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Rogers Towers: Florida Foreclosure Sales: Developing a Maximum Bid

A secured creditor who obtains a foreclosure judgment has the ability to “credit bid” at the foreclosure sale up to the full amount indicated in the judgment, without being required to deposit any funds with the Clerk of the...more

SCOTUS: Secured Creditors Cannot Be Denied the Right to Credit-Bid

On May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court decided Radlax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, ruling that secured creditors cannot be denied the right to credit-bid on the sale of property or assets in the context...more

SCOTUS' RadLAX Decision Affirms Lenders' Rights to Credit Bid in Chapter 11

May a Chapter 11 plan permit a debtor to auction property free and clear of a creditor’s lien while preventing that creditor from credit-bidding the amount of its debt? A question that split the U.S. Circuit Courts was...more