Plaintiffs, both Afghani nationals who lived in Kabul, along with the defendant, who lived in Fairfax County, formed Rosta Construction Company. Rosta bid on and won a subcontract to build out seven buildings and the surrounding area at the Kabul ...

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An Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court agrees with the chapter 13 trustee that debtor is not eligible to be in chapter 13, as she is over the 11 U.S.C. § 109(e) debt limit of $1,149,525 for secured debts. Debtor attempted to ...

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In this chapter 11 proceeding involving debtors Gordon Properties LLC, owner of 41 condominiums in the Forty-Six Hundred Condominium Inc., and debtor Condominium Services Inc., Gordon Properties’ subsidiary that managed the First Owners Association (FOA) since the mid-1970s, the Alexandria ...

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Chapter 7 debtors’ desire to claim two mortgage debts as expenses in their chapter 7 means test calculation even though they intend to surrender the property does not allow a presumption of abuse; the Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court rejects the ...

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In this corporate debtor’s bankruptcy, a right of first refusal in a limited liability company’s operating agreement is an executory contract that either expired by its own terms or was rejected by the bankruptcy trustee, and the Alexandria U.S. District ...

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Although plaintiff alleges she was entitled to life insurance proceeds under her father’s divorce settlement with her mother, and debtor, plaintiff’s stepmother, fraudulently changed the beneficiary to debtor, plaintiff’s presentation of an expert opinion that her father’s signature was forged ...

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Debtor, the former CEO of ClearOne Communications Inc., may discharge her former employer’s claim for reimbursement of $3.3 million in legal fees and costs advanced in connection with various shareholder derivative suits against her and her unsuccessful defense of a ...

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An Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court awards debtor investment firm attorney’s fees of $4,815 for its successful motion to compel discovery of investor information in its suit against a real estate fund, instead of the $28,748.95 the firm requests; counsel’s hourly ...

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A former CEO for a communications company may discharge a $3.3 million debt for legal fees and costs the company advanced to defend her in shareholder derivative suits and a federal criminal case. When Frances M. Flood, the former chief ...

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In this Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding by a collection of entities that owns 75 acres near a Metro stop under construction near Dulles Airport, the Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court says the banks with the security interests, not the creditor, have ...

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