Rabinowitz Lubetkin & Tully, LLC is pleased to announce that three of our attorneys have been included on the list of 2025 Best Lawyers in America®: Jonathan Rabinowitz – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Corporate Law Jay Lubetkin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Real

In Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, L.P.,[1] the Supreme Court ruled that a Chapter 11 plan may not impose a non-consensual release of claims against non-debtor third parties pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(6). The most significant result of the Court’s decision is the effect on negotiations in future Chapter 11 bankruptcies between creditors and affiliates

Rabinowitz Lubetkin & Tully, LLC is pleased to announce that, for the 14th year in a row, the firm and its three senior attorneys have been recognized by Chambers USA in its 2024 directory as leaders in bankruptcy practice in New Jersey. Chambers USA is a leading legal directory, ranking the top lawyers and law

A New Jersey Bankruptcy Court recently held that a government environmental agency violated the automatic stay by seeking to compel a debtor to remediate an environmental violation in lieu of enforcing a claim for monetary damages.[1] Stephen Samost (the “Debtor”) held an indirect ownership interest via an LLC and its subsidiary in a lake and

Henry M. Karwowski, a partner at Rabinowitz, Lubetkin & Tully, LLC, has been named “Adjunct of the Year” at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark.  Also, separately, he was voted “Adjunct Professor of the Year” by the school’s students. Mr. Karwowski (second from left in photo) and other nominated professors from each of

By John J. Harmon, Esq. A Delaware bankruptcy court recently addressed[1] the circumstances under which a debtor or trustee asserting fraudulent transfer claims may obtain a preliminary injunction to freeze a transferee’s assets without violating the Supreme Court’s ruling in Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo S.A. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc.[2] that federal courts lack authority

By John J. Harmon, Esq. In the Chapter 11 case filed by Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (commonly known as Incora), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas recently addressed the viability of claims by noteholder creditors who had been excluded from participating in the debtor’s prepetition uptiering restructuring.[1] In the restructuring,

Jonathan Rabinowitz, Jay Lubetkin and Jeffrey Cooper have, once again, been selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers.  According to Super Lawyers, only five percent of the lawyers in New Jersey are selected for inclusion on its lists.

Subchapter 5 of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides profitable small businesses that owe less than $7.5 million to their creditors with a streamlined process for paying down their mounting debt. Put more simply, Subchapter 5 makes reorganization more accessible to small businesses. Under Subchapter 5, a qualifying business, can force creditors to