In the recent case of Beeman et. al. v. Borders Liquidating Trust et al. from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York decided on October 29, that Court examined what ought to happen when relief that could be granted, for practical reasons is not. This controversial policy, referred to as "Equitable Mootness"...Read More
So you're doing business as usual and notice that payments from your customer are getting later and later. Turns out that customer is struggling to navigate in the sputtering economy. Waiting for your money is bad enough; but what if you receive a demand to refund what you've been paid? And not because of anything...Read More
As a rule, debtors ask the Bankruptcy Court to protect them. In return for its iron-clad protection the Bankruptcy Court demands that all rules be obeyed and debtors refrain from hiding or giving away assets that could be used to satisfy creditors.Read More
The hallmark of the Business Opportunity Doctrine is the use of company assets to benefit a fiduciary. For instance the Doctrine would not allow a Director or Officer to profit personally by acquiring property they have reason to know the company will need or intends to acquire. In other words, fiduciaries shouldn't step in to...Read More
Priority disputes can be played out in Bankruptcy court. Take the case of In re Jones, in which Chapter 11 Debtors owned several pieces of property encumbered with mortgages cross-collateralized with other property of the Estate. That's when the trouble started...Read More
Your customer or borrower has been paying like clockwork and you, the creditor or vendor, have been dispensing goods and services as promised. Then your customer starts to pay a little later, then later still. Why not? Times are tough. So you do the decent thing and take their payments without complaining. Next thing you...Read More
Small business remains the backbone of the most vibrant economy in the world. America leads in innovation and hard work thanks in large part to small businesses and their owners. But in lean times, business owners need to know they have options. This post is about those options.Read More
The Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy prevents creditors from taking action against debtors so they can get a fresh start without fighting the same battles over again. This post looks at how the Stay works in practice.Read More
Don't forget to secure a Legal Audit to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry best-practices. How? That's easy: contact M. Hedayat & Associates, P.C. for your Free Legal Audit. With over 18 years of legal experience under his belt, a string of start up companies to his credit, and an MBA in addition...Read More
Coal plants are expected to close at an escalating rate over the next 5 years that will eventually be quadruple what it is today. Midwest Generation, a major employer in the Will County area, is not immune to the trend. Management has announced that it is looking into a Chapter 11 reorganization in order to...Read More
