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Troutman Pepper

What Is the Contemporaneous Exchange Defense to a Preference Action?

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Preferences are a common issue in bankruptcy proceedings. The Bankruptcy Code provides several affirmative defenses to assist creditors in mitigating or eliminating their preference exposure. One such affirmative defense is...more

Jones Day

Chapter 15 Filing as a Litigation Tactic Not Bad Faith Justifying Automatic Stay Relief

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Debtors in non-U.S. bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings commonly seek to shield their U.S. assets from creditor collection efforts by seeking "recognition" of those proceedings in the United States in a case under chapter...more

Hicks Johnson

Can Litigants Request a Jury Trial in Federal Bankruptcy Court?

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Litigants often seek to remove cases to federal bankruptcy court when one of the parties is in or enters bankruptcy. Where the claims at issue are not directly bankruptcy-related, the ultimate destination of the case (i.e.,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Non-Bankruptcy Litigation in Bankruptcy Court

It seems to be a common misunderstanding, even among lawyers who are not bankruptcy lawyers, that litigation in federal bankruptcy court consists largely or even exclusively of disputes about the avoidance of transactions as...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Revisiting Bankruptcy Filing Papers

With the expectation that bankruptcy filings will increase over the next few months, this might be a good time to revisit the documents filed with a bankruptcy filing and the information they provide. The focus today is on...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Compelling a Muni Indenture Trustee to Arbitrate Before FINRA

A recent decision out of the federal district court in Nevada, BOKF, NA v. Estes D. Nev. March 2, 2018), addressed the interesting question of whether an indenture trustee for municipal bonds could be compelled to arbitrate...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Bankruptcy Law Update: Preferences and Selected Bankruptcy Issues

Preference Claims: Elements: A preference is a transfer of property of a bankruptcy debtor that (1) was to or for the benefit of a creditor; (2) was on account of an antecedent debt; (3) was made while the debtor was...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Eighth Circuit Opinions Highlight Need to Apply Appellate Lens at Trial Court

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We often quip that the best way to establish a winning record as an appellate lawyer is to represent the party that won below; that’s no joke. In nearly every appellate court— state or federal— appellants have an uphill...more

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