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‘Admin’ Claims for 20-Day Shipments Don’t Offset the New Value Defense, Circuit Says

A shipment received by a debtor within 20 days of filing gives the creditor both an administrative claim and a new value defense to a preference, the Eleventh Circuit says.

11th Circuit

Four Circuits Now Permit Fraudulent Transfer Attacks on Real Estate Tax Foreclosures

Circuit courts are split 4/3 on their interpretation of Supreme Court precedent holding that regularly conducted mortgage foreclosures are immune from fraudulent transfer attack.

2nd Circuit

Pleading Diligence in Preference Complaints: Makework Under the New 11 U.S.C. § 547

Sept 2022

Bankruptcy Code
547
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Judge Walrath Describes Due Diligence to Plead After the Amendment to Section 547(b)

The amendment to Section 547(b) does not require a preference complaint to explain why the defendant doesn’t have affirmative defenses, Judge Walrath says.

3rd Circuit
Delaware

(Not) for Sale: Chapter 5 Avoidance Actions

Sept 2022

Bankruptcy Code
CHAPTER 5 - Creditors, the Debtor and the Estate
Topic Tags
Bankruptcy Litigation
Fraudulent Transfers
Preferences

Tenth Circuit BAP Defines the Elements of the Earmarking Defense

Earmarking only applies if the debtor had no dominion and control and the transfer did not diminish the debtor’s estate, BAP says.

10th Circuit
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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Administrative Expense Claims
Court Administration
Plan Confirmation
Practice and Procedure
Preferences
Business Reorganization
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In re Décor Holdings, Inc.: A Roadmap for the Ordinary-Course-of-Business Defense

Section 547(c)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, often referred to as the “subjective OCB defense,” provides a defense to a preference suit if the defendant can show that the challenged payments made during the 90-day preference period are sufficiently consistent with the historical payments made by the debtor to the defendant.

U.S. Trustee Does Not Have Unilateral Authority to Deviate from a Bankruptcy Court’s Order, but Can the U.S. Trustee Disband a Creditors’ Committee?

Under the Bankruptcy Code, the U.S. Trustee [1] has the power to appoint a committee. [2] Section 1102(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code requires U.S. Trustees to appoint a committee of creditors holding unsecured claims in all cases “as soon as practicable after the order for relief....” [3]

‘Once a Creditor, Always a Creditor,’ Even if the Claim Is Paid, Judge Phillips Says

Being branded as a creditor is like a tattoo; it won’t ever come off.

4th Circuit
Virginia
Virginia Eastern District
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