Where the husband of the debtor would otherwise have to wait until the conclusion of the bankruptcy before a state court could equitably distribute marital property as part of a divorce, a relief from the automatic stay was granted. Background ...

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A lawyer who sought to keep a divorce case from going dormant after the opposing party filed for bankruptcy has been hit with $6,050 in sanctions by a Richmond bankruptcy judge who concluded the actions of the lawyer and his ...

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Where the debtor’s husband filed several documents in their divorce case after the debtor filed for bankruptcy protection, including a request the state court rehear and reconsider issues of equitable distribution in light of the bankruptcy filing, the debtor was ...

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The holder of a $846 million commercial mortgage-backed securities loan that was made to 24 landlords of Lord & Taylor failed to compel the debtors to pay all rents and sums directly to the trust. The trust was not a ...

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A debtor that was told it could recover reasonable fees for work related to Rule 3001 violations but not for an unsuccessful Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim, sought over $152,000 in attorneys’ fees. The amount was reduced by 25% ...

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Where the facts necessary to resolve the defendant’s affirmative defense based on release were not clearly pleaded in the complaint, its motion to dismiss was denied as premature. Background Before the court is a motion to dismiss filed by UPS ...

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Where a construction company was entitled to recover prejudgment interest on invoices unpaid by its customer but delayed in submitting its first invoice and delayed again in pursuing collection, the interest ran from the date of the last invoice, not ...

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Where the debtor argued that a claim must list all interest and fees from the inception of the account, the court rejected that argument and held that the claim is complete if it includes a breakdown of principal, interest, fees ...

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Where an order of sale approved a purchase agreement for debtors to sell certain property, and the agreement provided that the lease for the property would be transferred to the buyer pursuant to assumption and assignment and the debtors would ...

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Where a debtor filed a class action complaint alleging that a creditor violated Rule 3001 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure by filing a proof of claim and falsely reporting that no interest or fees were included in the ...

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