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New York Bankruptcy Court Adopts "Realistic Possibility" Standard for Free and Clear Sales Under 11 U.S.C § 363(f)(5)

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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

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Acquisition Strategies: Navigating Section 363 Sales and the Impact of Undersecured Liens

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Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code allows a Chapter 11 debtor to sell assets "free and clear" of existing claims, liens, encumbrances, and other liabilities. This provision facilitates expedited sales that might otherwise be...more

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Navigating Jurisdictional Pitfalls: Lessons From Global One Media, Inc. v. Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC on Lien Filing...

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The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate panel recently reaffirmed the longstanding principle that a UCC-1 financing statement securing personal property must be filed at the debtor’s location. In a recent case, the lender did...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

SDNY Bankruptcy Court Explains Differences Between Preferential Judicial Liens v. Statutory Liens

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In Firstbase.io, Inc. v. Harbor Business Compliance Corporation, No. 24-04043, 2025 Bankr. LEXIS 1092 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York found that a judgment execution lien...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

In re Urban Commons 2 West LLC (Bankr. SDNY Mar. 4, 2025)

Bankruptcy Court Elects to Follow Majority Interpretation of 11 U.S.C. § 363(f)(5) On March 4, 2025, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court) issued a significant...more

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Vehicle Titles in the Age of the Internet

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Unlike most items of personal property, a motor vehicle usually has a certificate of title. We all know that the point of a vehicle title is to show who owns the vehicle and who (if anyone) has a lien on it....more

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Law Reviews, Dictionaries, and Uptiers: The Fifth Circuit Weighs In on Serta

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Market participants might be wary of opinions that begin with a recitation of academic literature and then turn to dictionaries. The former tend to be authored with an eye toward systemic change rather than direct experience...more

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Texas Bankruptcy Court Awards Majority Stake in Reorganized Debtor to Unsecured Creditors After Avoiding the Value of the...

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On August 3, 2023, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas found that the majority of the shares of stock of a reorganized debtor should be allocated to unsecured creditors, and not the secured creditors,...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

M&A Strategy Update: Union Contracts and Section 363 Sales

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In the right situations, the United States Bankruptcy Code provides powerful tools for acquiring distressed companies and realizing economic value, including synergies from vertically integrating suppliers or customers, or...more

Blank Rome LLP

Security Interests and Liens Priorities

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This practice note discusses the requirements for the attachment and perfection of consensual security interests in personal property under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). A security interest is said to attach...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Bankruptcy Court Holds Title Holder Consent Is Enough to Give Collateral Rights to Debtor to Grant Liens

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On April 28, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the N.D. of Oklahoma in Kirtley v. Mabrey Bank (In re Rudick) held that an entity other than the debtor may grant a lien on the debtor’s property, affirming the legal standard that...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Creditor Not Entitled to Post-Sale Discovery to Attempt to Amend Sale Proceeds Distribution

In In re Squirrels Rsch. Labs, LLC, No. 21-61491, 2022 WL 1310173, at *1 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio Apr. 29, 2022), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio recently addressed whether post-sale of the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Recent Decision on Derivative Standing by a Creditors’ Committee to Challenge a Lender’s Liens

In many chapter 11 cases, creditors’ committees can play a vital role in maximizing the recoveries of unsecured creditors. But the powers of creditors’ committees are circumscribed by both the Bankruptcy Code and case law....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New Court Ruling on Whether Avoidance Powers Require Benefit to Creditors

The Bankruptcy Code grants the power to avoid certain transactions to a bankruptcy trustee or debtor-in-possession. See, e.g., 11 U.S.C. §§ 544, 547–48. Is there a general requirement that these avoidance powers only be...more

Emmet, Marvin & Martin LLP

Pre-judgment Attachment Lien May Be Sufficient “cause” To Lift Automatic Stay

11 U.S.C. 362(d)(1) empowers the Bankruptcy Court to grant relief from the automatic stay on the request of a party-in-interest “for cause, including lack of adequate protection of an interest in property of such party in...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Top 10 Bankruptcy Truths for Creditors to Know

Much of the bankruptcy chatter arising from the pandemic world in which we find ourselves is now focusing on the cascade of new bankruptcy cases that are predicted to arrive soon. We have already seen the effects of closed...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Ambiguous UCC Collateral Descriptions: A Snare for Private Equity Companies

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On May 8, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri in In re 8760 Service Group held that a creditor had a first-priority interest in certain collateral of a debtor, before a subsequent creditor, despite...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Driver’s License Please – Article 9 Style

If you are loaning money in Pennsylvania on a secured basis you must use the name of your individual debtor as stated on his/her driver’s license for your financing statement. 13 Pa.C.S.A. § 9503(a)(4). Secured lenders...more

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