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Bankruptcy Sales

Pre-confirmation Bankruptcy Sale: When Can You Hurry up and Sell?

In re MCSGlobal Inc., 562 B.R. 648 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2017) – A chapter 11 trustee sought court approval of a sale of substantially all of the debtor’s assets prior to confirmation of a plan of reorganization. The purchase agreement … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Sales: Buyers Are Not the Only Ones Who Should Beware

In Re Vista Marketing Group LTD., 557 B.R. 630 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2016) – The purchaser of property from a chapter 11 debtor was surcharged by a sanitary district for a connection fee that arose because the initial connection fee … Continue reading

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Purchase Agreements: Say What You Mean … The More Precise the Better?

JJCC Real Estate LLC v. Brooklyn Renaissance, LLC (In re Brooklyn Renaissance, LLC), 556 B.R. 68 (Bankr. N.D. N.Y. 2016) – After a proposed sale of the debtor’s real estate failed to close, the debtor declared a default and retained … Continue reading

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Buyer Standing: No Leg to Stand On

Buyer Standing: No Leg to Stand On Arlington Capital, LLC v. Bainton McCarthy LLC (In re GT Automation Group, Inc.), 828 F.3d 602 (7th Cir. 2016) – After a debtor’s assets were auctioned off, the bankruptcy trustee unsuccessfully sued the … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Sales: Consider All of the Facts

In re Moreno, 554 B.R. 504 (Bankr. D. N.M. 2016) – A chapter 7 trustee sought authority to sell real property in which the debtor had an interest as a tenant in common. Although the sale was to a relative … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Sales: “Free and Clear” Is Not Necessarily a Free Pass

Encanto Restaurants, Inc. v. Luis S Aquino Vidal (In Re Cousins Int’l. Food Corp.), 553 B.R. 197 (Bankr. D. Puerto Rico 2016)) – A Chapter 11 debtor sold two restaurants under a bankruptcy sale order that provided that the sale … Continue reading

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