http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000356&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.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000356&title=Lien+and+Transfer+Avoidance+in+Connection+with+Marital+or+Family+Obligations&source=feed http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000357&title=Disclosure+Statements&source=feed Debtors must report assets, liabilities, contested claims, and other business affairs. The purpose of these disclosures is to allow creditors an opportunity to evaluate proposed plans. Disclosure statements must contain "adequate information."... http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000357&title=Disclosure+Statements&source=feed http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000273&title=Preferential+Transfers&source=feed A trustee in bankruptcy may avoid certain statutory liens, fraudulent transfers, as well as preferences. The Bankruptcy Code provides that certain transfers made by a debtor within close proximity of bankruptcy are preferential to the recipient... http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000273&title=Preferential+Transfers&source=feed http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000304&title=Tax+Claims&source=feed The treatment of tax debts in bankruptcy proceedings is an attempt to reconcile two conflicting policies. The first policy concerns the government's interest in collecting taxes. The second policy concerns the fresh start that bankruptcy is to... http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000304&title=Tax+Claims&source=feed http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000358&title=Unsecured+Claims&source=feed Unsecured debt may be generally described as a debt where credit was granted based solely upon the promise or ability of the debtor to pay. Claims that are not secured by any collateral or subject to setoff are generally unsecured claims. For... http://www.gibblaw.com/newsletters/Bankruptcy/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000358&title=Unsecured+Claims&source=feed