Recent Developments
On the somewhat unusual occasions when your judgment debtor has assets, the question turns to how do I maximize my judgment and collect every penny legitimately owed to my client? Here are some thoughts:
Recent Developments
Recent Developments
Global—On 26 October 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in a ruling that may impact sovereign debt restructurings, upheld a lower court order enjoining Argentina from making payments on restructured defaulted debt without making comparable payments to bondholders who did not participate in the restructuring.
Recent Developments
Recent Developments
Chapter 7 Trustees can and sometimes do successfully avoid creditor’s perfected liens. Typically, the avoidance opportunity arises because the lien was not perfected on a timely basis. The Bankruptcy Code provides that the avoided liens may be “preserved” for the benefit of the bankruptcy estate; this prevents a windfall to a junior lienor who would become the first lienholder courtesy of the Trustee’s success.