Section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code provides a mechanism designed to preserve the creditor/shareholder risk allocation paradigm by categorically subordinating claims asserted against a debtor by ...

Last year, we posted It just got a little bit harder to enforce judgment liens, which analyzed a Court of Appeals decision that invalidated a judgment lien against third-party purchasers due to the ...

A Baltimore County jury has awarded damages of more than $176,000 against a longtime Pikesville lawyer who erroneously assured a client that a judgment lien on his Howard County home had been ...

At the end of a lawsuit, the prevailing party often ends up with a final judgment awarding it some monetary amount from the losing party. This amount can include amounts for damages, attorney fees and ...

Q:My partner and I own a four-unit apartment building as tenants in common. A few years ago, my partner lost a negligence lawsuit, and the court rendered a $200,000 judgment against him. He has a ...

Dad was a debtor and owned 49% LLC (Mom owned 49%, and Son owned the other 2%). Creditor first moved to reverse veil-pierce the LLC, and the Court denied this request. Creditor then obtained a ...

In its latest effort to authenticate its broker records database, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is cracking down on firms who have brokers with undisclosed liens and judgments. In ...

Albert Barcroft appeals the trial court’s order of May 4, 2001, denying his “Motion for Judicial Review of a Documentation Purporting to Create a Judgment Lien.” See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. 51.902 ...

In life, Alfred M. Hagler shared a name with his son, unfettered by appellations like “Jr.” or “Sr.” that would distinguish one from the other. In death, the address they also shared remains subject ...