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Secured vs Unsecured Debt: Everything You Need to Know

Sawin & Shea

If you’re struggling with financial hardship, filing for bankruptcy can be an effective way to get back on your feet. But filing for bankruptcy in Indiana doesn’t mean every outstanding debt you’ve ever incurred gets wiped away. Declaring bankruptcy will discharge most types of debt but not others. What do we mean by this?

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Five Burr Attorneys Named to Lawdragon’s 2022 “500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” List

Burr Forman

Meek have been recognized in the January 2022 issue of Lawdragon’ s “500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” List. Lawdragon says, “The start of the pandemic brought expectations for mountains of commercial bankruptcy work. Golden was named in the Bankruptcy & Commercial Litigation specialty.

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How to Maximize Recovery on a SBA Loan by Negotiating a Workout Agreement

Jimerson Firm

Before liquidating any collateral or incurring costs of litigation, Lenders and CDCs should make a good faith effort to first negotiate a “workout agreement” with the borrower. 60 calendar days), the lender/CDC must move forward with liquidating the collateral. SOP 50 57 ; SOP 50 55. SOP 50 57 2; SOP 50 55.

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Default Interest Rates are Presumed Reasonable Under Sec. 506(b), and a Bankruptcy Court May Not Use the Fair and Equitable Language of Sec. 1129(b) to Conclude Otherwise

The Creditors Rights

The Ninth Circuit BAP recently discussed on appeal the issue of whether a bankruptcy court may use the “fair and equitable” standard for confirmation in § 1129(b) to deny an oversecured creditor default interest on its claim to which it would otherwise be entitled under § 506(b). In Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 819 (9 th Cir. Capital Corp.

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SBA Loans: Offers in Compromise

Jimerson Firm

If the borrower is unable to pay the full amount owed on an SBA loan after all of the collateral has been liquidated, the borrower may submit an “offer in compromise.” An offer in compromise is appropriate when the borrower’s business has closed down and all of the collateral has been liquidated. SOP 50 57 2; SOP 50 55.

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Eighth Circuit Holds a Lender to a Special Purpose Entity is not a “Person Aggrieved” by an Order Substantively Consolidating the SPE’s Bankruptcy Estate with Another Estate

The Creditors Rights

Lenders often go to great lengths to ensure their borrowers are Special Purpose Entities —entities whose assets will not be commingled with the assets of parent or affiliated companies—rendering bankruptcy filings by the SPE less likely. In Opportunity Finance , the debtors were Petters Company, Inc. (“PCI”) 3d 810 (8 th Cir.

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Overview of Florida’s New Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act

Jimerson Firm

Importantly, the Act gives the court a new power to, similar to as in bankruptcy proceedings, stay certain actions to enforce claims against receivership property. 714.14, Fla.