Josh Cohen, co-chair of Day Pitney's Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice, was quoted in a Law360 article, "Oil & Gas Bankruptcies May Hit Snags Amid FERC Turf War." The article discusses the growing oil and gas bankruptcy wave set off by the market decline during the Covid-19 pandemic and the onslaught of more jurisdictional fighting between the bankruptcy courts and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). As oil and gas bankruptcies continue to increase, experts believe that jurisdictional battles will mostly likely multiply if bankrupt companies look to reject midstream contracts that are subject to FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversight.
FERC recently expanded its conflict with bankruptcy courts after it found their findings showed that Chesapeake Energy Corp. is required to get FERC approval the blessing of their company before it can remove reject pipeline contracts in Chapter 11. A similar occurrence happened with PG&E that Chesapeake is mimicking. They are asking a bankruptcy court to nullify FERC's order and block the agency from taking action. This move made by FERC comes just months after the Sixth Circuit ruling, stating that bankruptcy courts will have the final ruling over whether power purchase agreements can be rejected.
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Day Pitney Florida Offices Managing Partner Manuel Garcia-Linares has been appointed to chair the firm's Litigation department. The news was featured in the Florida Bar News.
Day Pitney Litigation Partner Stephen Catanzaro and Litigation Associate Erin Hodgson authored the article "Appellate Division Rejects Objectors' Attempt to Challenge Development Approvals," for the New Jersey Law Journal.
Day Pitney Florida Offices Managing Partner Manuel Garcia-Linares has been appointed to chair the firm's Litigation department. The news was featured in Miami Today.
Day Pitney's Executive Committee, Executive Board and department leadership changes were featured on CityBiz.
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Day Pitney's Executive Committee, Executive Board and department leadership changes were featured in Law360 Pulse.
Day Pitney Litigation Partner Georgia Thompson was featured in the Daily Business Review article on the Florida Legal Awards' On The Rise Honorees.
Day Pitney Partners Stephen Catanzaro, Laurence Smith, and Elizabeth Yoo were featured in New Jersey Law Journal's 2024 New Partners Yearbook, which highlights partners, including lateral partners, made or hired at New Jersey firms.
Day Pitney Litigation department chair Manuel Garcia-Linares was featured in a Daily Business Review Q&A about his most significant achievements in the past year.
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