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Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period... more +
Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period usually commencing from the date of the wrong or injury or the discovery of the wrong or injury. Except for under a limited set of circumstances, if an individual does not file a suit within the specified time period, the law bars them from ever suing on that claim. less -
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Bankruptcy Court Holds that Bankruptcy Rule 9006(b) Permits Bankruptcy Courts to Extend Statutes of Limitations

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Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9006(b) provides that, generally, “when an act is required to be done at or within a specified period by these rules or by a notice given thereunder or by order of court, the court for...more

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Colo. Bankruptcy Ruling Clarifies Debt Collection Rules

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On April 24, the Colorado Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in U.S. Bank National Association v. Silvernagel. The decision made Colorado the latest state to recognize that a borrower’s bankruptcy...more

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Washington Becomes Latest State to Decide Bankruptcy Impact on Debt Collection Statute of Limitations

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In April, we discussed how Colorado’s state supreme court issued its highly anticipated decision confirming a borrower’s bankruptcy discharge does not accelerate secured installment debt or trigger the final statute of...more

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A Fraudulent Transfer Suit May Commence More Than 4 Years After the Transfer Under CUVTA

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In its 1997 decision Cortez v. Vogt, the California Court of Appeal ruled that the limitations period during which an action to avoid a fraudulent or voidable transfer begins to run either on the date of the transfer or on...more

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Whoomp! (Where’d It Go?): Disappearing Assets in Bankruptcy

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In a recent post, I discussed three situations in which a debtor in bankruptcy might find itself dispossessed of assets that appeared to be property of the bankruptcy estate. This article expands on that general idea and...more

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Tenant's Election to Retain Possession of Rejected Lease Premises Preserves Obligations Under Related Agreements

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Section 365(h) of the Bankruptcy Code provides special protection for tenants if a trustee or chapter 11 debtor-in-possession ("DIP") rejects an unexpired lease under which the debtor was the lessor by giving the tenant the...more

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Another Court Adopts Majority View in Approving Bankruptcy Trustee's Use of Tax Code Look-Back Period in Avoidance Actions

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The ability of a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor-in-possession ("DIP") to avoid fraudulent transfers is an important tool promoting the bankruptcy policies of equality of distribution among creditors and maximizing...more

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Bankruptcy Court Within Fourth Circuit Permits Fraudulent Conveyance Claims to Move Forward Under IRS 10-Year Reach Back Period

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A recent opinion by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina kept alive a bankruptcy trustee’s fraudulent conveyance claims based on, in part, the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) 10-year...more

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Fraudulent Conveyances

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Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code provides a bankruptcy trustee (or the debtor-in-possession) the power to set aside or “avoid” certain transfers of the debtor’s assets out of the bankruptcy estate that may otherwise place...more

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For Fraudulent Transfer Statute Of Limitations, Transfer Of Real Property Occurred Upon Recording Of Deed, Not Execution

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A recently issued opinion by the U. S Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico provides some guidance on the relevant date for the transfer of real property for purposes of the statute of limitations applicable to...more

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From the Top In Brief - July/August 2017

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In Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, No. 16-348, 2017 BL 161314 (U.S. May 15, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a credit collection agency does not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") when it files...more

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Supreme Court Holds That Filing of Time-Barred Bankruptcy Claim Does Not Violate FDCPA

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On May 15, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, 581 U.S. ___ (2017) in which it held that filing an “obviously time-barred” proof of claim in a bankruptcy proceeding...more

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4th Circuit: Filing Proof of Claim on Time-Barred Debt Did Not Violate FDCPA

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A debt collector did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by filing proofs of claim in bankruptcy cases on debts that were time-barred by Maryland’s statute of limitations (SOL), a divided U.S. Court of...more

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Can I Be Sued for Filing a Time-Barred Claim? Fourth Circuit Weighs In

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Whether it’s a conscious decision or an inadvertent mistake, creditors sometimes try to recover on an old claim that is no longer enforceable by law. A debt collection lawsuit filed by a creditor can be dismissed if the...more

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The Eleventh Circuit Still Stands Alone, as Balch Attorneys Defend the Dismissal of Crawford Claims in Federal Appellate Courts...

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From the moment it was published in July 2014, Crawford v. LVNV Funding, LLC, 758 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2014)—the first reported appellate decision holding that a plaintiff may state a claim under the Fair Debt Collection...more

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M.D. Fla. Holds Bankruptcy Code Preempts FDCPA For Filing Time Barred Proofs of Claim

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In Castellanos v. Midland Funding, LLC, 15-CV-559 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 4, 2016) the United States District Judge John Steele joined with several of his Middle District of Florida colleagues and held that the Bankruptcy Code...more

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9th Circ. Panel Bolsters Trustees’ Reach-Back Powers

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In a recent decision, the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit resolved what it described as an issue of “first impression” in the Ninth Circuit — whether or not the two-year statute of limitations...more

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