In a recent decision in Dillworth v. Mahecha Diaz, Adv. No. 20-1079-SMG, 2022 WL 1123004 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. April 15, 2022), the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida found that a post-confirmation creditors’...more
Recently, in Shady Bird Lending, LLC v. The Source Hotel, LLC (In re The Source Hotel, LLC), Case No. 8:21-cv-00824-FLA (C.D. Ca. June 8, 2022), the Central District of California District Court adopted the majority view that...more
In Whirlpool Corp. v. Wells Fargo Bank (In re hhgregg Inc.), Case No. 18-3363 (7th Cir. Feb. 11, 2020), the Seventh Circuit held that a trade creditor’s later-in-time reclamation claim was subordinate to lenders’ pre-petition...more
2/24/2020
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Appeals ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
BAPCPA ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Federal Priority Act ,
Financing ,
Lien Priority ,
Priority Debt ,
Secured Debt ,
Wells Fargo
The Fifth Circuit in Nustar Energy Services, Inc. v. M/V Cosco Auckland, Case No. 17-20246 (5th Cir. Jan. 14, 2019), recently held that a subcontractor creditor lacked constitutional standing to appeal a lower court’s ruling...more
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The Fifth Circuit recently held in RPD Holdings, L.L.C. v. Tech Pharmacy Services (In re Provider Meds, L.L.C.), No. 17-1113 (5th Cir. Oct. 29, 2018), that a patent license that was not specifically...more
11/8/2018
/ Appeals ,
Asset Purchase Agreements ,
Asset Purchaser ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Business Assets ,
Chapter 11 ,
Chapter 7 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Executory Contracts ,
IP License ,
License Agreements
Recently, in Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors v. Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC (In re Katy Indus., Inc.), Case No. 17-50937 (Bankr. D. Del. July 6, 2018), the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware dismissed...more
8/1/2018
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Bankruptcy Court ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Credit Bids ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Debtors-in-Possession ,
Dismissals ,
Lenders ,
Mootness ,
Recharacterization ,
Savings Clause ,
Subordination
The Fifth Circuit in Houston Sportsnet Finance, L.L.C. v. Houston Astros, L.L.C. (In re Houston Regional Sports Network, L.P.), 886 F.3d 523 (5th Cir. 2018), recently held that a bankruptcy court is not required to use either...more