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Limited Liability Companies: Do Not Confuse an LLC’s Membership Interests with Its Underlying Assets

In re Gialamas, 606 B.R. 798 (Bankr. W.D. Wisc. 2019) – A judgment creditor sought relief from the automatic stay and abandonment with respect to a strip mall shopping center. The motions referred to “real estate.” However, the strip mall was … Continue reading

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Recovery of Avoided Transfers: Section 550 Run Amok (Again)?

Rajala v. Husch Blackwell LLP (In re Generation Resources Holding Co., LLC), 604 B.R. 896 (Bankr. Kan. 2019) – After a consent decree avoiding the transfer of property from the debtor to a second entity, a chapter 7 trustee sought to … Continue reading

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Attorney Liens: Possession of Cash Is Not Always the End of the Story

In re Venincasa, 601 B.R. 296 (Bankr. D. Mass 2019) – A law firm sought relief from the automatic stay so that it could release funds held in its IOLTA account to pay itself fees owed by the debtor. The chapter … Continue reading

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Disclosing Assets: You Cannot Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Fornesa v. Fifth Third Mtg. Co., 897 F.3d 624 (5th Cir. 2018) – A debtor and his son sued a bank for foreclosing on property that the debtor acquired from his son postpetition while the automatic stay was in effect. Litigation … Continue reading

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Plan Enforcement: Beware of Advisory Opinions

In re Cubic Energy, Inc., 587 B.R. 849 (Bankr. D. Del. 2018) – Two nondebtor parties sought a bankruptcy court order interpreting and enforcing provisions in a confirmed plan of reorganization that addressed certain litigation and barred further claims. The court … Continue reading

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Preferences: Judgment Creditors May Find Themselves Exposed Given the Nature of Judgment Liens

Karim v. Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC (In re Karim), 582 B.R. 193 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2018) – Chapter 11 debtors sought to avoid prepetition transfers to a judgment creditor as preferences. The debtors received a check in connection with the sale … Continue reading

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