Tax lien certificates are a marketable commodity in several jurisdictions, including New Jersey. The Third Circuit’s recent decision in In re Hackler v. Arianna Holdings Company, LLC, No. 18-1650, __ F.3d __, 2019 2019 WL 4309510 (3d Cir. Sept. 12, 2019), however, will leave certificate holders insecure about their tax lien rights in the
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The Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of Section 546(e)’s Safe Harbor for Securities Related Transactions in Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc.
The Bankruptcy Code gives a bankruptcy trustee, or the debtor in possession, the power to “avoid” certain transfers made by the debtor at various times before filing for bankruptcy relief. Congress provided a number of limits on these significant avoidance powers, whether within the sections granting the powers themselves (e.g., in Section 547(c), which sets…
Some Upside to Being Upside-Down: The Fifth Circuit Provides Undersecured Creditors an Additional Front on which to Contest Preference Claims
By Benjamin Wallen on
Undersecured creditors face unique challenges because they are neither fully secured nor fully unsecured. Beyond the obviously undesirable issue of being upside-down on their deal, undersecured creditors often are exposed to preference liability for those payments they received in the 90 days prior to the debtor filing bankruptcy. This is especially true where an aggressive…