DelawareBankruptcyLitigation

RadioShack Corp. Bankruptcy: How can a landlord protect itself prior to and during bankruptcy?

03/31/15

With the RadioShack Corporation bankruptcy action affecting the rights of many commercial landlords, it is important to determine ways that landlords can protect themselves during the course of the bankruptcy action.

First, requiring a third-party guarantor is one way in which a landlord may obtain better creditor protection when entering into a lease. The automatic stay does not prevent a landlord from taking action against a guarantor to a corporate debtor-tenants’ lease, provided the lease guarantor is not in bankruptcy.

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Karmaloop, Inc. Formation Meeting and Section 341 Meeting Scheduled

03/26/15

In the Karmaloop, Inc. bankruptcy proceeding, a formation meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. (ET) at the DoubleTree Hotel, 700 King St., Salon C, Wilmington, DE 19801.  Click Here for a copy of the Notice of Formation Meeting for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors issued by the Office of the United States Trustee.  If you want to be considered for Committee membership, you MUST complete a questionnaire and return it to the U.S.

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Allied Nevada Gold Formation Meeting and Section 341 Meeting Scheduled

03/23/15

In the Allied Nevada Gold Corp. bankruptcy proceeding, a formation meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building, 844 King St., Room 2112, Wilmington, DE 1980.  Click Here for a copy of the Notice of Formation Meeting for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors issued by the Office of the United States Trustee.

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Can the landlord apply the tenant’s security deposit to the landlord’s claims?

03/23/15

Security deposits are considered property of the bankruptcy estate, and as such, are generally required to be returned to the debtor.  Even so,  landlords are permitted in certain instances to setoff their rejection damage claim against the security deposit.  This benefits a landlord for two reasons.  First, instead of returning the deposit to the debtor-tenant, a landlord can setoff its claim against the deposit, and thus reduce the amount of the deposit that must be returned.  Second,  the landlord’s rejection damage claim is a general unsecured claim, meaning it gets paid after all other

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When can a landlord recover attorneys’ fees from a tenant in bankruptcy?

03/16/15

Landlords may be able to recover attorneys’ fees incurred when a debtor-tenant seeks to assume the lease, or assume and assign the lease to a third party.  To recover attorney’s fees, however, the landlord must meet several criteria.  First, the lease must expressly state that the landlord is entitled to recover attorneys’ fees as additional rent or in connection with the collection of rent.

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Trump Decision – Administrative Claims of Employees

03/10/15

In an 11 page opinion (the “Opinion”) released March 9, 2015, in the Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. bankruptcy (Case No.

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CPI Preference Actions – Pretrial Conference Scheduled

03/10/15

As detailed in this prior post, on February 6, 2015, Charles A.

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How does a landlord recover its administrative rent claim?

03/09/15

Section 365(d)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code requires the debtor-tenant to “timely perform all the obligations …. under any unexpired lease of nonresidential real property” until such time that the tenant assumes or rejects the lease.  If a tenant files for bankruptcy and remains in possession of the property, yet fails to pay rent as provided for under the lease, the landlord should consider filing a motion for an administrative claim.

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Cal Dive Formation Meeting Scheduled

03/09/15

In the Cal Dive International, Inc. bankruptcy proceeding, a formation meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) at the Doubletree Hotel, 700 N. King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801.  Click here for a copy of the Notice of Formation Meeting for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors issued by the Office of the United States Trustee.

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The Challenge of Pro Se Litigants

03/03/15

In a fact-heavy 16 page opinion issued by Judge Shannon on March 2, 2015, we get a clear picture of the challenge faced by litigants when opposing aggressive pro-se litigants.  In Bishop v. Fannie Mae, Adv. Pro. No.

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