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Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Is a receiver’s property manager protected by the Barton Doctrine and quasi-judicial immunity

Q: I was appointed receiver over a manufacturing facility. I operated it for a short time and then obtained court authority to sell it. I netted $1.4 million from the sale....more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Are IRS Claims Junior to Receivership Administrative Expenses?

Q: I was appointed receiver over a manufacturing facility. I operated it for a short time and then obtained court authority to sell it. I netted $1.4 million from the sale. The landlord agreed I could pay it the rent I owed...more

King & Spalding

Northern District of Texas Reiterates That Plain Language of Contract Controls Intercreditor Agreement in Dispute Over Collateral

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On August 24, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that the plain language of an intercreditor agreement governed the lenders’ priority with respect to a borrower’s collateral. Cattle operator...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Manitok Energy Decision: Builders’ Lien Priority Rights Could Be Lost When Lands Are Subject to AER Abandonment Liability

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A recent appellate decision from Alberta, Manitok Energy Inc. (Re), marks another chapter in the developing caselaw surrounding environmental obligations in insolvency proceedings. In the decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

LLC “Lien Priority” Battle: Charging Order vs. UCC Financing Statement

A charging order is a device used by a judgment creditor to collect on a judgment against an LLC member. The charging order imposes a lien on the judgment debtor’s economic (or “transferable”) interest in the LLC — the order...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Loan Modifications and Losing Lien Priority

Modifying a loan can sometimes cause a loss of lien priority. It all depends on the facts underlying the modification, and even the original loan....more

Snell & Wilmer

Can a Receiver Prime and Strip Liens Against Real Property?

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Courts overseeing receivers generally enjoy broad discretion in directing and approving a receiver’s proposed actions. But does that authority extend to a receiver not only granting a super-priority lien ahead of existing...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Secured Creditors’ State Court Rights Affected By Proof Of Claim Choices

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Secured creditors have many choices when it comes to how to file a proof of claim in bankruptcies. Those choices should be weighed carefully, however, because certain choices can have important unexpected consequences that...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

How a Junior Lien Can Survive Judicial Foreclosure

Oscar Wilde is quoted for saying—“To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.” This advice certainly holds true for a senior deed of trust lienholder contemplating foreclosure on real property security. ...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

A Potent Superpower: Receiver “Super-Priority” Liens

In the twenty-first century, superheroes are all the rage. Alive and well are never-ending debates about the superiority of DC characters versus Marvel characters, or heroes that are born super, such as Superman, versus those...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Impact of the 2020 Tennessee Construction Legislation

After a number of controversial bills proposed from various industry groups over the last few years, the Tennessee construction community came together in 2020 to push through legislation intended to protect members of the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Cotenant Owner vs. Junior Creditor — Battle for Sale Proceeds from Senior Creditor Foreclosure

After a foreclosure sale by a senior creditor, California’s Civil Code section 2924k governs how the sale proceeds are applied in the following order of priority...more

Gray Reed

Lien Inception

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When owners file bankruptcy or projects otherwise go south, lien priority often comes to the forefront.  The idea is relatively simple.  Priority is how courts determine which creditors get paid first.  This often pits...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending July 31 , 2020

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Surviving Lien: Lender’s lien on mobile home survived foreclosure sale of property where mobile home was located; mobile home remained personal property outside scope of foreclosure –...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

How Grape Growers Can Protect Their Interests When a Winery Approaches Insolvency

A lot goes into the making of great wine, and when a winery becomes financially unstable, there are multiple competing interests that need to be satisfied, including the banks that provide the winery with financing, the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Rescinding a Trustee’s Sale Based on Lien Position “Mistake” — Good Luck With That

The statutory scheme governing nonjudicial foreclosure — found in California Civil Code sections 2924 through 2924k — aims for speed, efficiency, and finality. For example, a bid at a trustee’s sale is deemed to be an...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

During Economic Uncertainty, Agricultural Producers Should Utilize All Available Tools—Especially Agricultural Liens—to Ensure...

COVID-19 has brought about new economic uncertainty that is disrupting supply chains, from farmers and ranchers to cooperatives, from processors to grocery stores, and all of the way down to consumers. Even solvent purchasers...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Seventh Circuit Finds Section 546(c) Creates Federal Priority Rule for Disputes Between Reclaiming Sellers and Secured Lenders

In Whirlpool Corp. v. Wells Fargo Bank (In re hhgregg Inc.), Case No. 18-3363 (7th Cir. Feb. 11, 2020), the Seventh Circuit held that a trade creditor’s later-in-time reclamation claim was subordinate to lenders’ pre-petition...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Virginia Supreme Court Adopts Partial Subordination Rule to Interpret Subordination Agreements

Everyone is familiar with the “Rock, Paper, Scissors” method of resolving disputes where scissors cut paper, paper covers rock, and rock breaks scissors. In Futuri Real Estate, Inc. v. Atlantic Trustee Services, the Virginia...more

Snell & Wilmer

If You Purchase a House at an HOA Lien Foreclosure, Are You Entitled to Excess Sale Proceeds?

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That pesky excess sale proceeds statute, A.R.S. § 33-727, is making waves again. We previously blogged about this statute... In the prior post, we explained that excess sale proceeds (i.e., a foreclosure sale price greater...more

ArentFox Schiff

In the Third Circuit, an Intercreditor Agreement Means What it Says

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The Plain Meaning Language of an Intercreditor Agreement Determines Whether it Governs Plan Distributions or Adequate Protection Payments - In a recent non-precedential opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019: Will the Increased Debt Limit Lead to an Uptick in Chapter 12 Filings?

The United States Senate passed the “Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019” (H.R. 2336), which substantially increases the debt limit for agricultural producers seeking to file for relief under Chapter 12 of the United States...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Beware “Super-Priority” Receivership Liens

In California, lien priority is usually resolved by a straightforward examination of the time of creation or recordation with the County Recorder, which gives “constructive notice” of the lien to the world. But some liens...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Maryland Bankruptcy Court Determines Priority of Homeowner Association Fees versus Mortgage Lender's Deed of Trust

In 2017, the Maryland Court of Appeals in the case of Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. v. Saddlebrook West Utility Company, 455 Md. 313 (2017) (“Saddlebrook”) held that a provision in a recorded declaration by a utility that...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Bank Tender Defeats HOA Superpriority Lien

As lenders and servicers continue to litigate in Nevada’s state and federal courts about the effect of homeowner associations’ (HOAs) foreclosure sales, some questions have proven particularly sticky. What happens when a...more

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