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Debtors Attorney's Fees Automatic Stay

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A Primer for Creditors Navigating the Bankruptcy System

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Bankruptcy filings affect businesses across America. The Bankruptcy Code is complex and difficult to navigate.  But used properly, it can helpcreditors to minimize losses when a customer files bankruptcy. ...more

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740,000 Reasons to Think Twice Before Putting a Company in Bankruptcy

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A recent decision from a bankruptcy court in Delaware provides a cautionary tale about the risks of involuntary bankruptcy.  In the Delaware case, the debtor managed a group of investment funds. The business was all but...more

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Debtor’s Counsel Failed to Mitigate Attorneys’ Fees Incurred for § 362(k) Violation by Rejecting Settlement Offer; Proceeding to...

Section 362(k) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code entitles an individual injured by a willful violation of the automatic stay to recover actual damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, as well as punitive damages in appropriate...more

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Top 10 Bankruptcy Truths for Creditors to Know

Much of the bankruptcy chatter arising from the pandemic world in which we find ourselves is now focusing on the cascade of new bankruptcy cases that are predicted to arrive soon. We have already seen the effects of closed...more

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What Creditors Need to Know - Two Recent Bankruptcy Rulings Affect Rights and Risks Regarding the Automatic Stay

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Immediately upon the commencement of a bankruptcy case an automatic stay prohibits actions against the debtor to, among other things, collect pre-petition obligations and to obtain control over property of the bankruptcy...more

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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

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