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Baltimore Diocese Fights Insurers' Dismissal Attempt - Law360

06/13/2024 Baltimore Diocese Fights Insurers' Dismissal Attempt  Law360 [more]
Tags: Cases of Interest, News

Mississippi Casino Developer's Creditors Want To Force Ch. 7 - Law360

06/13/2024 Mississippi Casino Developer's Creditors Want To Force Ch. 7  Law360 [more]
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Creditors Appealing Denial Of Estate Trustee In Eletson Ch. 11 - Law360

06/13/2024 Creditors Appealing Denial Of Estate Trustee In Eletson Ch. 11  Law360 [more]
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1st Circ. Finds PREPA Bondholders Have $8.5B In Valid Liens - Law360

06/12/2024 1st Circ. Finds PREPA Bondholders Have $8.5B In Valid Liens  Law360 [more]
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2nd Circ. Backs Brokerage In Suit Over Biotech's Failed IPO - Law360

06/12/2024 2nd Circ. Backs Brokerage In Suit Over Biotech's Failed IPO  Law360 [more]
Tags: Liquidation, News

COVID Set Bus Co. Coach USA On Path To Ch. 11 - Law360

06/12/2024 COVID Set Bus Co. Coach USA On Path To Ch. 11  Law360 [more]
Tags: News, Reorganizations

Cancer Claimants Say J&J Talc Unit Ch. 11 Belongs In NJ - Law360

06/12/2024 Cancer Claimants Say J&J Talc Unit Ch. 11 Belongs In NJ  Law360 [more]
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Restaurant Co. Rubio's Seeks July Auction In Del. Ch. 11 - Law360

06/12/2024 Restaurant Co. Rubio's Seeks July Auction In Del. Ch. 11  Law360 [more]
Tags: 363 Sales, News

WeWork has emerged from bankruptcy. What's next for the co-working office space provider? - Baltimore Sun

06/12/2024 WeWork has emerged from bankruptcy. What's next for the co-working office space provider?  Baltimore Sun [more]
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Plaintiffs Move to Prevent Johnson & Johnson's Plans in 3rd Talc Bankruptcy | New Jersey Law Journal - Law.com

06/12/2024 Plaintiffs Move to Prevent Johnson & Johnson's Plans in 3rd Talc Bankruptcy | New Jersey Law Journal  Law.com [more]
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Blogs

US Trustee Investigating Possible Scheme to Take Debtors’ Equity in Real Property in Multiple Cases; Lawyer Sanctioned

05/14/2024 In a very detailed 91-page Order entered in the Northern District of Georgia- and adopted by all Judges in the District – Judge Sacca addressed serious concerns of the United States Trustee over the handling of a Chapter 13 case by the Debtor’s lawyer. The United States Trustee is also [more]
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Terms of Confirmed Chapter 11 Plan Prohibit Malpractice Claim Against Debtor’s Counsel

04/03/2024 The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issues a reminder to debtors’ counsel that they can protect themselves with beneficial (boilerplate) terms in a Chapter 11 Plan. In In re SC SJ Holdings, LLC, 2024 WL 1328233 (3rd. Cir. March 28, 2024), the Debtor was the owner of a hotel that was operated [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, Chapter 11, Chapter 11 Plan, Corporate & Fiduciary Litigation, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Miscellaneous Cases, Plan of Reorganization, reorganization, Small Business Bankruptcy, Uncategorized

Bankruptcy and Divorce (Vol. 73) – Agreements to Transfer Property

03/14/2024 An entire blog could be devoted to the intersection of Bankruptcy and divorce, but for this post we will look at what happens when a divorce decree (or final settlement agreement) requires that one of the spouses transfer his or her interest in real property to the other spouse, but before the [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, Chapter 7 Trustee, divorce, divorce decree, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Miscellaneous Cases, Northern District Cases, real property

Section 523(a) Exceptions to Discharge Do Not Apply to Subchapter V Corporate Debtors

02/22/2024 … at least in Judge Sigler’s Court in the Northern District of Georgia. Primary Investments Group, Inc. v. RA Custom Design Inc., 2024 WL 607716, Adv. Proc. No. 23-05193-sms (February 13, 2024). The holding is consistent with most courts that have ruled on the issue, with the exception [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, Chapter 11, discharge, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Northern District Cases, Subchapter V

The Discharge Injunction – Violations and Damages

02/09/2024 It seems like violations of the discharge injunction get much less publicity than violations of the automatic stay.  Perhaps that is because by the time a discharge is entered the creditor has received the message.  When there is a violation the Eleventh Circuit has a good body of law on [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, Contempt, discharge, Discharge Injunction, Discharge Order, Eleventh Circuit Cases, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Miscellaneous Cases, Northern District Cases, US Supreme Court Cases

Meet Judge Robinson

01/01/2024 Shad Robinson took the bench as the twelfth bankruptcy judge to serve in the Western District of Texas on February 21, 2023. Judge Robinson, by his own telling, took an unlikely path to law school and practicing bankruptcy law. He is fairly unique among his bankruptcy colleagues in that he practiced [more]
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Supreme Court Strikes Blow for Deciding Cases and Explains What Is Jurisdictional and What Is Not

11/26/2023 Author's Note: I started writing this post in April. My life has been a bit busy this year so I haven't blogged as much as in prior years. If you are already familiar with the holding of Moac Mall Holdings, you may want to skip to the end to the What It Means section.In Justice Ketanji Brown [more]
Tags: 363(m), ATexasBankruptcyLawyersBlog, Bankruptcy Blogs, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, mootness

The Valuation Paradox

10/18/2023 In the program Who Killed the Company? Tips and Trends in Claims and Defenses, Judge Marvin Isgur and his fellow panelists confronted issues such as in pari delicto, insurance coverage and waiver of fiduciary duties. However, one discussion led by Judge Isgur focused on whether solvency should be [more]
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NCBJ 2023: The View from Austin

10/15/2023  The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges came to Austin for its 2023 conference with the slogan Blues, Barbecue and Bankruptcy. Here are some images from the conference.    Sheriff Ronnie King was the Master of Ceremonies for the Conference.   Chief Judge [more]
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Rats! I need a new car and I’m stuck in Chapter 13

09/05/2023 Do You Need to Finance a Car in Chapter 13? The last thing you want to do is get further into debt while you are in Chapter 13.  (The goal of Chapter 13 is to get out of debt.)  But sometimes you need to replace a broken down junker. So, you need financing for a […] The post Rats! I need a [more]
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