Topic
Liquidation
165 published works
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Univita Health Inc. Has Filed for Bankruptcy Under Chapter 7
In what looks like a case study in the need to diversify, Univita Health Inc. filed for Bankruptcy in the District of Delaware on August 28, 2015 - It is being…
Tech Law Blog
Court refuses to grant declaration as to identity of the data controller
The High Court, in In the Matter for Mount Carmel Medical Group (South Dublin) Ltd (In Liquidation) [2015] IEHC 450 considered the issue of who is a data controller under data protection…
Financial Services Perspectives
Video Interview: Discussing Bank of America v. Caulkett, Supreme Court Ruling Survives Bankruptcy
Following up on our coverage in the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a debtor in a Chapter 7 case cannot ‘strip off’ or void a wholly unsecured junior mortgage…
In Solvency
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Chapter 7 Debtor’s Stripping of Junior Liens
Holding: A debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding may not void a junior mortgage lien under § 506(d) when the debt owed on a senior mortgage lien exceeds the…
Charleston Bankruptcy Blog
South Carolina Median Income Figures effective April 1, 2015
It’s that time of year again. It’s the twice-yearly time when median income figures are announced by the U.S. Trustee’s office. The figures are based on Census Bureau reporting. The…
Legal Profession Blog
Chapter Two Leads To Chapter 7 Problems
The California state Bar Court Review Department has publicly reproved an attorney for mistakes made after moving from her public defender position to private practice. After 14 years as a public…
Southern California Bankruptcy Law Blog
Liquidation Of An Asset In A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy II
I recently received an email that posed an interesting scenario in Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Although I have written on the subject of Chapter 7 liquidation I haven’t addressed the…
In Solvency
Motions for Reconsideration – A Lesson from Worldspace
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
The efficient manner of speech which Judge Walsh employs during hearings shines through in this opinion released December 5, 2014 in the Worldspace bankruptcy (Bank. D. Del. 08-12412). In 3-1/2…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
No Money Down Chapter 7
By Sam Turco
It costs a lot of money to go broke, literally. Chapter 7 fees vary from case to case, but the average case filed in Nebraska ranges from $1,200 to $1,500…
Food Safety News
Letter From the Editor: Week Two of the PCA Trial
By Dan Flynn
About a year after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate the company, all the assets of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) were under the control of the bankruptcy…