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  • On October 12, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York brought TerreStar Network’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding one step closer to conclusion by approving the debtor’s $98 million settlement with two separate creditor groups over a certain purchase money credit agreement.

In Geygan v. World Savings Bank, FSB, 2008 FED App. 0005P (6th Cir. B.A.P. Mar. 12, 2008), the Sixth Circuit BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court, holding that the mortgage’s certificate of acknowledgment, which included the phrase “witness my hand” next to the notary’s signature, did not comply with Ohio law, and that the Trustee was a bona fide purchaser pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.