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Bankruptcy court approves Future Supply Chain Solutions’ acquisition by Reliance Retail - The Economic Times

10/18/2025 Bankruptcy court approves Future Supply Chain Solutions’ acquisition by Reliance Retail  The Economic Times [more]
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$13.5M Bids Accepted for Crozer-Chester, Springfield Hospitals - PHILADELPHIA.Today

10/18/2025 $13.5M Bids Accepted for Crozer-Chester, Springfield Hospitals  PHILADELPHIA.Today [more]
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SilverRock $65M Asset Sale Ruling Delayed Amid Objections - Law360

10/17/2025 SilverRock $65M Asset Sale Ruling Delayed Amid Objections  Law360 [more]
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Meet The Attys In Machine Dealer GT Mid Atlantic's Ch. 11 - Law360

10/17/2025 Meet The Attys In Machine Dealer GT Mid Atlantic's Ch. 11  Law360 [more]
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Bankruptcy Ends Sex Assault Suit Against Cyndi Lauper's Son - Law360

10/17/2025 Bankruptcy Ends Sex Assault Suit Against Cyndi Lauper's Son  Law360 [more]
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Filing Alert: 775 NE 77th Terrace Chapter 11 - Bondoro

10/17/2025 Filing Alert: 775 NE 77th Terrace Chapter 11  Bondoro [more]
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What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week - Law360

10/17/2025 What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week  Law360 [more]
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Citgo Bidder, Auction Overseer Clash Over Fees in Disqualification Request - The Wall Street Journal

10/17/2025 Citgo Bidder, Auction Overseer Clash Over Fees in Disqualification Request  The Wall Street Journal [more]
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Citgo Bidder, Auction Overseer Clash Over Fees in Disqualification Request - The Wall Street Journal

10/17/2025 Citgo Bidder, Auction Overseer Clash Over Fees in Disqualification Request  The Wall Street Journal [more]
Tags: 363 Sales, News

Citgo Bidder, Auction Overseer Clash Over Fees in Disqualification Request - The Wall Street Journal

10/17/2025 Citgo Bidder, Auction Overseer Clash Over Fees in Disqualification Request  The Wall Street Journal [more]
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Blogs

11th Circuit: Equitable Tolling Still Does Not Apply To Deadline For §523 Discharge Complaints

09/23/2025 “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett in Worstword, Ho. Many have tried to extend the deadline for discharge complaints that is found in Bankruptcy Rule 4007(c), almost always after missing the deadline. The Eleventh Circuit recently [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, Bankruptcy Deadlines, Bankruptcy Rules, chapter 7, discharge, Eleventh Circuit Cases, equitable tolling, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog

Trustee Cannot Avoid Deed Because Every Letter Of the Notary’s Signature Was Not Fully Discernible

09/17/2025 In Barger v. Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Adv. Proc. No. 23-5164-bem, 2025 WL 1416871 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. May 15, 2025), the Chapter 7 Trustee sought to avoid a deed because every letter of the notary’s name was not fully discernible in the signature. The Court previously granted summary judgment to the [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, bankruptcy trustee, chapter 7, Deed, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Northern District Cases, Security Deed

Manufactured Home Is Not “Motor Vehicle” So Cram Down Of Secured Loan In Chapter 13 Plan Is Not Prohibited By Hanging Paragraph of §1325(a)

09/16/2025 In re Thomas, Ch. 13 Case No. 24-10535-RMM, 2025 WL 1373615 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. May 12, 2025). Debtors’ Chapter 13 Plan proposed to reduce the secured creditor’s claim to the value of the manufactured home that served as collateral. The sole legal issue was whether a manufactured home that was [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 13, chapter 13 plan, Consumer Bankruptcy Guide, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Hanging Paragraph, Manufacured Home, Middle District Cases, Mobile Home, secured debt

11th Circuit – Damages for False Imprisonment are Nondischargeable as Willful and Malicious Injury

08/05/2025 In Watson v. Bradsher and Ali, 2025 WL 2205853 (11th Cir. August 4, 2025), the Debtor met Plaintiffs at a bar and invited one of them to go home with him. She sternly rejected his advances and moved with her friend to another part of the bar. Debtor tried to pay his tab and could not find his [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, discharge, Eleventh Circuit Cases, Exceptions to Discharge, false imprisonment, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Northern District Cases, Willful and Malicious Injury

The Use of Trusts in Mortgage Loan Financing

06/25/2025 Trusts are being used more often for financing mortgage loans, which can be an effective way to optimize asset management and minimize lender risk. Key Benefits of Using Trusts in Mortgage Loan Financing Titling Trusts for Mortgage Loans: A Titling Trust holds the legal title to mortgage [more]
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Real Property Owned By Dissolved LLC Was Not Property Of Individual Member’s Bankruptcy Estate

06/25/2025 In In re Kimball, Ch. 7 Case No. 24-11036-pmb, 667 B.R. 487 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2025) (click here for pdf) , the Lender foreclosed on commercial property owned by a limited liability company on August 6, 2024. The LLC, in turn, was owned by an individual Debtor who had filed a Chapter 13 case on August [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, automatic stay, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, limited liability company, llc, Northern District Cases, property of the estate, real property

Judge Coleman – Vehicle Cannot Be Exempted as Tool of Trade

06/17/2025 In In re Cady, Ch. 7 No. 24-41026-ejc, 2025 WL 1587266 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. June 4, 2025) the issue was whether the Debtor, a real estate agent, could claim an exemption in her vehicle as a tool of the trade. In addition to claiming vehicle and wild card exemptions, Debtor argued that her vehicle was [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, Consumer Bankruptcy Guide, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Northern District Cases

Mediation in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases

05/16/2025 TV lawyers are constantly heading into trial, sometimes after seeing the file for the first time that morning. On television, the clients never seem to worry about how they are going to pay their lawyers to go to trial. The reality is different in real life, especially when dealing with consumer [more]
Tags: ATexasBankruptcyLawyersBlog, Bankruptcy Blogs, consumer, mediation

When Should A Corporation File Chapter 7?

05/04/2025 When an individual files for Chapter 7 relief, the goal is to keep their exempt property and discharge their dischargable debts. A corporation does not receive either of these benefits in Chapter 7, meaning that it turns over all of its property to be liquidated and still owes the remainder of its [more]
Tags: ATexasBankruptcyLawyersBlog, Bankruptcy Blogs, breach of fiduciary duty, chapter 7, corporation

Official Bankruptcy Forms Revised To Reflect April 1, 2025 Dollar Amount Adjustments Now In Effect

04/01/2025 As discussed in an earlier post called “Jumping Up: Bankruptcy Code Dollar Amounts Will Increase On April 1, 2025,” various dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and related statutory provisions were increased for cases filed on or after today, April 1, 2025. This chart has a list of all of the [more]
Tags: Bankruptcy Blogs, BAPCPA, Business Bankruptcy Issues, BusinessBankruptcyBlog, Chapter 11, chapter 7, employee, preference, proof of claim, Recent Developments