The Chartwell Chronicles: Medicare & Medicaid
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Connecticut Collections: How to get paid if you are owed money? Part 3: Steps in the Collection Process
Construction Lien Law: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Company
Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk
This blog post addresses: (1) steps to be taken, (2) issues to be aware of, and (3) recovery prospects when a general contractor files for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, from the owner’s...more
The law affecting distressed commercial real estate is about to change in Connecticut in a significant way. On July 1, 2023, the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act (“UCRERA”) becomes effective in the state. Those...more
As we pass the midpoint of 2022 and the world expresses a collective sigh of relief that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be behind us, a perfect storm of extraordinary factors is creating conditions for financial...more
11 U.S.C. 362(d)(1) empowers the Bankruptcy Court to grant relief from the automatic stay on the request of a party-in-interest “for cause, including lack of adequate protection of an interest in property of such party in...more
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
In a short period of time, COVID-19 has changed the way we live and conduct business. Sadly, the pandemic seems as though it will cause (or already has caused, depending on who you ask) a devastating impact on our local...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers increasingly find themselves in the difficult position of deciding whether to continue garnishing an employee’s wages pursuant to a garnishment order when the employee files for bankruptcy....more
Chicagoans have found a new avenue through which to regain possession of their vehicle after it has been impounded by the City: file a chapter 13 bankruptcy case. In 2018, 17,603 new chapter 13 bankruptcy cases were filed in...more
On July 22, 2014, the Connecticut District Court issued an opinion, Eastern Savings Bank FSB v. St. Germain, et al, 2014 WL 3687740 (D. Conn. 2014), which could impact the applicability of the automatic stay of 11 U.S.C....more
Bankruptcy court is often the “court of bad news” for creditors. ...more