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Supreme Court Holds That a Non-Debtor Retaining a Debtor’s Property Does Not Exercise Control Over the Property in Violation of the Automatic Stay

In January 2020, we analyzed a split among the Circuit Courts regarding whether a non-debtor holding a debtor’s property on the petition date has an affirmative obligation under section 362(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code to return that property to the debtor immediately following the filing of the bankruptcy petition.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Unauthorized UCC filings: a cautionary tale in the absence of requisite authority to file, a UCC termination statement is ineffective to bring a perfected security interest to an end

A recent decision by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York1 found that a UCC-3 termination statement filed on behalf of a secured creditor was not effective because it lacked the proper authorization.

USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Milbank LLP, Debtor, Uniform Commercial Code (USA), United States bankruptcy court