News and Insights

3.01.23

Distressed Business' Alternatives To Bankruptcy

Gary Segal, Deborah Williamson, and Paulina Garga-Chmiel authored the article, "Distressed Business' Alternatives To Bankruptcy," which was published in The Review of Banking & Financial Services. In…

4.17.23

Distressed Business’ Alternatives to Bankruptcy: An Overview of Out-of-Court Workout Options

Distressed businesses that are facing severe financial difficulties often think that only bankruptcy, whether a Chapter 11 reorganization or Chapter 7 liquidation, can solve their problems. While…

3.24.20

Loan Modifications Related to COVID-19

On March 22, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and state banking…

1.31.17

The 2017 Proxy Season: What's Up and Coming?

The 2017 proxy season brings forth a number of trending topics and new considerations public companies should bear in mind.

4.20.12

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Holds Illinois Mortgage May Be Avoided for Failure to State Interest Rate and Maturity Date

In a ruling on February 29, 2012, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois allowed a bankruptcy trustee to avoid an Illinois mortgage as to other creditors of the estate because…

2.25.16

Richard Bendix and Gary Segal Co-Author Chapter for Strategic Alternatives For And Against Distressed Businesses

Chicago-based attorneys Richard M. Bendix, Jr., a member of Dykema’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group, and Gary P. Segal, a member of the firm’s Corporate Finance Practice Group, have co…

1.31.24

Dykema Announces New Management Appointments

Dykema is pleased to announce eight new management appointments, each of which commenced on January 1, 2024. 

2022

Strategic Alternatives For And Against Distressed Businesses, 2022 ed.

Gary Segal and Mark Silverman each contributed to the Thomson Reuters treatise, "Strategic Alternatives For And Against Distressed Businesses, 2022 ed."

3.23.18

Perspectives: Secured Creditors

Gary P. Segal, Chicago-based member of Dykema’s Corporate Finance Practice Group, has co-authored a chapter in the Thomson Reuters book, Strategic Alternatives For And Against Distressed Businesses,…

1.01.17

Perspectives: Secured Creditors, Chapter Co-Author

Dykema is pleased to announce that Chicago-based attorneys Richard M. Bendix, Jr., a member of Dykema’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group, and Gary P. Segal, a member of the firm’s Corporate…