On May 5, 2016, SRC Liquidation, LLC International Holdings, LLC (“Liquidating Debtor”), filed approximately 137 complaints seeking the avoidance and recovery of allegedly preferential and fraudulent transfers under Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Liquidating Debtor also seeks to disallow claims of such preference defendants under Sections 502(d) and (j) of the Bankruptcy Code.

SRC Liquidation, LLC (f/k/a SRC Liquidation Company f/k/a The Standard Register Company) and/or its related debtors (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on March 12, 2015 under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.   On November 19, 2015, the Court entered an order confirming the Debtors’ Second Amended Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation for SRC Liquidation Company and its Affiliates (the “Plan”).  The Plan became effective on December 18, 2015.

The law firms of ASK LLP and Bayard, P.A. represent the Liquidating Debtors in these various preference cases.  The pretrial conference has not yet been scheduled.

For preference defendants looking for an analysis of defenses that can be asserted in response to a preference complaint, attached is a reference guide prepared on the subject: “A Preference Reference: Common Issues that Arise in Delaware Preference Litigation.”