Section 547

On December 17th and 18th, 2015, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Committee”) of Capsule International Holdings, LLC, and its affiliated debtors and debtors in possession (the “Debtors”), filed approximately 80 complaints seeking the avoidance and recovery of allegedly preferential and fraudulent transfers under Sections 547, 548 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Committee also seeks to disallow claims of such preference defendants under Sections 502(d) and (j) of the Bankruptcy Code.

In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, Charles Forman, the Chapter 7 Trustee to the debtors, Chopper Express, Inc., Chopper DDS, Inc., Life Trucking, Inc., and Pumpernickel Express, Inc. (“Debtors”), filed approximately 54 preference actions in early October 2015 seeking the avoidance and recovery of allegedly fraudulent transfers under Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Many preference defendants are not aware of the fact that if their pre-petition contract with the debtor is assumed or assigned in the course of the bankruptcy, then such assumption/assignment will generally serve as a bar to recovery for receipt of alleged preferential transfers.

On July 29, 2015, Deb Shops SDFMC LLC, in its capacity as debtor in possession, filed 92 preference complaints seeking to avoid and recover alleged preferential transfers pursuant to Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, and to disallow claims of the defendants pursuant to Section 502(d).

From April 24 to 27, 2015, Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., as the Chapter 7 Trustee of CPI Corp., et al., filed preference complaints seeking to avoid and recover alleged preferential transfers pursuant to Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, and to disallow claims of the defendants pursuant to Section 502(d).