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Second Circuit Reaffirms that Debtor Can Obtain Refund for Non-Uniform Bankruptcy Fees

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Fitzgerald , the Supreme Court decision last June that invalidated the 2018 difference in fees between bankruptcy cases filed in Bankruptcy Administrator judicial districts and U.S. In 2011, it filed for bankruptcy in the District of Connecticut, a U.S. Trustee judicial districts. LEXIS 32677 (2d Cir.

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Foreclosure Sale Violates Automatic Stay when a Debtor is a Named Party in the Foreclosure

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John's University School of Law American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff Section 362 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) provides that the filing of a bankruptcy petition results in an automatic stay generally enjoining all actions, including a foreclosure sale, against a debtor or its property. [1]

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Post-Petition Liabilities Arising from a Pre-Petition Guarantee are not Automatically Discharged

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John's University School of Law American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff Section 727(b) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) provides that a Chapter 7 debtor’s bankruptcy discharge eliminates the debtor’s liability for “all debts that arose before the date of the order of relief.” [1]

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Another Bankruptcy Court Weighs in on Postpetition Interest

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Cuker Interactive, LLC filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on December 13, 2018, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. 1998), wherein a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel likewise held that solvent debtors must pay postpetition interest to unsecured creditors at the federal judgment rate. [8]

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The NAACP Wants In On the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy. Will the Court Allow It?

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On Friday August 7th, the NAACP filed a motion to intervene in the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Purdue Pharma L.P. and its affiliated debtors (collectively, “ Debtors ”). [1] ” [10] The NAACP frequently uses intervention under Rule 24 as a legal tool to advocate for the advancement of communities of color.

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Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of Chapter 11 Fees

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uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.” ” While Congress has general authority to establish a bankruptcy system, bankruptcy laws must be “uniform.” ” But not every aspect of the bankruptcy system is the same across every judicial district. In Siegel v.

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Subchapter V Conversion for Existing Chapter 11 Debtors

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American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff Member. . Congress passed the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (“SBRA”) to give small businesses a better chance to successfully reorganize under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). [1] John’s University School of Law.

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