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Husch Blackwell LLP

Is Electricity A Good Or A Service Under The Priority Provisions Of 11 U.S.C. § 503(B)(9)

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Section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code allows an administrative expense “for the value of any goods received by the debtor within 20 days before the date of the commencement of a case under this title in which the goods...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Does Electricity Supplied Within 20 Days of a Bankruptcy Qualify for Section 503(b)(9) Priority Status? Recent Decisions Say “No”

Section 503(b)(9) Overview - Ever since its addition to the Bankruptcy Code in 2005, there has been an ongoing debate as to whether electricity is a “good” or a “service” for purposes of section 503(b)(9). If electricity...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Alternating Current Yields Alternating Decisions on Bankruptcy Priority Treatment

Courts remain divided as to whether electricity is a good (resulting in an administrative claim for electricity provided in the 20-day period before a bankruptcy case is filed) or service (no administrative claim). ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Post-Petition Payment for Pre-Petition Delivery of Goods under Section 503(b)(9) Does Not Reduce Creditor’s Subsequent New Value...

An Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision permits a creditor both to be paid in full under Bankruptcy Code section 503(b)(9) for goods delivered within 20 days before commencement of a bankruptcy case, and to use the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

11 Key Strategies to Protect Your Company’s Supply Chain and Mitigate Risks Against Financially Distressed Customers and Suppliers

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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

Bowditch & Dewey

Getting Paid in Bankruptcy – Part II, Goods and Services

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In this series, we look at how various payment rights are treated in bankruptcy. A summary like this could not possibly address every right that might arise in any given bankruptcy case. We have omitted several of the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

An Unresolved Issue at the Intersection of Consignment and Bankruptcy Law Decided

It always amazes me when, after more than a half-century of Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) jurisprudence, an issue one thinks would arise quite commonly appears never to have been decided in a reported case. Such an issue...more

Jones Day

Eleventh Circuit Expands "Subsequent New Value" Preference Defense to Cases Involving Paid-For New Value

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In Kaye v. Blue Bell Creameries, Inc. (In re BFW Liquidation, LLC), 899 F.3d 1178 (11th Cir. 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit broadened the scope of section 547(c)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code’s...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Eleventh Circuit Issues Opinion on New Value Defense to a Preference Claim

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• In its recent decision in William S. Kaye, Trustee of the BFW Liquidating Trust v. Blue Bell Creameries, Inc. (In re BFW Liquidation, LLC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that liability for a...more

Burr & Forman

Blue Bell Creameries: Dishing Out a New Value Treat for Preference Defendants

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Trying to explain the primary purpose of Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code to a client that just received a demand letter or complaint to avoid and recover preferential transfers can be a tough sell. Although the Section’s...more

Morgan Lewis

It’s a Wrap – The Year in India That Was

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Key developments in the Indian legal landscape in 2016 - From the Startup India campaign launched in January 2016 to the coming into force of substantial provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in December 2016,...more

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