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Retention of Title Disputes: Don't Take the Uniform Commercial Code for Granted Image

Retention of Title Disputes: Don't Take the Uniform Commercial Code for Granted

Eva D. Gadzheva, Jeremy M. Downs & David E. Morrison

This article reminds us of the conflict-of-laws analysis at the heart of such retention of title disputes, and then discuss the multi-step UCC analysis that is also required.

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Second Circuit Applies Federal Bankruptcy Law, Not Securities Law, In Madoff SIPA Liquidation Image

Second Circuit Applies Federal Bankruptcy Law, Not Securities Law, In Madoff SIPA Liquidation

Michael L. Cook

The Second Circuit applied federal bankruptcy law when holding that good faith is an affirmative defense.

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Congress Seeks to Restrict Nondebtor Releases in New Bankruptcy Reform Bill Image

Congress Seeks to Restrict Nondebtor Releases in New Bankruptcy Reform Bill

Thomas R. Califano & Anna Gumport

Members of Congress recently introduced the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act, which proposes to amend the Bankruptcy Code to, among other things, restrict courts' ability to approve third-party releases of nondebtors and related injunctions under plans of reorganization or otherwise in Chapter 11 cases.

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Authority to File Chapter 11: A Matter of Contract or Public Policy? Image

Authority to File Chapter 11: A Matter of Contract or Public Policy?

Steven B. Smith & Rachel Ginzburg

If you think public policy favoring the freedom to file a Chapter 11 trumps the freedom to negotiate specific restrictions to such a filing, think again.

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Supreme Court's Denial to Hear Student Debt Discharge Case Leaves Ambiguity Image

Supreme Court's Denial to Hear Student Debt Discharge Case Leaves Ambiguity

Joseph Pack & Jessey Krehl

With federal student loan forbearance set to expire at the end of September, many hoped the high court would provide, if not clarity, at least uniformity for the millions of Americans who currently are on the hook for student loans.

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Abbreviated Name Makes UCC Financing Statement Defective Image

Abbreviated Name Makes UCC Financing Statement Defective

Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. & Keri L. Costello

In In re Bryant, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia determined that a lender's UCC-1 financing statements were "seriously misleading" under the Georgia Commercial Code because the financing statements identified the individual debtor with his middle name abbreviated.

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Sixth Circuit: Section 363 Sale Not 'Free and Clear' of Creditor's Claims Image

Sixth Circuit: Section 363 Sale Not 'Free and Clear' of Creditor's Claims

Francis J. Lawall & Kenneth A. Listwak

Buyers generally assume that the multi-page "free and clear" order, which typically follows the sale hearing, will insulate them from any of the seller's current (and often) future liabilities. However, that is not always the case.

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Escape New York: Court Dismisses NRA's Chapter 11 As Improper Tactic to Avoid New York's Non-Profit Regulatory Scheme Image

Escape New York: Court Dismisses NRA's Chapter 11 As Improper Tactic to Avoid New York's Non-Profit Regulatory Scheme

Steven B. Smith & Silvia Stockman

This article explores the competing factors the Bankruptcy Court considered and the rationale underlying its decision to grant the drastic relief of dismissing the NRA's bankruptcy case.

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Obtaining Administrative Claim Status When Doing Business With a Debtor Image

Obtaining Administrative Claim Status When Doing Business With a Debtor

By Andrew C. Kassner & Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

How is administrative claim status obtained in a bankruptcy case, and what risks does a service or goods supplier take by continuing to do business with the debtor after commencement of the bankruptcy case?

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Trustee Rights and Obligations When Debtor's Ch. 11 Case Converts to Ch. 7 Image

Trustee Rights and Obligations When Debtor's Ch. 11 Case Converts to Ch. 7

Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. & Drew S. McGehrin

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware court held that a Chapter 7 trustee was bound by the pre-conversion actions of the debtors, and that the trustee would not be permitted to step into the shoes of the then-dissolved official committee of unsecured creditors to pursue certain causes of action.

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