Topic
Lien
121 published works
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Perfecting a Security Interest in an Airplane
By Tom Bolt
When it comes to leasing and financing civil aircraft, it’s incredibly important to understand the various liens and interests potentially involved, based largely on Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Registry Reports.…
PropertyProf Blog
Shanske on The Uneasy Case for Using Special Districts in Real Estate Finance
Darien Shanske (Davis) has posted Local Government Finance as Integrated System: The Uneasy Case for Using Special Districts in Real Estate Finance (A Response to Odinet's Super-Liens to the Rescue?…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Lien Stripping Your Home
By Bryan Fears
Bankruptcy Code sections are like little boxes. Sometimes, the facts of a bankruptcy case will fit neat and tidy into a box. Other times, judges, trustees, and attorneys disagree whether…
PropertyProf Blog
Boyack & Berger on Zombie Mortgages
Andrea Boyack (Washburn) & Robert Berger (U.S. Bankruptcy Court) have posted Bankruptcy Weapons to Terminate a Zombie Mortgage (Washburn Law Journal) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Bankruptcy’s strongest public policy is…
inversecondemnation.com
9th Circuit: Fee To “Activate” Workers’ Comp Lien Not A Taking – The Liens Are Not Property
There's apparently a huge backlog in California of liens which workers' comp medical providers file to seek payment for services they've provided to injured workers.These are liens possessed by service…
Legal Profession Blog
PS: Pay The Lien
An attorney who failed to protect the interests of a company that had loaned his client money in exchange for payment from the proceeds of a personal-injury settlement has been…
PropertyProf Blog
Levitin & Wachter on Second-Liens and the Leverage Option
Adam Levitin (Georgetown) & Susan Wachter (Wharton) have posted Second-Liens and the Leverage Option on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The finance literature has long recognized the existence of embedded put options…
In Solvency
Lessons from Chapter 13 – When is 8% Not Really 8%
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
In ruling on a very unfortunate situation (more on that below), Judge Shannon issued an opinion on July 24, 2014 in the Aro bankruptcy, holding that a state court decision…
The Appellate Strategist
Illinois Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Fees Must be Deducted From Health Care Settlements Before Applying Liens
By Kirk Jenkins
In the final days of its November term, the Illinois Supreme Court allowed a petition for leave to appeal in McVey v. M.L.K. Enterprises, LLC. McVey, a case from the Fifth…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Deed of Trust Trumped IRS Lien
After Restivo Auto Body Inc. filed for bankruptcy, a disagreement between Susquehanna Bank and the IRS began over which had a priority interest over the other. The bank had an…