The Chartwell Chronicles: Medicare & Medicaid
Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 2)
Podcast - Credit Funds: Make-Wholes and Cramdowns: Understanding the Recent Second Circuit Momentive Decision
Connecticut Collections: How to get paid if you are owed money? Part 3: Steps in the Collection Process
Construction Lien Law: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Company
Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk
A bankruptcy court in New Jersey recently granted a debtor’s motion to dismiss the counterclaims of two creditors who purchased a percentage of the debtor’s future receivables prepetition. The court rejected the creditors’...more
From a practical business perspective, you can evade disaster, protect your payments from others’ financial shortages, and avoid the pitfalls of another’s bankruptcy—and still end up first—with a bit of knowledge, planning,...more
A recent appellate decision from Alberta, Manitok Energy Inc. (Re), marks another chapter in the developing caselaw surrounding environmental obligations in insolvency proceedings. In the decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal...more
When owners file bankruptcy or projects otherwise go south, lien priority often comes to the forefront. The idea is relatively simple. Priority is how courts determine which creditors get paid first. This often pits...more
The Plain Meaning Language of an Intercreditor Agreement Determines Whether it Governs Plan Distributions or Adequate Protection Payments - In a recent non-precedential opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the...more
Happy 2018! We at The Bankruptcy Cave have been itching to write about the Cherry Growers Chapter 11 case – which really is ground-breaking – but the holidays, life, and yes, work for clients too, all just got in the way. ...more
The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) was passed by Congress in 1930 to protect agricultural produce suppliers from unscrupulous vendors who refused to pay the suppliers for their goods. PACA contains language...more
On May 11, 2016, the Delaware bankruptcy court issued an opinion in the RadioShack bankruptcy case addressing an intercreditor dispute between Salus Capital Partners, LLC, the “last out” lender in RadioShack’s prepetition...more