On April 19, 2023, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, writing for a unanimous Court in MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC et.al., 598 U.S. ___ 143 S. Ct.
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Court Shocks Solvent PG&E with Electric Opinion Requiring High-Powered Interest Rates to Creditors
What rate of post-petition interest must a solvent debtor pay creditors whose claims are designated as unimpaired pursuant to Section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code? [1] The answer can…
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Subchapter V Eligibility: Congress Fixes CARES Act Provision That Excluded Affiliates of Issuers But Ignores Potential Eligibility for Foreign, Publicly Traded Companies and Affiliates
On February 19, 2020, the Small Business Reorganization Act (the “SBRA”) became effective and created a new subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. As we have reported,…
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CHAPTER 11 AS ALTERNATIVE TO CONVERSION OR DISMISSAL IN SUBCHAPTER V
Congress passed the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (“SBRA”), otherwise known as “Subchapter V,” as a subchapter of chapter 11, to provide a streamlined and economically feasible reorganization option…
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Not all Forced-Sale Mortgage Foreclosures are Exempt from Avoidance as Fraudulent Transfers Under Section 548 – a Case Study Regarding Application of Supreme Court’s BFP Factors to State Tax Sale Statutes
The United States Supreme Court held in BFP v. Resolution Trust, that properties sold at “force-sale” mortgage foreclosure sales properly conducted pursuant to a state’s foreclosure statute are presumed…
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FDCPA to be Amended Effective November 30, 2021 by New Regulation F
Effective November 30, 3031, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will enact Regulation F to 12 C.F.R. 1006, which will be the first comprehensive federal debt collection regulations interpreting the…
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Courts Analyze the Degree of “Commercial or Business Activity” Necessary for a Liquidating Debtor to be Eligible for Subchapter V Relief
“Just enough” is an undeniable—if informal—legal precept. The concept finds its way into canon from adequacy of pleading to application of equity. See, e.g., K-Tech Telecommunications, Inc. v. Time …
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WHAT LENDERS NEED TO KNOW TO OBTAIN SBA GUARANTY PAYMENT ON DEFAULTED PPP LOANS
The Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”) was created by Congress through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) to loan money to certain businesses for the primary purpose…
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JEVIC OPINION ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE USED IN ORDERS
The In re Jevic Holding Corp. chapter 11 case continues to make news. The case is likely best remembered for the 2017 Supreme Court decision holding that the distribution scheme…
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Payment to Stalking Horse Permissible When Sale Price Less than Stalking Horse Bid
By Michael L. Temin and Martha B. Chovanes
In an issue of first impression, in In re Energy Future Holdings Corp., 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 7400 (3d Cir. Mar.
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