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When Are Goods “Received by the Debtor” for a Section 503(b)(9) Claim?
Two important decisions by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the Delaware Bankruptcy Court shed light on goods in receipt of debtors in Section 503(b)(9) claims.
Dealing with Distress For Fun & Profit – Installment #14 – An Introduction to Chapter 11 for Unsecured Creditors: What Every Unsecured Creditor Should Know
A written tour of business bankruptcy and its alternatives. If you would like to read from the beginning, this series started here with a broad overview of business bankruptcy. Most recently, the series has focused on the automatic stay, where you can find the 30,000-foot view. Or you can find more specific treatment here, here and […]
Corporate Restructuring 2017: Why Some Attorneys See Rising Rates, but Most Don’t
THE CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING profession has become, much like the broader economy, increasingly a world of few “haves” and many “have nots.” This is not by accident, and it is not going away. Those who see and accept the industry for what it is—and pivot accordingly—will continue to be winners. Those who possess a limited repertoire […]
Reclamation of Reclamation Claims by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court in Reichhold Holdings
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded: reclamation rights are illusory in bankruptcy cases. Where a supplier ships goods to a company that later files for bankruptcy, section 546(c) of the Bankruptcy Code provides reclamation remedies (i.e., supplier getting the goods back) under certain circumstances (there are time limits, etc.) if the supplier has such […]
Demystifying Administrative Expenses in Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy professionals, other business professionals, and trade vendors would be reluctant to provide services or otherwise extend credit on an unsecured basis to an insolvent entity like a bankruptcy debtor unless their claims to payment were somehow ensured. In addressing this predicament, Congress provided that holders of unsecured claims that arise from certain transactions that […]