Information on Corporate Bankruptcy Proceedings in Delaware and Throughout the United States
On August 29, 2017, The Wet Seal, LLC filed preference actions against 67 defendants. The lead Wet Seal bankruptcy case is Case No. 17-10229 in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Wet Seal is represented by A.M. Saccullo Legal, LLC and ASK, LLC.
According to the complaints, the Debtors were a national multichannel …
On July 19-21, 2017, David W. Carickhoff, in his capacity as Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estates of Univita Holdings, et al., filed approximately 46 complaints seeking the avoidance and recovery of allegedly preferential and/or fraudulent transfers under Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Univita Health, Inc. and its affiliated debtors filed…
On June 15, 2017, Curtis R. Smith, as Liquidating Trustee of the Hastings Creditors’ Liquidating Trust, filed approximately 69 complaints seeking the avoidance and recovery of allegedly preferential and/or fraudulent transfers under Sections 547, 548 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Liquidating Trustee also seeks to disallow claims of such defendants under Sections 502(d)…
On May 23, 2017, Don A. Beskrone, the chapter 7 trustee for the estate of PennySaver USA Publishing, LLC filed preference actions against 46 defendants. PennySaver was an iconic company that specialized in the production, printing, and dissemination of a free weekly publication, offering coupons and classified ads to targeted audiences.
By 2013, the Debtors’…
In the recent decision of Spizz v. Goldfarb Seligman & Co. (In re Ampal-American Israel Corp.), 2017 WL 75750 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Jan. 9, 2017), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a preference complaint filed by a trustee of chapter 7 debtor headquartered in Israel, where the…
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…
On July 29, 2015, Deb Shops SDFMC LLC, in its capacity as debtor in possession, filed 92 preference complaints seeking to avoid and recover alleged preferential transfers pursuant to Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, and to disallow claims of the defendants pursuant to Section 502(d).
By way of background, Deb Shops SDFMC…
From January 23-27, 2015, Charles A. Stanziale, Jr., as the Chapter 7 Trustee (the “Trustee”) of Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (“Powerwave” or the “Debtor”), filed approximately 102 preference complaints seeking to avoid and recover alleged preferential transfers pursuant to Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Background
By way of background, Powerwave filed a petition…
In the AFA Investment Inc. preference litigation, a summons has been issued scheduling the Pretrial Conference for June 30, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. The hearing will be held before Judge Walrath in courtroom no. 4 on the 5th floor at the Bankruptcy Courthouse for the District of Delaware. To view one of the summons issued…
Summary
In a 17 page decision signed on February 24, 2011, Judge Walrath of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court applied a twelve factor test in determining if a preference action against an out-of-state defendant could be transferred by that defendant to another jurisdiction more convenient to it. In her opinion issued in response to a motion…
