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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Tenant’s Rights When Its Commercial Landlord Seeks Chapter 11 Protection

Financial distress persists in the commercial real estate market, raising the prospects that property owners and landlords could seek relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Bankruptcy Code contains numerous...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Conflicting Court Rulings on Subchapter V Eligibility Leave Small Businesses in Limbo

Two recent bankruptcy court decisions reflect a split of authority on subchapter V eligibility. In re Macedon Consulting Inc. finds that all future amounts due under an unexpired lease qualify as “noncontingent and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The Real Estate and Corporate Restructuring Connection, Plus Retail Restructuring Trends

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The transition to online shopping, interest rate increases, labor costs, maturing debt and rising inflation have collectively taken a significant toll on the retail industry, contributing to store closures and a growing...more

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Bankruptcy Destroyed My Perfect (Landlord-Tenant) Relationship!

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February brings us Valentine's Day, and we bring you a tale as old as time. Two people meet, maybe online, maybe at a Chamber of Commerce mixer, maybe over lunch arranged by a broker.  They hit it off and commit to a...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

FAQs for Commercial Landlords When a Tenant Files Chapter 11

When a tenant under an unexpired lease of nonresidential real property files a case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, both tenant and landlord acquire rights and obligations that may contravene the terms of the lease...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SDNY Chooses “Time Approach” to Calculating Lease Termination Damages Collectible Against a Bankrupt Estate

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Keara Waldron and Lindsay H. Sklar discuss the decision by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in the case of In re Cortlandt Liquidating LLC, which parted with decades of precedent to endorse and apply...more

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New York Bankruptcy Court Breaks from Precedent in Ruling that "Time Approach" Should Be Used to Calculate Landlord's Claim for...

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To prevent landlords under long-term real property leases from reaping a windfall for future rent claims at the expense of other creditors, the Bankruptcy Code caps the amount of a landlord's claim against a debtor-tenant for...more

Cozen O'Connor

SCOTUS Goes to Mall of America: Court Recognizes Jurisdiction Over Appeals of Bankruptcy Sale Orders

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In August 1992, the largest indoor shopping mall in the continental United States opened to great fanfare in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dubbed the Mall of America (MOA), this sprawling retail center enjoyed 330 stores,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Recent SDNY Bankruptcy Court Opinion Lowers Cap on Commercial Real Estate Lease Rejection Damages

In a departure from prior precedent in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), a recent opinion by Judge Michael E. Wiles in In re Cortlandt Liquidating LLC, effectively lowered the...more

White and Williams LLP

SDNY Revisits Rent Cap Calculations: a Pendulum Shift to the Time Approach

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Among the Bankruptcy Code’s most powerful one-two punches, Section 365(a) allows a debtor to reject burdensome unexpired leases and Section 502(b)(6) caps the landlord’s resulting claim for rejection damages at “the rent...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Time Approach Applied to Cap Rent Claim in Century 21 Bankruptcy Cases

New York bankruptcy court breaks with precedent and endorses time approach for calculating lease termination damages over rent amount approach, resulting in smaller claims for landlords. Time approach limits, and often...more

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Default Under Assumed Lease Need Not Be Material or Ongoing to Trigger Landlord's Entitlement to Adequate Assurance of Future...

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The ability of a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor-in-possession ("DIP") to assume, assume and assign, or reject executory contracts and unexpired leases is an important tool designed to promote a "fresh start" for...more

Dechert LLP

Third Circuit Finds That Prepetition Option Termination Is Not Transfer

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Under Section 101(54) of the bankruptcy code, any means of disposing with an interest in property is considered a transfer, and therefore, under certain circumstances, may be avoided as a preference or fraudulent transfer. In...more

Miller Canfield

Sunset of Certain Bankruptcy Code Changes

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As we previously reported, the Bankruptcy Code saw many changes in 2020 and 2021. Some of the changes that were enacted under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ("CAA") will soon end....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

What to Do If Your Tenant Is Bankrupt

On September 15, President Biden announced a tentative deal with unions representing tens of thousands of railroad workers that helped narrowly avoid a strike that threatened to devastate the country’s delicate supply chains...more

Bowditch & Dewey

The Impact of Recent Amendments to the United States Bankruptcy Code on Lenders

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On March 27, 2021, President Biden signed into law the COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act (the Extension Act). The Extension Act temporarily extends certain bankruptcy relief provisions that were enacted as part of the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Landlords Beware: Bankruptcy Court Litigation Could Come at a Cost

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Those who lease commercial property may find themselves unwilling participants in complex proceedings before the U.S. bankruptcy courts when a tenant files bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the lease becomes an asset among the "property...more

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To Encourage Landlords to Work with Struggling Tenants, Congress Removes a Powerful Weapon Wielded by Bankruptcy Trustees

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many tenants have seen their revenues plummet or disappear entirely as a result of state and local regulations on whether they could operate, when, and at what capacity. ...more

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The Impact of the Bankruptcy Relief Act and Other Recent Bankruptcy Code Changes

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Bankruptcy law has seen many changes in 2020 and 2021. Some of these were enacted in response to COVID, but many other changes were included in the Bankruptcy Code before the pandemic. This article highlights some of these...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Guest Notebook: New Law Offers Rent Relief for Commercial Tenants

At the end of 2020, Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, partially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis. While funding the federal government and preventing a government...more

White and Williams LLP

COVID-19 Pandemic Preference Amendments to Bankruptcy Code Benefiting Vendors, Customers, Commercial Landlords and Tenants

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Over the last three months, Congress has passed major pieces of legislation primarily in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), which was signed into law on December...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Business Bankruptcy Overview: How Subchapter V, the CARES Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act Have Expanded Relief for...

In February 2020, just prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (Subchapter V) took effect. Subchapter V amends Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to allow certain individuals and...more

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The Appropriations Act – Changes Regarding Commercial Leases in Bankruptcy

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The $2.3 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 brought relief to many people and businesses struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic when the act became effective on December 27, 2020. The relief provided under the...more

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Congress Enacts Temporary Bankruptcy Relief Related to COVID-19

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Congress passed new, temporary bankruptcy relief measures late last year that impact certain commercial landlords and tenants. Among other things, the new legislation, which was signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020: 1) extends...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Texas Bankruptcy Court Determines Bankruptcy Code does not Permit it to Delay Debtor Rent Obligations Beyond 60-Day Statutory...

In In re CEC Entertainment, Inc., et al., 20-33163, 2020 WL 7356380 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Dec. 14, 2020), the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas held that the Bankruptcy Code does not permit the court to alter a...more

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