In Rem Relief Comes to Massachusetts
Charles A. Lovell of Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
While in rem relief has been used and litigated in such hotbeds of bankruptcy filings (and abuse) as California, se.
Brief Intro to Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Paula S. Teske & Associates
(The following is meant as a general guideline only , and is not designed as, or intended to be, legal advice.
The Enforceability Prefiling Stay Waivers: It's a toss up
Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C.
A prefiling stay waiver is a debtor's agreement with a creditor not to contest that creditor's motion for relief .
Are There Any Critical Vendors Left?
Gregory R. Schaaf of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
A fundamental rule in bankruptcy proceedings is that prepetition claims are not paid without a plan or separate order of the bankruptcy court. The Bankruptcy Code requires payment in a specified order of priority. In large cases, the plan process could take years, leaving a creditor without recovery for an extended period. Orders allowing payment of prepetition claims prior to the payments approved by a plan are rare. One of these rare possibilities is the request to deem a creditor "critical," usually in a first-day motion.
Postponement of Sheriff's Sale In Compliance with State Law Does Not Violate Automatic Stay
Celeste M. Murphy of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Examined is the case of Taylor v. Slick, 178 F.3d 698 (3d Cir. 1999).
Bankruptcy Law: Traps for the Unwary
Wayne Kitchens of Hughes Watters Askanase, L.L.P.
I.Automatic Stay: The Mother of All Injunctions. 11 U.S.C. 362 provides that when a petition in bankruptcy is.
How a Municipality Shoud Respond to a Bankruptcy Petition
Leonard M. Gold of Lakin, Solomon & Gold, P.A.
The role of a municipality should take in a bankruptcy proceeding depends on the form of relief sought by the .
Pre-Petition Waivers of the Automatic Stay
Richard D. Anderson of Briggs & Morgan
Introduction As all lenders know, the filing of a bankruptcy petition operates as an automatic stay against fur.
Suit for Postpetition Patent Infringement of "Super Soakers" Does Not Violate Automatic Stay
Troy L. Cady of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
This article summarizes the Larami Limited v. Yes! Entertainment Corp. whereby the court held that post petition patent infringement action did not violate automatic stay.
Canadian Bankruptcy Report
Thomson Carswell
Over the past 25 years or more, a flourishing industry has developed in North America among finance companies of making loans to corporate borrowers to enable them to pay the hefty premiums on their business or industrial insurance policies.
Bankruptcy Law: Violation of the Automatic Stay
Michael I. Mossman
In pursuing the orderly administration of unpaid debt in bankruptcy, the person in charge of the .