Managers of insolvent Missouri LLCs have no fiduciary duty to creditors – JD Supra (press release)

Two recent federal court decisions establish that managers of financially troubled Missouri limited liability companies do not owe a fiduciary duty to creditors of their troubled enterprises. Imperial Zinc Corp. v. Engineered Products Industries, L.L.C., No. 4:14-CV-1015-AGF, 2016 WL 812695 (E.D. Mo. Mar. 2, 2016); Imperial Zinc Corp. v. Engineered Products Industries, L.L.C.,…

Slater & Gordon capital structure needs to be reset: insolvency report – The Australian Financial Review

Insolvency firm McGrathNicol has released its report on the financial state of troubled law firm Slater Gordon concluding that a restructure may be required subject to additional forward projections. The report comes as original lenders to the company have offloaded their loans to distressed debt funds and investment banks, amid a growing perception that a “debt-for-equity”…

Armenia’s Former Flagship Enterprise Declared Bankrupt – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

An Armenian court last week declared the state-owned Nairit synthetic rubber plant bankrupt in response to a request by the national power utility Electricity Networks of Armenia, which is owed some 1.24 billion drams ($2.6 million) in unpaid electricity bills by Nairit’s management. The ruling on the shuttered Yerevan plant, a former economic flagship seen…

Greece just got more relief from Europe — but it still isn’t getting the one thing it needs most – Business Insider Australia

Greece just received some short-term relief from the eurozone. In exchange for successfully implementing tough economic reforms and budget constraints, the country will be given some short-term help in the form of smoothing its repayment schedule for EFSF debt and waiving an interest rate increase that was scheduled for 2017. We agreed the primary surplus…

Mental health pros sound alarm on gambling addiction as casino bill set to pass Diet – THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS

A bill to promote the establishment of “integrated resorts” featuring casinos in Japan and championed by its backers as a “trigger for regional promotion” is set to pass the current Diet session. However, there are strong worries in Japan’s psychiatric community that legalizing casinos will also result in more gambling addicts. The bill…

India – A Step Closer To Solving the Insolvency. – Conventus Law

7 December, 2016 The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (the “Insolvency Code, 2016”) had received the assent of the President of India on May 28, 2016. Since then, there have been discussions among the stakeholders with respect to its implementation and its repercussions on the interested parties, including corporates and individuals. There have been certain material developments…