Oya Renewables, a Boston and Toronto-based solar infrastructure developer founded in 2009, has initiated Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in Delaware. The company faces financial obligations between $100-500 million, including $86.8 million in secured debt, while maintaining minimal cash reserves of just $58,000.
The company’s downfall stems from multiple challenges, according to Chief Restructuring Officer John…
In a positive decision for trade vendors and non-debtor suppliers, the Eleventh Circuit, in Auriga Polymers Inc. v. PMCM2, LLC, held that a Section 503(b)(9) post-petition priority payment received by a creditor for goods received during the 20 day period before the petition date did not diminish its subsequent new value preference defense. 40 …
In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also known as a wage earner’s plan, individual debtors may be permitted to retain their property, and develop a plan to repay a portion or all of their debts. A debtor will propose a repayment plan to make installment payments to creditors over a 36 to 60 month period.
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Preferred Communication Systems, Inc. (“PCSI” or “Debtor”) filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on July 28, 2021.
This bankruptcy proceeding constitutes a rare example of a debtor listing more assets than debt. Per PCSI’s Schedules, the Debtor lists approximately $1.1 million in assets, and…
Earlier this month, on July 8, 2021, Pipeline Foods, LLC and its affiliated debtors (“Pipeline”) filed for Chapter 11 protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The debtors’ bankruptcy cases are jointly administered before the Honorable Karen B. Owens under Case No. 21-11002.
Pipeline’s Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Sepich,…
Recently, on July 13, 2021, the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware issued a Revised Standing Order lifting the requirement that face masks be worn in public areas of the courthouse by those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The Revised Standing Order impacts each of the courthouses…
On April 6, 2021, J. Kate Stickles was sworn in as the newest judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Judge Stickles becomes the latest judge to join the Delaware Bankruptcy Court since Judges John T. Dorsey and Karen B. Owens were sworn onto the bench in 2019.
Judge Stickles…
Starting on February 18, 2021, Insys Liquidation Trust (“Insys Trust”), the liquidation trust appointed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to prosecute claims on behalf of Insys Therapeutics, Inc., filed approximately 53 complaints seeking the avoidance and recovery of allegedly preferential and/or fraudulent transfers under Sections 547, 548, 549 and…
Another energy company has succumbed to bankruptcy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc., a private exploration & production company focused on the Williston Basin, and its affiliates, including Foxtrot Resources LLC, filed for chapter 11 protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, on March…
Champion Property Holdings, LLC and Anglin Cultured Stone Products LLC (“Debtors”) each filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the Delaware Bankruptcy Court on February 10, 2021.
According to Debtors’ Petitions, their assets total between $100k – $500k, and their liabilities total between $1 million and $10 million.
A Subchapter V Trustee was appointed to…
