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Chapter 7 Trustees

Automatic Stay, Case Overviews, Chapter 7 Trustees, Financial Markets, Litigation Issues, Property of the Estate

Lenders Beware: Lender Liability is Real and Can Cost You Dearly

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Ronit J.
Berkovich

Alejandro
Bascoy

363 Sales, Case Overviews, Chapter 7 Trustees, Real Estate, Rules & Procedures, Valuation

Going, Going, Gone: Third Circuit Confirms Auction Outcome Can Be Strong Evidence of Fair Value

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David
Griffiths

Justin
Armstrong

Avoidance Actions, Case Overviews, Chapter 11 Trustees & Examiners, Chapter 7 Trustees, Government, Lookback Period, What We're Watching

No Time Runs against the King (IRS): The Golden Creditor Rule and its Discontents

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Chapter 7 Trustees, Claims

Same As It Ever Was: Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Narrow Construction of Informal Proof of Claim Doctrine

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Chapter 7 Trustees

Judge Tosses Bad Faith Involuntary Filing Primarily Seeking Management Change

Chapter 7 Trustees, Jurisdiction & Appeals, Professionals

Not So Fast: Sixth Circuit Dismisses Appeal of Bankruptcy Court Order Denying Approval of Proposed Settlement Agreement For Lack of Jurisdiction

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Chapter 7 Trustees

I’m Still Here!! Individual Debtor-out-of-Possession May Appeal Bankruptcy Court Order Allowing Claims in Chapter 7 Case

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363 Sales, Chapter 7 Trustees

Faced with a Belated Offer for the Debtor’s Assets, Bankruptcy Court Converts the Case to Chapter 7 to Allow a Trustee to Run the Sale Process

Chapter 7 Trustees

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Denies Request to Appoint an Interim Trustee During the “Gap Period” in an Involuntary Case

Avoidance Actions, Chapter 15, Chapter 7 Trustees, Claims, Due Process Concerns, Financing, International, Litigation Issues, Lookback Period, Mass Torts

Lookback Period: Two Weeks

Chapter 7 Trustees, Claims

Our Bad: Bankruptcy Court Denies Creditors’ Motion to Reopen Chapter 7 Case and Vacate Discharge Order Based on Parties’ Mutual Mistake

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363 Sales, ABI Reform Commission, Cryptocurrency Issues, Chapter 11 Trustees & Examiners, Chapter 7 Trustees, Cramdown, Lookback Period, Secured Claims, Valuation

Lookback Period: Eight Weeks

Chapter 7 Trustees, Professionals

Blurred Lines: Seventh Circuit Keeps Alive Claims Based upon Law Firm’s Alleged Failure to Advise on Degrees of Business Risk

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Chapter 11 Trustees & Examiners, Chapter 7 Trustees

A Tale of Two Circuits: Recent Applications of the Barton Doctrine

Bankruptcy Beach Reading, Chapter 7 Trustees, Humor, Professionals, Property of the Estate

Fake It ‘til You Make It — or at Least Keep the Frivolous to a De Minimis

Chapter 7 Trustees, Property of the Estate

Rent-Stabilized Leases: Exempt or Not?

363 Sales, Chapter 7 Trustees, Constitutional Law, Property of the Estate

Forced Sales, Unconstitutional Takings, and BAPCPA Oh My…

363 Sales, Chapter 7 Trustees

Free and Clear. Not So Fast. Bankruptcy Court Claws Back Ability to Sell Distressed Assets Free and Clear of Claims and Interests

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Chapter 7 Trustees, Property of the Estate

Ninth Circuit Declines to Follow Eighth Circuit in Setting the Boundaries of the Trustee’s Turnover Power Under Section 542(a)

Chapter 7 Trustees, Property of the Estate

Shelbyville: A Town Without a Monorail or a Debtor Without a Sufficient Interest in Property?

Chapter 7 Trustees, Property of the Estate

What’s Mine is Mine and What’s Yours is Mine: Court Rules a Debtor Can Be Compelled to Turn over Property No Longer in His Possession

Avoidance Actions, Chapter 7 Trustees

Can’t Touch This: The Release that Saved a Creditor from a Preference Action

Chapter 11 Trustees & Examiners, Chapter 7 Trustees

Eastern District of Virginia Applies Barton Analysis to Determine Whether Trustee Can Be Sued in State Court

Chapter 11 Trustees & Examiners, Chapter 7 Trustees

Bringing Barton Back: Third Circuit Affirms the Barton Doctrine’s Continued Applicability Despite Changes in Bankruptcy Laws

Chapter 7 Trustees, Claims

The Operation of the “Operations” Rule: The Seventh Circuit’s Primer On the Priority of Postpetition Tort Claims

Chapter 7 Trustees, Schedules & SOFAs

Drop It Like It’s Hot – Abandoning Property of the Estate

Chapter 11 Plans, Chapter 7 Trustees, Post-Confirmation Issues

Picking at the Carcass: Thanksgiving Thoughts from the Weil Bankruptcy Blog

Chapter 7 Trustees, Corporate Governance & Fiduciary Duties, Jurisdiction & Appeals

Haunted Houses, Headless Pregnant Women, and Immortal Evil Zombies: A Weil Bankruptcy Blog Spooktacular

Chapter 7 Trustees

Who’s the Boss? Tenth Circuit Says It’s the Chapter 7 Trustee