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Ward and Smith, P.A.

A Primer for Creditors Navigating the Bankruptcy System

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Bankruptcy filings affect businesses across America. The Bankruptcy Code is complex and difficult to navigate.  But used properly, it can helpcreditors to minimize losses when a customer files bankruptcy. ...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Don’t Forget! – the Importance of Filing Proofs of Claim

A recent case from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana is a strong reminder to secured creditors of the importance of filing a proof of claim. In In re Ramirez Flores, 22-10010 (Bankr....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Proof of Claim Form: Quick Reference Guide

A proof of claim is a written statement setting out a creditor's claim and asserting its right to receive a distribution from the bankruptcy estate. It must "conform substantially" to Official Bankruptcy Form B410 (Fed. R....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bradley’s Bankruptcy Basics: Payment of Claims

One of the first things creditors ask after filing a proof of claim is, “when do I get paid?” As with so many other legal questions, the answer is, “it depends.” Although many different factors govern payment in a bankruptcy...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Secured Creditors’ State Court Rights Affected By Proof Of Claim Choices

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Secured creditors have many choices when it comes to how to file a proof of claim in bankruptcies. Those choices should be weighed carefully, however, because certain choices can have important unexpected consequences that...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

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

Hudson Cook, LLP

Lien Filing Error Renders Creditor's Claim Unsecured

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Many steps creditors take in the process of directly or indirectly originating a vehicle finance agreement are designed to protect the creditor in the event its credit risk assessment was off and the consumer defaults. A...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The ABI Commission’s Final Report on Consumer Bankruptcy Issues: What Mortgage Creditors Need to Know

We previously provided you with some of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy’s recommendations to improve the consumer bankruptcy system. As the commission noted, changes in bankruptcy law...more

Burr & Forman

Eleventh Circuit Holds That a Creditor’s Due Process Claim Can Be Inadvertently Waived By Inaction

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On December 11, 2017, in a case entitled In re Iliceto, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s decision, which held that Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (“Nationstar” or the “Creditor”) received notice...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Shorter Deadline for Filing Bankruptcy Claims and Other Changes to Bankruptcy Rules Starting December 1st

Creditors need to know of significant changes about to occur to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure ("Bankruptcy Rules"). On December 1, 2017, certain amendments to the Bankruptcy Rules will become effective. This...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

What Happens to a Creditor’s Claim If It Received Notice and Fails to File by the Claim’s Bar Date?

Question: I am a receiver in a fraud case where there are a lot of investors, trade creditors and secured creditors. Pursuant to my request, the court established a claims procedure and set a deadline for all creditors to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Seventh Circuit Says Secured Creditors Must File Proof of Claim Within Ninety Days of Meeting of Creditors

Timely proof of claim filings by secured creditors have “been a thorn in the side of many Chapter 13 cases involving secured creditors,” according to Judge Wood in In re Pajian. However, a recent Seventh Circuit decision may...more

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