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What Should Construction Contractors Do When a Property Owner Files For Bankruptcy?

Jimerson Firm

A construction project to a screeching halt when a property owner files for bankruptcy, creating a serious risk of substantial losses for the contractor, as well as subcontractors and suppliers. What Happens When a Property Owner Files for Bankruptcy? The Impact of Bankruptcy on the Construction Contract.

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50+ Commercial Debt Statistics

The Kaplan Group

Bankruptcy Filings Climb Back After record lows in 202021, business bankruptcy filings jumped 33.5% Large firms led this trend: 694 corporate bankruptcies were recorded in 2024the highest in 14 years. Key Commercial Debt Statistics (20202025) $21.55 trillion in non-financial business debt by Q4 2024 (up 27% since 2019) $1.8

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Five Key Provisions Construction Material Suppliers Should Include in Customer Credit Agreements

Jimerson Firm

Material suppliers in the construction industry will often need to extend credit to their contractor and subcontractor customers due to the payment cycle on construction projects that can often run 30 days, 60 days or even longer. Termination The credit agreement should address the term of the agreement, and how it can be terminated.

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Teaches Important Lesson on Timely Lien Perfection

PBWT

Bankruptcy Judge Karen B. Ruling on plaintiff-debtor Southland Royalty Company LLC’s motion for partial summary judgment, Judge Owens found that Halliburton did not obtain a lien on Southland’s production of oil, natural gas, or their proceeds. Perfect your liens on time or you may lose them. in her recent decision.

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Filing a Proof of Claim in Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know

Fraser

When a company files for bankruptcy and it owes you money, it means you have a “claim” in the debtor’s bankruptcy proceedings. The bankruptcy court will establish a deadline, or “bar date,” by which claims must be filed. A claim, in short, is a right to payment. By When Must You File a Claim?

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Automatic Stay is not Extended to Enjoin Arbitration Between Non-Debtors, Even Where Debtor’s Actions are the Subject of the Arbitration

ABI

John’s University School of Law American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff In Ferrandino & Son, Inc. Sahene Construction L.L.C. ( In re Sahene Construction), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Louisiana held that a non-debtor defendant was not entitled to protection of an automatic stay.

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Mere Retention of Property of the Estate Does Not Violate the Automatic Stay

Consumer Financial Services Law

Background The case arose from four separate chapter 13 bankruptcy cases in which the debtors sought to regain possession of their vehicles from the City of Chicago, which had seized and impounded the vehicles prepetition due to unpaid parking tickets and similar traffic fines. The case, City of Chicago v. Fulton, No. Fulton, No. 11 U.S.C. §