Q: I represent a receiver in a contentious family law receivership. In order to prevent attorney client and work product information from being disclosed to one of the parties, the receiver does not want to attach my detailed...more
Q:?I am a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee. One of the assets of the bankruptcy estate is a note, which is secured by an apartment building, owned by the debtor’s brother. The note is in default and I have learned there are...more
Q: I am a receiver in a Ponzi scheme case. While I know I can sue to recover excess payments made to investors in the scheme, the false profit they were paid, per Donell v. Kowell, 533 F3d 762 (9th Cir. 2008), in my case...more
Question: In an operating receivership , do creditors need to be served motions?
Answer: The answer is “no” if the receivership is in state court; the answer is “maybe” if the receivership is in federal court....more
QUESTION: I was appointed receiver for an apartment building. I operated the property for six months, then the defendant filed bankruptcy. ...more
A prior prior Ask the Receiver® discussed the Fifth Circuit case Janvey v. The Golf Channel, Inc., 780 F. 3d 641 (5th Cir. 2015) (“Golf Channel I”). There the court found The Golf Channel liable to return $6,000,000 paid to...more
QUESTION: I am a receiver in a case where the court issued an injunction staying all litigation and creditor action against the entity and assets in receivership. A secured creditor wants to foreclose on one of the estate’s...more
QUESTION: I am a receiver for an operating entity. It has three offices. The rent for one of the offices is excessive and the business does not need all the space. I have approached the landlord about giving back some of the...more