A Lesson on What Not to do in a § 363 Auction
By: J. Ellsworth Summers and Scott St. Amand For numerous corporate Chapter 11 debtors, the sale of some or all …
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Recent Cases Support Foreclosing Lenders against Challenges to Standing
By: Heather S. Nason The Florida Second District Court of Appeals recently ruled on yet another challenge to a note …
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Troy Smith Sworn in as President of the Jacksonville Bar Association
Troy Smith is moving into his position as President of the Jacksonville Bar Association on June 17, 2014 after serving …
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Supreme Court Clarifies Stern v. Marshall
By: J. Ellsworth Summers and Scott St. Amand Not even Nostradamus could have predicted the profound effect that former Playmate …
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FIRREA Protects Purchasing Banks Against Some Claims Disguised as Affirmative Defenses
By Scott J. Kennelly and Adam B. Brandon As previously discussed on this blog, the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and …
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Detroit Bankruptcy: The Next Step in the Grand Bargain
By: J. Ellsworth Summers and Scott St. Amand On Tuesday, June 2, 2014, the Michigan state senate passed a number …
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A Grand Bargain? Detroit Defends Restructuring Plan
By J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr. and Scott St. Amand Over the Memorial Day weekend, while many around the country were …
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Sandra Mathis Receives the 2014 Rudy Hernandez Professionalism Award
Sandra Mathis was presented with the 2014 Rudy Hernandez Professionalism Award by the Florida Family Law American Inn of Court …
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The Business Records Exception to the Hearsay Rule
By: Samantha Alves Orender and M. Scott Thomas When a bank assigns a mortgage to another bank, the assignor typically …
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Applicability of the Automatic Stay to Serial Chapter 13 Petition Filers
By: Armando Nozzolillo and Michael S. Waskiewicz Ordinarily, when a debtor files a chapter 13 bankruptcy petition, the automatic stay …
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