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When a Lessee Files for Bankruptcy

A Chapter 11 debtor’s motion for an order approving use of Cash Collateral or for Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) Financing usually happens as part of the so-called first-day hearings held within a few days after commencement of the case. The problem for creditors and equipment lessors is that while the debtor may have sent your client a notice of the bankruptcy case, the notice sometimes goes to the payment lock box or to someone who doesn’t even know what bankruptcy is, much less that the order being sought is key to your client’s future payment.

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A Chapter 11 debtor’s motion for an order approving use of Cash Collateral or for Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) Financing usually happens as part of the so-called first-day hearings held within a few days after commencement of the case, or in districts that do not have first-day hearings, as an emergency motion.

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