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Debtors Win in District Court: They Can Avoid Judicial Liens on Impounded Cars

Car owners lost in Fulton but won when a Chicago district judge affirmed and ruled that debtors may avoid judicial liens on impounded cars.

Benchnotes March 2021

March 2021

Supreme Court Holds that Merely Holding Property Isn’t a Stay Violation

Justices rule that affirmative action is required before withholding property amounts to controlling estate property and results in an automatic stay violation.

Even with Knowledge of Bankruptcy, Discharge Contempt Requires Notice of Discharge

The Ninth Circuit BAP says there must be knowledge of the discharge order to find contempt, even when the debtor continues the same conduct that violated the automatic stay.

Bankruptcy Judge Won’t Rule on the Constitutionality of Pandemic Regulations

Finding a proper exercise of regulatory power isn’t required to invoke the exception to the automatic stay.

Money Talks: Getting Retained and Paid (Ethically) by the Bankruptcy Estate

Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Early-in-the- Case § 363 Sales

Judicial Round-and-Round (2020 Winter Leadership Virtual Conference)

“Too Many Hats”: The Peculiar Problems and Challenges that Arise When an Equity Sponsor/ Secured Lender Is a DIP Lender/Stalking-Horse Buyer in a Chapter 11 Case

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