Dirt-for-Debt Buries Creditor with Risk and Uncertainty
By: J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr. & Armando Nozzolillo In order to confirm a chapter 11 plan of reorganization, a debtor …
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Prominent Statewide Firms, Rogers Towers and The Fiorentino Group, Announce Strategic Alliance
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2014) – Rogers Towers, P.A., one of Florida’s most established law firms, has launched a strategic …
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Google Case Provides Spoliation Exception to Living Document Safeguard
By: J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr. & Scott St. Amand Google has come under scrutiny in the last few years over …
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Gross Negligence Enough for Adverse Inference Instruction
By: J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr. & Scott St. Amand In 2003, Judge Shira Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for …
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Obtaining a Deficiency Judgment in Georgia – Overview of Procedures
By: E. Carson Lange A previous post discussed the non-judicial foreclosure procedure used in Georgia. This post discusses the steps …
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“Saving Everything” No Defense to Spoliation Argument
By: J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr. & Scott St. Amand As we discussed in our previous spoliation post , parties are …
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The Status of Florida Foreclosures in 2014
By: Douglas L. Waldorf, Jr. Recently, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial discussing the status of mortgage foreclosure litigation. …
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Caveat Charities: Disgorging Donations as Fraudulent Transfers
By Jacob J. Payne & Scott St. Amand The Bankruptcy Code permits a trustee to avoid transfers of property that …
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Litigation Hold Extends to Third Party Independent Agents
By: M. Scott Thomas & Scott St. Amand Insurance and financial institutions understand the importance of data preservation, but from …
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Status as a Debtor not Enough to Confer Appellate Standing
By: J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr. & Scott St. Amand “Standing” is a legal term of art that refers to a …
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