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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 5, May 2023

Survey Finds Small-Business Lending Fraud on Rise - “Lending fraud with small and midsize businesses has increased significantly over the last 12 months, and many financial institutions expect it to get worse, according to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Addresses Perfecting Construction Liens in Bankruptcy Proceedings

In a recent decision, the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the 9th Circuit clarified an important step that construction lienholders must take to perfect their liens when the debtor has filed a bankruptcy petition...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Preference Claims, Clawbacks in Bankruptcy Can Disrupt a Construction Project

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Because of the injunction that begins as soon as a debtor files for Chapters 7, 11 or 13 bankruptcy – called the automatic stay – creditors and collection agencies are prevented from seeking payment from the debtor....more

Saul Ewing LLP

New Bankruptcy Case Limits Assertion of Post-Bankruptcy Construction Liens

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On March 30, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision that curtails the rights of suppliers to lien non-debtor third-party property following the bankruptcy filing of a construction...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

The Enforceability of Mechanics' Liens in Bankruptcy Is Dependent on State Law

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In a recent decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a mechanic’s lien filed by an unpaid supplier against a construction project, after the contractor through whom the materials were furnished filed for...more

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

Recipe for a Project Bankruptcy: Part 2   The Contractor in Bankruptcy Through The Lens of the Owner

My last article examined strategies for construction managers facing an owner bankruptcy. Now, looking through the lens of the owner, let’s examine best practices when it is the contractor who has filed for bankruptcy....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Massachusetts Appeals Court Upholds Confidentiality of Mediation and Highlights the Art of Dealing with Distress

The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently issued an opinion in ZVI Construction Co. v. Levy, et al., 90 Mass. App. Ct. 412 (2016) refusing to override the terms of a written confidentiality agreement entered into between...more

Cole Schotz

Affirmed: New York’s Application of the In Pari Delicto Doctrine Bars Faithless Servant Claim and Bankruptcy Insider Exception

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A recent decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”), affirming a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the...more

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