Monthly Archives: January 2016

Loan Assignment: Surprise – A Successor Lender May Step into Only One Shoe

New Products Corp. v. Tibble (In Re Modern Plastics Corp.), 534 B.R. 723 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2015) – The assignee of a mortgage lender sued a former Chapter 7 trustee and his surety for claims based on breach of fiduciary duty. … Continue reading

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Discharge Injunction: Secured Claims Can Ride through Bankruptcy Without Regard to a Discharge

Fonseca v. Gov’t. Employees Ass’n. (In re Fonseca), 534 B.R. 261 (Bankr. D. P.R. 2015) – An individual Chapter 7 debtor sued the Puerto Rico Government Employees Association (AEELA) alleging that it violated the discharge injunction. AEELA made a prepetition loan … Continue reading

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UCC Financing Statements: The Ins and Outs of “Authorization”

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the Adoni Group, Inc. v. Capital Business Credit, LLC (In re The Adoni Group, Inc.), 530 B.R. 592 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2015) – A creditors’ committee claimed that a financing statement was void, so that the … Continue reading

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Discharge Injunction: There May Be More Nuances Than You Think

Botson v. Citizens Banking Co. (In re Botson), 531 B.R. 719 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2015) – After a secured creditor refused to terminate a UCC‑1 financing statement and filed a UCC‑3 continuation statement instead, individual Chapter 7 debtors sued the creditor alleging … Continue reading

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