Christina Paradowski

Christina Paradowski

November 24, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Lifetime Memberships May Not Be for Life if Bankruptcy Intervenes

With the proliferation of bankruptcy proceedings for country clubs, golf clubs, health clubs, many "members" who were enticed into what appeared to be attractive packages for so-called lifetime memberships may be sorely dismayed when they learn that an intervening bankruptcy proceeding may wipe out their so-called lifetime membership benefits.

By Charles Tatelbaum, Christina Paradowski and Brittany Hynes

4 minute read

April 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Sellers Beware—Conventional Consignments Are a Thing of the Past

The March 11 opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in IPC (USA). v Kathryn A. Ellis, is a stark reminder to all businesses that sell goods on consignment that the combination of the Bankruptcy Code and the Uniform Commercial Code has virtually eliminated conventional and traditional consignments.

By Charles M. Tatelbaum and Christina Paradowski

5 minute read

January 15, 2019 | Daily Business Review

11th Circ.: Direct Payments to a Secured Creditor in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Are Not Discharged

On Dec. 6, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a Chapter 13 plan stating that a secured debt will be paid directly to the creditor does not constitute the debt being “provided for” by the plan, and thereby precluding a discharge of that debt.

By Christina Paradowski

5 minute read