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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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Windstream Bankruptcy Court Slams Charter Communications for Violating Automatic Bankruptcy Stay, Holds Company in Contempt

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The breadth and scope of the Bankruptcy Code’s automatic stay and the potential cost a company may face for violating the stay made national news last week in a dust-up between two telecom providers, when the U.S. Bankruptcy...more

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40,979 Reasons Not to "Press Charges" Against a Debtor in Bankruptcy

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It is a cardinal sin to attempt to collect a debt or repossess collateral after a borrower files bankruptcy. Bankruptcy triggers the automatic stay – a command, not a suggestion, that collection activity ceases. This is a...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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Just File Your Notice of Appeal!

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Generally, a notice of appeal of a bankruptcy-court order must be filed “within 14 days after entry of the judgment, order, or decree being appealed.” Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(a)(1). But what if a litigant’s motion for...more

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