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Chapter 7 Trustees, Claims Same As It Ever Was: Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Narrow Construction of Informal Proof of Claim Doctrine Contributor(s) Matthew Goren
Chapter 7 Trustees Judge Tosses Bad Faith Involuntary Filing Primarily Seeking Management Change Contributor(s) Debora Hoehne
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 Contributor(s) Matthew Goren
Chapter 7 Trustees I’m Still Here!! Individual Debtor-out-of-Possession May Appeal Bankruptcy Court Order Allowing Claims in Chapter 7 Case Contributor(s) Matthew Goren
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 Contributor(s) Matthew Goren
363 Sales, ABI Reform Commission, Bitcoin Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Trustees & Examiners, Chapter 7 Trustees, Cramdown, Lookback Period, Secured Claims, Valuation Lookback Period: Eight Weeks
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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
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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 Contributor(s) Matthew Goren
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
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