By Scott Riddle Posted in Eleventh Circuit Cases,Georgia State Cases,Northern District CasesIn In re Hoffman, 2022 WL 203415 (11th Cir. January 24, 2022) (click here for .pdf) the issue before the Court was whether Roth IRAs were exempt pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §541(c)(2) or O.C.G.A. § 44-13-100(a)(2)(E). This is a case of first impression in the Circuit, based upon recent amendments to the Georgia exemption statutes.… Continue Reading
By Posted in Northern District CasesAfter a slow three weeks for Chapter 11 filings, Atlanta-based technology company Verso Technologies, Inc. (yahoo! Finance, Google Finance), and four related entities, filed Chapter 11 petitions in the Northern District of Georgia on April 25, 2008. The cases are — 08-67659 Verso Technologies, Inc. Filed: 04/25/2008 Entered: 04/25/2008 08-67660 Verso Backhaul Solutions, Inc. Filed: 04/25/2008 Entered: 04/25/2008 08-67661 Verso Verilink… Continue Reading
By Posted in News and CommentsFrom Bloomberg – April 11 (Bloomberg) — They’re talking more about Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy in Jefferson County, Alabama, the home of the largest city in the state, Birmingham. Who can blame them? The county is now being whipsawed by an ill-thought-out debt policy and the collapse of the bond insurers. Credit-rating downgrades all around… Continue Reading
