http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000122&title=Nondischargeable+Debts&source=feed Dischargeable debts are those debts that can be discharged through bankruptcy proceedings. Certain debts cannot be discharged through a bankruptcy proceeding. In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, nondischargeable debts cannot be discharged at all, and in a... http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000122&title=Nondischargeable+Debts&source=feed http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000120&title=Estate+Property&source=feed The commencement of a voluntary, joint, or involuntary bankruptcy petition automatically creates an "estate." The estate is comprised of all the property that is described in Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code. It includes all legal or equitable... http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000120&title=Estate+Property&source=feed http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000118&title=Lien+and+Transfer+Avoidance+in+Connection+with+Marital+or+Family+Obligations&source=feed The Bankruptcy Code contains a number of provisions empowering the trustee, the debtor, or both to avoid various types of liens and other prebankruptcy transfers of the debtor's property. The Bankruptcy Code definition of ''transfer'' includes... http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000118&title=Lien+and+Transfer+Avoidance+in+Connection+with+Marital+or+Family+Obligations&source=feed http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000237&title=Setoffs+in+Bankruptcy&source=feed Setoff is an equitable right of a creditor to deduct a debt it owes to the debtor from a claim it has against the debtor arising out of a separate transaction. For instance, if the debtor owes a prepetition debt to a particular creditor, and that... http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000237&title=Setoffs+in+Bankruptcy&source=feed http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000221&title=Securities+Investor+Protection+Act&source=feed The Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) was designed to create a new form of liquidation proceeding. SIPA created the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), a nonprofit, private membership corporation to which most registered... http://www.muranoroth.com/industry-updates/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000221&title=Securities+Investor+Protection+Act&source=feed