Michael Cook

2 weeks ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Michael Cook

The Federal election next month (3 May) may be the first in Australian history in which both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition identify as Catholics. “Identify” is the operative word. Neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton is a regular church goer, but both acknowledged in conversation with The Australian’s Troy Bramston recently that they have Catholic backgrounds. Mr Albanese said that his Catholic faith was a source of solace and strength.

3 weeks ago | upressonline.com | Michael Cook

Sean Brammer has served in blue for the Florida Atlantic University Police Department since 2006. However, his law enforcement experience dates back to 1997, when he began working for the Florida Highway Patrol. He worked his way up the ranks at FAU and became the Chief of Police in 2017. In a phone interview with the University Press, Brammer pulled back the yellow caution tape to offer an inside look at the department’s protocol.

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Michael Cook

Too many district courts and bankruptcy appellate panels (BAPs)have been refusing to review non-final (i.e., interlocutory)bankruptcy court orders for questionable reasons, according to thisarticle by an experienced business bankruptcy litigator. Thesecourts, though, have the requisite jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.§158(a)(3) and (b) ("...jurisdiction ... with leave ofthe court, from interlocutory orders ...."). Some courts forexample, claim to lack discretion to review "certaininterlocutory orders.

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Michael Cook

Bankruptcy Code "[§]365(d)(4) does not apply to the[purported lease] because it is not a 'true lease,'"held the Second Circuit in In re Sears Holdings Corporation, 2024WL 5113165, *3 (2d Cir. Dec. 16, 2024).

Jan 22, 2025 | mondaq.com | Michael Cook

In his latest article for The Bankruptcy Strategisttitled, "District Court Cautiously Affirms Five-Year OldPurdue Preliminary Injunction," Schulte Roth & Zabel ofcounsel Michael L. Cook discusses why the district court affirmedthe 37th extension of a preliminary injunction in the PurduePharma case, providing a new judicial rationale for bankruptcycourt injunctions. According to the court, the Court of Appeals hadnever before fixed the standard for reviewing theseinjunctions.