2014-04-15
The definition of a family famer under § 101(18)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code is convoluted at best: a family farmer is a farmer whose aggregate noncontingent, liquidated debts arising out of his farming operation make up not less than 50% of his debts
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2014-04-13
By: Justin A. Saporito, MAZURKRAEMER Law Clerk
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2014-04-13
As is almost always the case, principals of a distressed business have personally guaranteed the debt on a credit line or property or equipment lease.
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2014-04-01
Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps Below is a summary of the activity reported for March 2014.
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2014-03-31
By Tara Siegel BernardSix months after his wife learned that she had a rare vascular disease of the brain,Frank, now 66, lost his job as director of sales of a telecommunications company.His wife, to whom he had been married for 36 years, died just t
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2014-03-28
In In re Cochran, Ch. 7 Case No. 13-43242, 2014 Bankr. LEXIS 1178 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. Feb.
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2014-03-27
I will be attending the American Bankruptcy Institute's Student Loan Debt Crisis Symposium being held in in Washington DC on May 30. The timing of this event could not be bet
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2014-03-26
Holland & Hart obtained a seminal decision from a federal court in Nevada on a recent controversial deficiency law. Nevada Revised Statute 40.459(1)(c) applies to creditors who did not originate a mortgage.
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2014-03-21
On February 11th, the three private plaintiff-appellants and eleven State plaintiff-appellants in State National Bank of Big Spring, et al. v. Jacob J. Lew, et al. filed briefs with the U.S.
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2014-03-21
On February 11th, the three private plaintiff-appellants and eleven State plaintiff-appellants in State National Bank of Big Spring, et al. v. Jacob J. Lew, et al. filed briefs with the U.S.
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2014-03-20
Larry E. Kelly who served as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Texas from 1986-2007, passed away on March 19, 2014. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Ronald B.
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2014-03-18
In a case of first impression at the circuit level, the
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2014-03-15
A recent article in the Orlando Sentinel, "Hyatt takes over Peabody, Lays off 68 staff," reminds us that people are continuing to lose jobs.
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2014-03-14
Bankruptcy sometimes provides a window into unfamiliar worlds. The recent chapter 15 filing by MtGox Co., Ltd. contains an interesting explanation of the bitcoin phenomenon as well as Japanese involvency proceedures. In re MtGox Co., Ltd., No.
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2014-03-14
The Office of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior has issued a legal opinion (the “Opinion“) to the Secretary of the Interior interpreting the statutory phrase “under federal jurisdiction” in the Indian Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C.
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