economic signals were anything but calm. The…
Market Watch: Week of August 4, 2026 – August 10, 2026 DailyDAC’s Sentiment Score: 4.2/10 [A note on the scale: a score of ten indicates that credit markets are fully open and few borrowers are in distress. A score of one indicates that market functioning has effectively ceased. A score of 4.2 indicates a market that…
Week of July 28, 2026 – August 3, 2026 DailyDAC's Sentiment Score: 4.0/10 The bond market and the bankruptcy courts told two different stories this week. Let’s start with the bond market: "high yield spreads" are the extra interest that…
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If you sold goods or services to a customer that filed Chapter 11 in the last two years, the window to prepare is right now. It closes the day the demand letter arrives.
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Unsealing a superseding eight-count indictment on 6/24, the DOJ has revived the 'Financial Kingpin' statute in its prosecution of Tricolor Founder.
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Contract law is about holding people to their promises. Bankruptcy law does just the opposite.
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A bipartisan bill would raise debt limits for Subchapter V and Chapter 13 bankruptcies, expanding access to lower-cost reorganization options.
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CCHI’s restructuring is emblematic of broader industry challenges and provides a potential new roadmap for cannabis enterprises navigating similar distress.
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Understanding bankruptcy avoidance actions and the defenses available can make a significant difference for companies facing litigation exposure.
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Trade credit insurance protects businesses from non-payment of commercial debt by covering business-to-business (B2B) accounts receivable risk exposure.
The post-Purdue lesson is that the enforceability of a third-party release may depend not only on what the release says, but on where and how it was approved.
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Federal equity receiverships can provide a fast, flexible, and practical solution when stakeholders need immediate court-supervised control of assets or operations.
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Individuals contemplating bankruptcy can engage in pre-bankruptcy planning, but within limits.
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A recent Fourth Circuit decision is instructive for multiemployer plans and the employers that contribute to them when there is a bankruptcy filing.
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