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Section 363 Sales Considerations

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Distressed entities seeking to sell assets often encounter commercial and legal challenges related to existing claims or resistant constituents. One possible solution to those challenges is to sell assets in bankruptcy...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Lenders Beware: The Ponzi Scheme Presumption Can Trap an Unwitting Lender

A recent Ninth Circuit Court decision highlights a risk for lenders caught up in a Ponzi scheme. In its recent EPD Investment decision, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed that (as a matter of law) upon finding the existence of a...more

McGlinchey Stafford

CFPB eyes unfair, deceptive acts: Technology and repossessions

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued two bulletins highlighting its concerns with business practices in the auto finance and servicing industries as a result of inflation and the potential for...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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

A Look at Retail Restructurings: Forever 21

Kramer Levin was selected as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Forever 21 and its affiliates, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware on Sept. 29, 2019. Forever 21 is a specialty fashion...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Overview and Analysis of Select Provisions of the ABI Chapter 11 Reform Commission Final Report and Recommendations

In December, the American Bankruptcy Institute issued its Final Report and Recommendations of the Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11. The Report is almost 400 pages long and contains more than 200 recommendations....more

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