Furniture Brands International bankruptcy

Since the time of our last post on August 24, 2015, Alan D. Halperin, the Trustee of the FBI Wind Down, Inc. Liquidating Trust has filed 94 additional preference complaints seeking to avoid and recover alleged preferential transfers pursuant to Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Defenses to a Preference Action

Preference actions

Since the time of my last post, Alan D. Halperin, the Trustee of the FBI Wind Down, Inc. Liquidating Trust has filed 93 more preference complaints.  Because the Debtor filed for bankruptcy on September 9, 2013, the Trustee has only two more weeks to file any additional preference complaints.

While we cannot be certain that

On September 9, 2013, Furniture Brands International (“Furniture Brands”) and various related entities filed chapter 11 petitions for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.  We initially published a blog post about the filing here: Furniture Brands Files for Bankruptcy in Delaware Seeking to Sell Assets

On August 1, 2014,

Introduction

On September 9, 2013, Furniture Brands International (“Furniture Brands”) and various related entities filed chapter 11 petitions for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Faced with a slowing economy and mounting debt, Furniture Brands hopes to sell some most of its assets through a section 363 bankruptcy auction.