After hearing five hours of
testimony on Wednesday, from school administrators, union leaders and advocacy groups, Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, said he will
prepare a «three - pronged» action plan.
After canvassing the leading substantive - consolidation standards and cases, Judge Jernigan determined that consolidation is appropriate under any test; her decision turned on a litany of facts and factors, including that (i) the company's «nerve center» is its Texas headquarters and all payroll for employees is effectuated from there, (ii) the company's centralized cash - management system and three bank accounts, (iii) all debtor entities were controlled by common officers and directors, (iv) the existence of substantial intercompany claims, (v) credible
testimony demonstrated that
preparing individual schedules was extraordinarily difficult and required numerous amendments, (vi) a substantial amount of creditors treated the debtors as a single unit, and (vii) that credible counsel had determined that the primary assets of many debtors — D&O litigation claims — are jointly owned by the debtors.