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Navigating Jurisdictional Pitfalls: Lessons From Global One Media, Inc. v. Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC on Lien Filing...

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The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate panel recently reaffirmed the longstanding principle that a UCC-1 financing statement securing personal property must be filed at the debtor’s location. In a recent case, the lender did...more

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Private Credit Restructuring: Strict Foreclosure Spotlight

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Chapter 11 is expensive and not always the right tool, particularly for a restructuring of a company with a broken balance sheet, as compared to a business with a broken business model. We have seen a significant uptick in...more

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Private Credit Restructuring Trends: New Delaware Law Aids Secured Creditors in Getting Deals Done Out of Court

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In our prior alert over the summer, we highlighted the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Stream TV Networks, Inc. v. SeeCubic, Inc., 279 A.3d 323, 329 (Del. 2022) (“Stream TV”), which held an insolvent corporation could...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Do Not Take Consignments Lightly

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While things worked out for vendors who did not file a UCC-1 in the Sports Authority Chapter 11, you may not be so lucky. Never assume that it is not necessary to properly perfect a consignment arrangement by filing a...more

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Ag “Distributor” Cannot Use PACA Trust to Jump Ahead of First-Lien Creditor, Circuit Court Rules

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The Sixth Circuit recently ruled that an agricultural “multi-service finance company” had no claim to the proceeds of produce held in trust pursuant to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (“PACA”) and could not...more

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Yeah, About That Consignment Agreement … How You Can Lose Your Goods in a Retail Bankruptcy

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You just heard a rumor that your largest retail customer is in financial distress and may file for bankruptcy. After a moment of panic, you review your consignment agreement with the retailer (this assumes that you have a...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules that Bankruptcy Blocking Right in Debtor's Corporate Charter Violates Federal Public Policy

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Courts sometimes disagree over whether provisions in a borrower's organizational documents designed to prevent the borrower from filing for bankruptcy are enforceable as a matter of federal public policy or applicable state...more

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Chapter 11 Plan Distributions Are Not Collateral Covered by Intercreditor Agreement's Waterfall Provision

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In In re Energy Future Holdings Corp., 2019 WL 2535700 (3d Cir. June 19, 2019), a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that adequate protection payments made during a bankruptcy case and...more

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Equipment Lessor's Damages Calculation Ruled Unenforceable

In a related update, we called attention to risks and pitfalls to lenders and lessors when seeking prepayment premiums and other charges upon the occurrence of an event of default: Lenders Beware: Acceleration May Defeat...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Gigantic Filing Error Provides an Opportunity to Expound the Earmarking Doctrine

Can another vain attempt to mitigate a $1.5 billion mistake provide the occasion for a thorough review of the doctrine of earmarking? It did for Southern District Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn in the long tail on the General...more

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Anticipating and Managing Bankruptcy Risk

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Blank Rome Partner Ira Herman authored “Anticipating and Managing Bankruptcy Risk,” a series of articles prepared for the Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy module of Lexis Practice Advisor, a comprehensive practical...more

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Dot Your “I”s and Cross your “T”s: When It Comes to Perfecting Your Security Interest

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It always starts so easy. Borrower comes in and wants to borrow money. Lenders want some form of collateral to secure (potentially) a loan and the Borrower happily agrees to provide, or pledge, collateral to secure a loan. ...more

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Loan to Own: A Potpourri of Bankruptcy Attacks

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Colony Beach & Tennis Club Ass’n, Inc. v. Colony Lender, LLC (In re Colony Beach & Tennis Club, Inc.), 508 B.R. 468 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2014) – Three affiliated debtors (RMI, CBTC and CBI) proposed a plan of...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

UCC-3 Termination Statements: Can They be Trusted?

The holdings of two recent decisions from the Bankruptcy Courts of the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of New York, handed down within three days of each other in March, both affect the amount of...more

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Transformation of Tort Claim into Different Type of Collateral Did Not Give Secured Creditor a Lien

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An October 2011 decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York highlights the importance of correctly taking all of the steps necessary to obtain a security interest in commercial tort...more

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