Bad news for midstream counterparties of bankrupt oil & gas producers: you may not be able to rely (as much as you might have expected) on covenants “running with the land” to save your contracts from rejection in bankruptcy.
(Bankr. E.D. Ky. Mar. 7, 2016)
(Bankr. W.D. Ky. Mar. 8, 2016)
The bankruptcy court sustains the debtors’ objection to the creditor’s claim. The court determines that the creditor failed to establish that the transaction with the debtors was intended as a loan. Instead, the parties had formed a partnership with the creditor making capital contributions, rather than loans. Opinion below.
(7th Cir. Mar. 4, 2016)
Recent court filings highlight the need for health care providers to protect patient privacy by implementing specific procedures when filing claims in bankruptcy cases of their patients, as a matter of federal bankruptcy and other law. Last year, WakeMed, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based health care system, asserted a claim for $553.00 for unpaid medical services in a chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy case.
(6th Cir. B.A.P. Mar. 3, 2016)
(6th Cir. B.A.P. Mar. 3, 2016)
(Bankr. S.D. Ind. Feb. 24, 2016)
(Bankr. W.D. Ky. Feb. 18, 2016)
(Bankr. W.D. Ky. Feb. 16, 2016)