Seller, Beware

Companies that continue to supply to a customer after the customer files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection should take note of a recent decision from the Eleventh Circuit that required a supplier to return the money it was paid by a Chapter 11 debtor ' for goods shipped to the debtor post-petition ' because the debtor did not have authority to make the payment in the first place.

21 minute read June 18, 2010 at 09:16 AM
By
Ann Marie Uetz And Jennifer Hayes
Seller, Beware

Companies that continue to supply to a customer after the customer files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection should take note of a recent decision from the Eleventh Circuit that required a supplier to return the money it was paid by a Chapter 11 debtor ' for goods shipped to the debtor post-petition ' because the debtor did not have authority to make the payment in the first place.

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