The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently expanded on the new-value competition concept in In re Castleton Plaza, where it found that any new equity interest to be taken by an insider under a Chapter 11 plan must also be open to competition. Devon Eggert, a Partner in the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice Group, shares insights on how the Castleton decision will most certainly impact new-value plans going forward, in "Castleton Plaza -- A range of implications for 'new value' plans," published in the Nov. 7, 2013, issue of Westlaw Journal Bankruptcy.
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