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Adams and Reese LLP

"The § 1111(b) Election: Overview, Considerations and Unique Issues in Subchapter V"

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Under § 506(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, a secured creditor’s claim is secured only to the extent of the collateral’s value. Any amount over that value is bifurcated into a separate unsecured claim. Critically, if a...more

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Texas Ruling Guides on Asset Sales for Secured Creditors

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The general rule in bankruptcy is that administrative expenses, generally defined as the necessary costs and expenses of preserving property of the estate, are paid from the debtor's bankruptcy estate. Originally published...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Feast or Famine: Private Credit Restructuring Year in Review

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With the explosion of private credit over the last decade, it felt almost inevitable that this past year, one marked by prolonged anticipation of a global economic slowdown, would experience its share of restructuring...more

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IRS Issues Final Rules for Notice of Intent to Operate as 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organization

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The IRS on July 23 issued final regulations (“Final Rules”) implementing the Internal Revenue Code section 506 requirement that an entity notify the IRS of its intent to operate as a Code section 501(c)(4) social welfare...more

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Fourth Circuit Bolsters Claims for Postpetition Attorney's Fees Incurred by Unsecured or Undersecured Creditors

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In SummitBridge Nat’l Invs. III, LLC v. Faison, 915 F.3d 288 (4th Cir. 2019), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that an unsecured or undersecured creditor may include postpetition attorney’s fees and...more

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Fourth Circuit Allows Unsecured Claim for Post-Petition Legal Fees

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It is a well-established principle of bankruptcy law that claims generally crystallize as of the bankruptcy petition date. Of course, section 506(b) of the bankruptcy code allows over-secured, secured creditors to recover...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Fourth Circuit Allows Unsecured Creditors to Assert Claims for Attorneys' Fees In Bankruptcy Cases

Lawyers who represent debtors in bankruptcy cases, supported by rulings from many bankruptcy judges, have long taken the position that creditors with unsecured claims whose agreements with their debtors provide for payment of...more

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Fifth Circuit Adopts Flexible Approach to Collateral Valuation in Cramdown Chapter 11 Cases

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In In re Houston Regional Sports Network, L.P., 886 F.3d 523 (5th Cir. 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that bankruptcy courts have flexibility in selecting the date on which to value collateral,...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Courts Have the Flexibility to Select Valuation Date in Cram Down Scenario; Fifth Circuit Remands to Bankruptcy Court for...

The Fifth Circuit in Houston Sportsnet Finance, L.L.C. v. Houston Astros, L.L.C. (In re Houston Regional Sports Network, L.P.), 886 F.3d 523 (5th Cir. 2018), recently held that a bankruptcy court is not required to use either...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Amendments To The Federal Rules Of Bankruptcy Procedure Take Effect December 1, 2017

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Just about every year amendments are made to the rules that govern how bankruptcy cases are managed — the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. The amendments address issues identified by an Advisory Committee made up of...more

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Ninth Circuit Reverses Course on Measure of Collateral Value in Cramdown Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan

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In First Southern Nat’l Bank v. Sunnyslope Hous. LP (In re Sunnyslope Hous. LP), 2017 BL 216965 (9th Cir. June 23, 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held en banc that, in determining whether a chapter 11...more

Cole Schotz

Some Upside To Being Upside-Down: The Fifth Circuit Provides Undersecured Creditors An Additional Front On which To Contest...

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Undersecured creditors face unique challenges because they are neither fully secured nor fully unsecured. Beyond the obviously undesirable issue of being upside-down on their deal, undersecured creditors often are exposed to...more

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Two Recent Decisions Demonstrate Continued Disagreement Over Whether Economic Value or Face Amount of Liens Is Appropriate Metric...

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The ability of a trustee or chapter 11 debtor in possession ("DIP") to sell bankruptcy estate assets "free and clear" of liens on the property under section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code has long been recognized as one of the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

IRS Implements New Notice Requirement for Section 501(c)(4) Organizations: Many Organizations Must File by Sept. 6, 2016

Organizations that claim federal tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(4) must comply with new procedures for notifying the IRS of their intent to operate under Section 501(c)(4), or face potential penalties. The IRS has...more

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New Electronic Form 8976 to Alert IRS About Section 501(c)(4) Status; 1023-EZ Application Reduced to $275

The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (“PATH”) Act of 2015, enacted in December 2015, requires organizations to notify the IRS if they desire to operate under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”). (Only...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Recent Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Holds That Underwater Mortgages in a Chapter 7 Cannot be “Stripped off"

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The Issue and Background - Debtors David Caulkett and Edelmiro Toledo-Cardona (“Debtors”) each filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief with “underwater” junior mortgages held by Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank”). In other...more

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Supreme Court Reaffirms a Chapter 7 Debtor's Inability to Strip a Lien Against Real Property

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Reaffirming its 1992 decision in Dewsnup v. Timm, on June 1, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court in Bank of America v. Caulkett, No. 13-1421, once again ruled that a chapter 7 debtor may not void a junior lien under Bankruptcy Code...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Out of the Money Mortgages Cannot be Stripped Off in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Cases

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The U.S. Supreme Court held that a secured creditor in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case is protected from having its lien “stripped off” even if the collateral securing its claim is worth less than the claims asserted by a senior...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Should Underwater Junior Liens Survive Bankruptcy?

On March 24th, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on the consolidated appeals of two decisions from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Bank of America v. Caulkett and Bank of America v. Toledo-Cardona. The appeals...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Connecticut District Court Rules That Oversecured Creditor Was Not Entitled to Postpetition Default Interest Until Unsecured...

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Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code allows secured creditors to receive post-bankruptcy or postpetition interest, also known as pendency interest, when the value of their collateral exceeds the amount they are owed. ...more

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Drawing A Bright Line In The Fog: Eleventh Circuit Precedent For Challenging McNeal

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As most mortgage lenders know by now, on May 11, 2012, the Eleventh Circuit issued an unpublished decision in McNeal v. GMAC Mortgage, LLC (In re McNeal) , 477 Fed. App’x 562, holding that a chapter 7 debtor can “strip off”...more

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