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Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Third Circuit Determines That New Jersey Tax Foreclosure Is Subject To Bankruptcy Preference Avoidance

Unlike mortgage foreclosures, which are immune from fraudulent conveyance avoidance attack, the Third Circuit recently ruled, in a case of first impression, that a transfer of title pursuant to a New Jersey tax sale...more

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First Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court’s Judgment in Favor of Mortgage Company

A First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (the “Panel”) recently held that a mortgage company’s communications did not violate the discharge injunction when viewed under an objective standard and considering the facts and...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Can Tax Sales Be Set Aside In Bankruptcy? The Federal Courts Are Increasingly Split

In BFP v. Resolution Tr. Corp., 511 U.S. 531 (1994), the Supreme Court held that a mortgage foreclosure sale conducted in accordance with state law was shielded from avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code’s fraudulent conveyance...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

No Surrender: Massachusetts Appeals Court Preserves Foreclosure Challenges for Bankruptcy Petitioner

Like Bruce Springsteen, a Massachusetts bankruptcy debtor said "no surrender" when it came to his home. In EverBank v. Chacon, a panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued a non-binding decision that a debtor's...more

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First Circuit: Sending Form 1099-A Post-Chapter 7 Discharge Does Not Violate the Discharge Injunction

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On December 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the New Hampshire Bankruptcy Court and District Courts’ findings that a mortgage lender sending Internal Revenue Service Form 1099-A to a...more

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Bankruptcy Court Order Compelling Surrender of Property Upheld on Appeal

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On November 23, 2015, in the first appellate decision of its kind, the District Court for the Southern District of Florida affirmed a bankruptcy court order to compel chapter 7 debtors to surrender real property by directing...more

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How Long Is Too Long To Reopen A Bankruptcy Case?

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In a per curiam opinion that is not precedential but of interest to lenders who take mortgages as security, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decided that the Debtor’s effort to reopen her bankruptcy case was too...more

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