If you have a business, you have no doubt received advertisements for “ merchant cash advances ,” “merchant loans” or “merchant financing,” whether or not those specific terms are used. If in doubt, just do a search for those terms and you will get a ... Read full article
In Georgia, does a judgment lien attach to real property as of the date the judgment was entered or as of the date and time the writ of fieri facias on that judgment is properly recorded in the county records, as required under Georgia law? The Supreme ... Read full article
On her The Bottom Line 11 blog, Fox partner Mette Kurth examined a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision in In re MPM Silicones (the Momentive case). The court followed the lead of the Sixth Circuit in establishing a two-step ... Read full article
In ruling on a very unfortunate situation (more on that below), Judge Shannon issued an opinion on July 24, 2014 in the Aro bankruptcy, holding that a state court decision concerning the validity of a lien cannot be challenged in Bankruptcy Court. In the ... Read full article
In the recent decision of In re Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc., Case No. 14-12103 (Bankr. D. Del. December 5, 2014), the Delaware Bankruptcy Court adjudicated the motion of Staller, Sklar, Chan & Brown, P.A. ... Read full article
Summary In an 21 page opinion published May 25, 2011, Judge Shannon ruled that, “the fact that an agent may represent more than one principal does not alter the well-established doctrine that an agent with authority is capable of binding its principal.” ... Read full article
