In these troubled times when lease and other contract defaults, as well as bankruptcies, abound, it may be useful to reexamine what happens to a lease of commercial real estate when it has been terminated in accordance with...more
Chapter 11 can be a daunting and expensive process for any business to undertake, but its myriad requirements tend to have a disproportionate effect on small businesses....more
Imprisonment for debt has been abolished by all states, either by constitutional amendment, statute or common law, see Pease v. Charlotte Hungeford Hospital, 325 Conn. 363, 375-76 (2017); Note, “State Bans on Debtors' Prisons...more
On May 4, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed the controversial and widely discussed decision of the Bankruptcy Court in In re MPM Silicones, LLC, 2014 WL 4436335 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y....more
At issue in GRG Acquisitions, LLC v. MDM Golf of Gillette Ridge, LLC (In re MDM Golf of Gillette Ridge, LLC), Case No. 14-21565 (ASD) (December 23, 2014), was whether relief from the automatic stay should be granted to a...more
In In re 3333 Main, LLC, Case No. 13-51533 (ECF No. 172) (Bankr. D. Conn. May 29, 2014) (Shiff, J.), the Debtor listed a number of unsecured claims on its bankruptcy schedules without indicating they were disputed, contingent...more
Disputes between general creditors and creditors asserting domestic support obligation claims are becoming commonplace in consumer bankruptcy cases. The dispute typically arises because spouses’ or former spouses’ claims are...more
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
Under §362(c)(3)(A), when a debtor files a second bankruptcy case within one year after the first case, the automatic stay in the second case will automatically terminate “with respect to the debtor” on the 30th day of the...more
Originally published in the Connecticut Law Tribune on March 11, 2013.
It has become a reality of bankruptcy practice that most large or complex Chapter 11 cases are filed and administered in one of two so-called...more