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Finding Opportunity in Distressed Circumstances

A successful purchase depends not just on negotiating a two-party transaction, but rather navigating the applicable process and dealing with all the competing interests successfully to allow a bid to succeed and closing to occur.

Q: Do opportunities exist for asset buyers in times of distress?

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, US Department of Justice, Title 11 of the US Code
Tweet all about it: U.S. Bankruptcy Court rules business social media accounts are property of debtor LLC's bankruptcy estate, not individual LLC members

In a case of first impression in Texas, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas held that the former majority member of a chapter 11 LLC debtor had to relinquish control of the LLC's Facebook page and Twitter account because they were property of the LLC's bankruptcy estate. In re CTLI, LLC, Case No. 14-33564, 2015 WL 1588085 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. April 3, 2015). CTLI, LLC was a Texas gun store and shooting range doing business as Tactical Firearms.

USA, Texas, Insolvency & Restructuring, Internet & Social Media, Litigation, Duane Morris LLP, Debtor, Limited liability company, Twitter, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for Southern District of Texas