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About BankruptcyRealEstateInsights

Vicki R. Harding was a partner in the Detroit office of Pepper Hamilton LLP who moved to Arizona seeking warmer weather. Ms. Harding continues to handle commercial transactions with an emphasis on real estate and bankruptcy issues (but no longer owns a snow shovel).

Property Interests / Subordination: Plan Ahead, Or You May Be Stuck Behind

Scotiabank De Puerto Rico v. Brito (In re Plaza Resort at Palmas), 469 B.R. 398 (B.A.P. 1st Cir. 2012) – In Plaza Resort at Palmas the timeshare owners asserted claims as secured creditors with liens on the resort that were senior … Continue reading

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Challenging a Bankruptcy Sale: You Snooze, You Lose

Reynolds v. Rushton, 473 B.R. 436 (D. Utah 2012) – Reynolds involves a challenge to a Chapter 7 trustee’s Section 363 sale of an underground coal mine together with an adjoining scale house located on leased land.  The scale house contained … Continue reading

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Can Default Interest And Late Fees Be Excluded From Secured Claims? … Maybe, Maybe Not

In re 785 Partners LLC, 470 B.R. 126 (S.D.N.Y. Bankr. 2012) – Although the general rule is that creditors are not entitled to post-petition interest and fees, that is not necessarily the case for an over-secured lender. In 785 Partners, the … Continue reading

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Lease Assumption: What if the Store Has Gone “Dark”?

Androse Assoc. of Allaire, LLC v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (In re Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.), 472 B.R. 666 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) – In A&P, the landlord objected to a debtor’s motion to assume the lease for … Continue reading

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Mortgage Loan Sales / Guarantees: Freedom of Contract And Double Counting

In re Kaid, 472 B.R. 1 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2012) – Can a mortgagee retain the right to collect on a guarantee after a sale of the guaranteed note and mortgage?  In Kaid, the answer was yes; but to avoid … Continue reading

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Usurious Loan Claim: What Is An Equitable Result?

In Re Loucheschi LLC, 471 B.R. 777 (Bankr. D. Mass 2012) – When a lender makes a loan that does not comply with usury laws it runs a risk that not only will interest and charges be disallowed, but also the … Continue reading

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