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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Issues Decision on Whether a Debtor Can Be a “Financial Participant”

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We have blogged previously about section 546(e) , the Bankruptcy Code’s safe harbor for certain transfers otherwise subject to avoidance as preferences or fraudulent transfers. In both cases, the “agreements or transactions” must be “with the debtor or any other entity.” See 11 U.S.C. § § 546(e).

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Teaches Important Lesson on Timely Lien Perfection

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Bankruptcy Judge Karen B. Ruling on plaintiff-debtor Southland Royalty Company LLC’s motion for partial summary judgment, Judge Owens found that Halliburton did not obtain a lien on Southland’s production of oil, natural gas, or their proceeds. Perfect your liens on time or you may lose them. in her recent decision.

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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

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In recent years, authorities have either fined, seized or issued judgments totaling $120.4 Some of the debts have been discharged in bankruptcy cases. But like many debtors, debt collection kingpins have been elusive when it comes to paying what they owe. million against debt collectors in Western New York. million home.