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What It Means to Cure a Default: Never Take Anything for Granted, the Rules Can Always Change

Pacifica L 51 LLC v. New Investments Inc. (In re New Investments Inc.), 840 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2016) – The debtor proposed a chapter 11 plan that included curing defaults under a mortgage loan. The lender objected because the … Continue reading

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Property Surrender: Surrender Means Surrender – No If’s, And’s or But’s

Failla v. Citibank, N.A. (In re Failla), 838 F.3d 1170 (11th Cir. 2016) – After chapter 7 debtors filed a statement of intention to surrender their house to their mortgagee, they continued to oppose the lender in a state court … Continue reading

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Disposition of UCC Collateral: “Everybody Does It”

Morgantown Excavators, Inc. v The Huntington Nat’l Bank (In re Morgantown Excavators, Inc.), 557 B.R. 469 (Bankr. N.D. W.Va. 2016) – Chapter 7 debtors sued a lender alleging violations of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and other state law based … Continue reading

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Time-Barred Proof of Claim: To File or Not to File, That Is the Question

Johnson v. Midland Funding, LLC, 823 F.3d 1334 (11th Cir. 2016) – In two chapter 13 bankruptcy cases that were consolidated on appeal the debtors claimed that a creditor violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by filing a … Continue reading

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Guarantors Beware: Ignore Boilerplate at Your Peril

Edwards Family P’ship v Dickson, 821 F.3d 614 (5th Cir. 2016) – Prior to bankruptcy the debtor obtained loans from two lenders totaling $16 million that were guaranteed by its CEO. After the debtor defaulted and filed bankruptcy, the lenders … Continue reading

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Authorizing a Bankruptcy: When Is a Vote Not Really a Vote?

In re Intervention Energy Holdings, LLC, 553 B.R. 258 (Bankr. D. Del. 2016) – A creditor objected to the bankruptcy filing of a limited liability company on the basis that the filing was unauthorized. Specifically, under the LLC’s operating agreement … Continue reading

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