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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act in a Nutshell

The UVTA reflects an update to creditors’ rights law, and serves as a reminder that as transactions become more sophisticated, creditors, too, must be vigilant in protecting their rights. As transactions continue to expand...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bitcoin and Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know about the Value of Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies in Bankruptcy

It is hard to peruse the internet or even mainstream media outlets without hearing about bitcoin. What is this ubiquitous bitcoin? It depends on whom you ask....more

Rumberger | Kirk

Show Me the Money - Maximizing Monetary Recovery in the Wake of Insurance Fraud

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Insurance fraud negatively impacts everyone. It drives up the costs of doing business, along with everyone’s premiums. In fact, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, insurance companies saw a 102% increase in this...more

Dechert LLP

Purchasers of NJ Tax Sale Certificates - What You Include in Your Proof of Claim Can Cause a Loss of Your Claim and Lien

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In Princeton Office Park, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy and district court rulings that the purchaser of a NJ tax sale certificate forfeited its claim and lien because it included the...more

Burr & Forman

Tick Tock: Proofs of Claim, the FDCPA and Stale Debt Clock

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On August 25, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Dubois v. Atlas Acquisitions LLC, (In re Dubois), No. 15-1945 (4th Cir. Aug. 25, 2016) and joined a majority of other circuits holding that the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financial Services Report, Summer 2015

In This Issue: - Arbitration Report - Beltway Report - Bureau Report - Mobile & Emerging Payments Report - Mortgage & Fair Lending Report - Operations Report - Preemption Report -...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Creditor's Willful Violation of Automatic Stay Results in Fee Award

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In Snowden v. Check Into Cash of Washington Inc. (In re Snowden), 2014 DJDAR 12677, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided a bankruptcy case involving the award of attorney fees....more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Is “Inadvertence” a Good Excuse When a Debtor Fails to List a Pending Lawsuit Among the Bankruptcy Estate Assets? Maybe So.

Earlier this year, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion that caused a stir among bankruptcy law aficionados. In Ah Quin v. County of Kauai DOT, the Ninth Circuit court was faced with a bankruptcy debtor who failed to list her...more

Buchalter

9th Circuit Allows Certain Consensual Liens to Be Avoided In Chapter 7 Bankruptcy; Still, the Devil Is In the Details

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In 2010, a realtor in bankruptcy sought to avoid a consensual nonpurchase money lien she gave in her Mercedes Benz in exchange for a $22,000 loan because, in her words, that luxury automobile was “intrinsically ...more

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