Posts by Albena Petrakov, Esq.
Bankruptcy 101 for Mortgage Lenders
In the summer of 2022, First Guarantee Mortgage Company filed for bankruptcy in the District of Delaware. Mortgage market analysts…
Read MoreWhen Bad Things Happen To Good People: Good Faith Is Not Enough When Investing in (What Later Turns Out To Be) a Ponzi Scheme
What happens when a good faith investor learns it invested in a Ponzi scheme and is presented with a claim…
Read MoreCrypto Frame Taking Shape in Real Time
In 2022, CNBC reported on the EthCC conference in Paris, a gathering for hardcore Ethereum developers and technologists. A special…
Read MoreWhen Does the Automatic Stay Protect Companies that are Not in a Bankruptcy Proceeding?
In June 2022, Reuters published an article titled “How a “Bankruptcy Innovation” Halted Thousands of Lawsuits from Sick Plaintiffs.” The…
Read MoreSubchapter V Corner
The $7,500,000 debt ceiling for Subchapter V filings ended in the spring of 2022. With the enactment of Subchapter V…
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