ABI

JANUARY 19, 2024

In evaluating the Texas Business & Commerce Code and title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, in In Re Burts Construction, Inc., held that a secured creditor has the right to receive monetary payment for property sales based on its lien on “accounts.”

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Hudson Weir

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this guide we’ll explain how secured and unsecured loans work, plus what happens if a company falls into debt or becomes insolvent. What is a secured loan? To reduce the lender’s risk exposure, a secured business loan provides them with collateral – a company asset. This will put the secured company asset at risk.

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Loans Collateral Secured Creditor Unsecured Creditor 52

Hudson Weir

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Once a firm enters administration, it must pay every creditor group entirely, save for ‘prescribed part’ secured creditors, before funds are distributed to the subsequent creditor. This company property can be anything from equipment and constructions to apparatus, vehicles, and intellectual property.

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Fraser

JUNE 25, 2020

Because debtors require sufficient cash to operate their businesses and pay for the administrative expenses of the chapter 11 process, many seek interim court approval for financing (called “debor-in-possession” or “DIP” financing) and/or the use cash collateral that is subject to a secured creditor’s lien. Walton, Jr.’s

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Creditors Bankruptcy Unsecured Creditor Debtor 72

PBWT

JANUARY 19, 2021

In 2019, we began following a Circuit split regarding a secured creditor’s obligation to return collateral that it lawfully repossessed pre-petition after receiving notice of a debtor’s bankruptcy filing.

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