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Second Department Holds Judicial Estoppel Bars Application of FAPA

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On July 16, 2025, the Appellate Division, Second Department declined to apply the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) to a mortgage foreclosure commenced prior to FAPA’s enactment, pursuant to the doctrine of judicial...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Contiguous Condominiums Are Not “SARE”

Lacking a common scheme or plan, two adjacent commercial condominium units owned by the same debtor and subject to the same mortgage and deed, but having different tenants, commercial uses, plans for commercial development...more

Jenner & Block

Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law Update - July 2022

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Covered Activities - 1.1.a Order granting counterclaim declaring validity of mortgage on the debtor’s property does not violate the stay. The debtor acquired property subject to a disputed mortgage. The debtor brought a...more

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Divided Fifth Circuit Panel Suggests Bankruptcy Strong-Arm Power Precludes Reforming Mortgages After Petition Date

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On April 14, 2022, in an unpublished, divided opinion affirming lower-court orders disallowing a creditor’s claim and declaring the creditor’s mortgage invalid and unenforceable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

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Undisclosed Arrears Come Back to Bite Bank

Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 3002.1 was implemented to protect debtors from unanticipated deficiencies in residential mortgage payments following a chapter 13 discharge, and the Bankruptcy Court for the District of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bradley’s Bankruptcy Basics: 5 Significant (if Temporary) Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code Resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic

As we cross the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, we reflect on the multiple amendments to the Bankruptcy Code that have been implemented to help curb the effects of various economic shutdowns and financial...more

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Structured Finance Spectrum – January 2021

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Moving on from 2020 and building up for 2021. Read our Structured Finance Spectrum, covering safe harbors & remedies, CLOs & QMs, and passive & ESG investing, among other hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

A Reminder for Borrowers: Post-Discharge Communications by Creditor Must Coerce or Harass in Order to Violate Bankruptcy Law

In Kirby v. 21 Mortg. Corp., the First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel examined the Kirbys' claim that the 19 written communications they received from their mortgage holder following their Chapter 7 discharge violated the...more

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Two Recent Decisions Demonstrate Continued Disagreement Over Whether Economic Value or Face Amount of Liens Is Appropriate Metric...

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The ability of a trustee or chapter 11 debtor in possession ("DIP") to sell bankruptcy estate assets "free and clear" of liens on the property under section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code has long been recognized as one of the...more

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Equitable Liens: No Mortgage Does Not Necessarily Mean No Lien

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Marcum v. Marcum (In re Marcum), 508 B.R. 499 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2014) – A creditor made two prepetition loans to a chapter 13 debtor for payment of delinquent real estate taxes. The loans were supposed to be secured by...more

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Broker Commissions: Technical Requirements Trump Equitable Considerations

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In re Oak Knoll Assocs., L.P., 525 B.R. 175 (Bankr. D. Me. 2015) – A real estate broker sought allowance of an administrative expense claim for his commission in connection with a sale of real estate.  The debtor and...more

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Settlement Proceeds: When Does Cash Become Quasi Real Estate?

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Farmer v. Citizens Nat’l Bank of Athens (In re Davis), 528 B.R. 757 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2015) – A chapter 7 trustee sought a court determination that the trustee had a superior claim to settlement proceeds arising from...more

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