This appeal was brought by the insolvency practitioners dealing with the Nortel and Lehman Brothers companies. The Regulator’s Determinations Panel has, in relation to both the Nortel and Lehman Brothers pension schemes, issued warning notices of its intention to issue Financial Support Directions (FSDs) against group companies.
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Earlier this month, the Liquidating Trust in the Advanta Corp. bankruptcy proceeding began filing preference complaints in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. Advanta and certain affiliates ("Advanta") filed for bankruptcy in Delaware in November of 2009. As stated in the Liquidating Trust's complaints, Advanta was at one time one of the largest issuers of "business purpose credit cards" in the United States.
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Did you do business with Orleans Homebuilders prior to their bankruptcy filing? Have you received a demand for return of alleged preferential payments? In a recent submission to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, local developer Orleans Homebuilders stated that it intends to file as many as 400 suits to recover preferential transfers.
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A continuing theme of this blog series on Madoff has been the perplexing and inconsistent manner, virtually to the point of arbitrariness and unfairness, with which Trustee Irving Picard has handled charities that invested with Madoff. Installment
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