In November, Jeoffrey Burtch, the Chapter 7 Trustee in the AE Liquidation bankruptcy (formerly "Eclipse Aviation"), began filing preference actions against various creditors of Eclipse. Eclipse Aviation began as a New Mexico manufacturer of small jet aircraft. The company filed for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on November 25, 2008.
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In August, the Chapter 7 Trustee in the National Wholesale Liquidators ("NWL") bankruptcy filing approximately 90 preference actions. Just recently, the Trustee filed over 100 more preference actions in NWL. In November of 2008, I wrote about the commencement of NWL bankruptcy (read my prior post concerning the NWL bankruptcy here).
Introduction
Recently, the Chapter 7 Trustee (the "Trustee") in the HRP Myrtle Beach Holdings bankruptcy, filed several avoidance actions pursuant to sections 547, 548, and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code. The avoidance actions, filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, are before the Honorable Kevin J. Carey, Chief Judge of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court.
Earlier this month Alfred T Giuliano, the Chapter 7 Trustee for National Wholesale Liquidators, began filing various complaints seeking the avoidance and recovery of alleged preferential transfers. On November 19, 2008, I wrote on this blog about the commencement of the National Wholesale Liquidators ("NWL") bankruptcy (read my prior post concerning NWL here). As indicated in the prior post, NWL filed for bankruptcy with an agreement with its lenders that it would either find a buyer while in bankruptcy, or convert and liquidate under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Introduction
Earlier this month, the Liquidating Trustee in the Intermet bankruptcy filed preference actions against various defendants. This post will look at the nature of Intermet's business, why the company filed for bankruptcy and the circumstances behind the formation of the Liquidating Trust that is pursuing the preference actions.
Earlier this month, Bettina M Whyte, the SemGroup Litigation Trustee (the "Trustee") filed approximately 350 adversary actions against various creditors in the SemCrude bankruptcy. The majority of the adversary actions are preference actions under 11 U.S.C. section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Some of the adversary actions, however, allege defendants received fraudulent transfers from various SemCrude debtors (the "Debtors").
Recently, the LandSource Creditor Litigation Liquidating Trust (the "Litigation Trust"), commenced various avoidance actions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. This post will look briefly at the events leading to the commencement of this bankruptcy proceeding. Further, the post will look at some of the issues that confronted the Debtor during the reorganization process.
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