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Commercial Recovery
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Recent Tenth Circuit Decision in John Q Hammons Fall Following SCOTUS’ Decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald Could Result in Significant Refunds for Certain Chapter 11 Debtors
The Critical Nature of Bankruptcy Dates and Deadlines
Consensual Third-Party Releases
Breaking Down the Latest Decision in the Purdue Pharma Case
AGG Talks: U.S. Bankruptcy Basics for Foreign Investors
Nota Bene Podcast Episode 132: 2021 Business Bankruptcy Trends with Ori Katz
Out-of-Court Restructuring Alternatives in the European Union, Germany and the United States
Straddle-Year Tax Debts in Bankruptcy: Does the King Get Paid First? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 14]
Blakes Continuity Podcast: What to Expect When Insolvency Crosses the Border
Using Prepackaged Plans to Speed Through Bankruptcy Courts by Veronica Polnick
Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Issues, Venue, and Jurisdiction by Kristhy Peguero and Jennifer Wertz
ADR's Big Moment
Bankruptcy Basics and Recent Developments
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
Section 363(f)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a bankruptcy trustee to sell estate property free and clear of any competing interest in the property (such as a lien or other security interest) if the interest holder "could...more
In Wilmington Savings Fund Society v. Tamisi, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York upheld a bankruptcy court’s ruling that Wilmington lacked the necessary standing to enforce a mortgage lien, thereby...more
For example, you make a commercial real estate loan and record your deed of trust. The borrower pays you for a time but then defaults. You tried loan forbearance and modification, but it was unsuccessful. The borrower falls...more
A recent Second Circuit opinion sets a bright-line rule: if the Debtor is named as a defendant in a pre-bankruptcy lawsuit, the automatic stay applies to halt further proceedings. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC v. Fogarty (In re...more
In In re Silver State Holdings, in a bankruptcy proceeding a trustee of a limited liability company sued its former manager for breach of fiduciary duty and another entity for conspiracy to breach fiduciary duty arising out...more
In BFP v. Resolution Tr. Corp., 511 U.S. 531 (1994), the Supreme Court held that a mortgage foreclosure sale conducted in accordance with state law was shielded from avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code’s fraudulent conveyance...more
So you are chugging along with a foreclosure action (either on real and/or personal property) only to be stopped in your tracks by the borrower filing a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. The usual, immediate thought...more
For secured lenders, a consumer debtor’s chapter 13 bankruptcy filing can be a mixed bag. A chapter 13 bankruptcy petition often is utilized by a consumer debtor to avoid a foreclosure by allowing a debtor time (usually...more
In a per curiam opinion that is not precedential but of interest to lenders who take mortgages as security, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decided that the Debtor’s effort to reopen her bankruptcy case was too...more