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Supreme Court Expands Creditors’ by Allowing Denial of a Discharge Under Sec. 523(a)(2)(A) if Debtor Transfers Assets in Violation of State Fraudulent Transfer Statute

The Creditors Rights

Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a creditor to obtain a judgment denying its debtor a discharge of debts incurred by false pretenses or actual fraud. Congress added the term “actual fraud” when it enacted the Bankruptcy Code in 1978. Ritz , 2016 WL 2842452 (2016). Chrysalis Manufacturing Corp.

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Burr & Forman Names Eight New Partners Across Five Offices

Burr Forman

From Burr & Forman’s Jacksonville office: Armando Nozzolillo is a member of the firm’s CreditorsRights and Bankruptcy practice group. About Burr & Forman LLP.

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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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Ninth Circuit Holds that the One-Year Period in Sec. 727(a)(2) is not Subject to Equitable Tolling

The Creditors Rights

Ronald Neff was a dentist against whom his patient, Douglas DeNoce, obtained a judgment for malpractice. Neff then filed his third bankruptcy case, a chapter 7 proceeding, more than one year following the recording of the quit-claim deed. This first chapter 13 case was dismissed, as was a second chapter 13 case filed by Neff.

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

Jimerson Firm

While the traditional common law grounds for the appointment of a receiver remain, the Act also offers additional grounds and provides lenders with valuable options to protect their interests in the commercial property, including the right of receivership after judgment. 714.14, Fla.

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Mitigating Risks Associated with Hotel, Restaurant and Entertainment Industry Economic Challenges – Part 3: Commercial Mortgage Default Options Including Acceleration and Enforcement of Personal Guaranties

Jimerson Firm

For example, when a borrower becomes insolvent or files for bankruptcy, the lender can still attempt to mitigate its damages by seeking to recover all or a portion of its damages from the guarantor. Additionally, Florida law provides that there can be multiple judgments for the same debt but the same debt can only be collected once.

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