BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics) is a periodic review and comparison of consumer bankruptcy topics being covered on bankruptcy lawyer blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing for the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Structural Unemployment Plagues U.S. Legal Sector.”

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GENERAL or NON-STATE SPECIFIC

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Reject Commercial Leases Quickly, Says 8th Circuit BAP
• Chapter 13 can save an investment property – Lien stripping in action

CreditSlips.org

• Explaining the Housing Bubble

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Short Refis coming?

TEXAS

Reed Allmand, Esq. (Allmand & Lee) – Reed’s Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX)

• Real Estate Mogul’s Bankruptcy Fraught With Accusations Of Fraud
• Commercial Real Estate Vacancy Rates Rise As Foreclosures And Bankruptcy Loom
• Tarrant County Developer Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
• Real Estate Developer Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Automatic Stay Protection and Post-Foreclosure Proceedings
• Even Rapper Jay-Z Battles Foreclosure
• Dallas Logistics Hub Developers File Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• Why More Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures Could Hamper A Recovery

Cary & Lippincott – Texas Collection Law Blog (Austin, TX)

• Eviction Tips in Travis County

Fears & Nachawati – Texas Bankruptcy Blog (Austin, Houston and San Antonio, TX)

• Lehman’s Bankruptcy Creates Questions over Major Austin Office Portfolio

Steven Sathers, Esq. – A Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog (Austin, TX)

• Random Thoughts From The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges–Day 2

***SEE MORE BLOG POSTS FROM BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS AROUND THE U.S.***

NEW YORK

Bruce Weiner, Esq. (Rosenberg Musso & Weiner) – NYBankruptcyNet (Brooklyn, NY)

• Pre-bankruptcy planning in New York and the continuing foreclosure crisis and economic recession

Craig D. Robins, Esq. – Long Island Bankruptcy Blog (Woodbury, NY)

• KRN Holding, LLC Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Relief

Starr & Starr, PLLC – New York Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (New York, NY)

• Bankruptcy and Eviction in New York
• New York Financial Crisis’ Affect on NYC Restaurants and Bankruptcy Options
• Consignment and Bankruptcy

Upstate New York

Alexander Korotkin, Esq. – Rochester Bankruptcy and Debt Relief (Rochester, NY)

• Eviction, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

NEW JERSEY

Stark & Stark – Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Blog (Lawrenceville, NJ)

• What Franchisors Can Expect in Bankruptcy
• Boscov’s Bankruptcy And What Their Suppliers Should Understand
• Linens-N-Things Bankruptcy
• Enforcing Liens on Real Estate Projects
• Tenants Allowed to Maintain Almost “No Deductible” For Commercial Insurance Coverage
• Rights of Suppliers under Bankruptcy Law
• Rockaway Bedding Bankruptcy – How Does the New Bankruptcy Law Impact The Company and Their Landlords?
• ¡MORE!

NEVADA

Haines & Krieger (Las Vegas, NV)

• Haines & Krieger Las Vegas Foreclosure Round-up 04.02.10

Black & LoBello Law Blog (Las Vegas, NV)

• Changes Ahead to FIRPTA
• “Developers victimized by commercial real estate slump” Tisha Black Chernine quoted in the Las Vegas Business Press
• CNBC.com – Commercial Real Estate Has Hit Bottom

ILLINOIS

Steven Jakubowski, Esq.  (Coleman Law Firm) – Bankruptcy Litigation Blog (Chicago, IL)

• What are the Characteristics of a Single Asset Real Estate case? (Second in a Series of Three)
• Don’t Flub “Stub” Rent: Some Thoughts on Code Section 365(d)(3) from Yitzhak Greenberg

GEORGIA

Jonathan Ginsberg, Esq. – theBKLaw (Atlanta, GA)

• Are You Responsible for Debt Incurred by Your Failed Business

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Commercial Real Estate Lawyer Blog – Samuelson Law Offices, LLC (Washington, D.C.)

• Workout Incentives and Disincentives, Especially with respect to Hotels
• Buying a Claim against Yourself from a Bankruptcy Estate; Evaluating Non-Cash Bids
• And You Assumed That Escrow Moneys Were Bankruptcy-Proof . . .
• Purchase Price Challenges to a Commercial Foreclosure Sale in Maryland
• Steps a Secured Lender Should Consider in a Chapter 11 and the Role of a Proposed Plan of Reorganization at Each Step
• Drafting Commercial Leases in Light of Bankruptcy Issues
• Form – Workout Agreement to Continue Funding Construction
• Form – Workout Agreement for a Deed-in-Lieu
• A Tenant’s Efforts to Assume and Assign a Commercial Lease in a Chapter 11 Triggers Lots of Issues to Fight About
• Bankruptcy as a Business Planning Tool
• Certain Transactional Planning in, or in Relation to, Bankruptcy

DELAWARE

Fox Rothschild, LLP – Delaware Bankruptcy Litigation

• · Samsonite Files for Bankruptcy and Plans to Reject Up to 84 Store Leases
• A Closer Look at the DBSI Bankruptcy
• · Shopping Centers Receive Preferred Treatment Under the Bankruptcy Code
• Ten Things Every Commercial Landlord Should Know About a Tenant in Bankruptcy
• ¡MORE!

COLORADO

Gailyn Wink & Michael Wink – Wink & Wink, P.C. (Denver, Co)

• Legal Protections for America’s Military: The Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act

CALIFORNIA

Northern California

Bob Eisenbach, Esq. (Cooley Godward Kronish LLP) – In The (Red):  Business Bankruptcy Blog (San Francisco, CA)

• Who’s SARE Now? Bankruptcy’s Single Asset Real Estate Rules And Their Impact On Commercial Real Estate
• The 2005 Bankruptcy Law Changes And Their Impact On Retail Reorganizations

Southern California

Howard Nassiri (Vincent D. Howard, Esq. and Damian J. Nassiri, Esq.) – California Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Anaheim, CA)

• Commercial Property Owners Begin Exploring Walking Away to Deal With Debt
• Report Says Prices for Commercial Real Estate Dropped Substantially in June
• Commercial Real Estate Official Predicts ‘Double Dip’ as Commercial Prices Rise
• Lenders ‘Extend and Pretend’ to Handle Commercial Borrowers Who Can’t Pay
• Commercial Real Estate Loans Packaged Into Securities Defaulting in Record Numbers
• Commercial Real Estate Companies Increasingly Walk Away From Their Loans
• Report Places Value of U.S. Distressed Commercial Real Estate at $187.4 Billion
• Loan Modifications Difficult Even for Owners of Commercial Real Estate
• Report Outlines Optimism and Pessimism in Commercial Real Estate Market
• Commercial ‘Short Sale’ Illustrates Challenges Facing Real Estate Investors
• Federal Bank Could Foreclose on Commercial Properties From Bailed-Out Bear Stearns
• ¡MORE!

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