by Jeff Folkersen | Apr 25, 2012 | Blog
Our firm has reached plenty of milestones over the years, but one has always slipped through our grasp. All the years of hard work paid off recently when we received notice about something truly monumental in this firm’s history: We have been cordially invited to...
by Jeff Folkersen | Apr 5, 2012 | Blog
Our last day started with breakfast at the Westin hotel on Wednesday with a new friend, from PriceWaterhouse Coopers. Then some quick shopping for gifts for the families. We went to YuYuan Garden area. Just past the Pizza Hut, Starbucks and the McDonalds, there are...
by Jeff Folkersen | Apr 3, 2012 | Blog
On Tuesday morning, Kirk and I took the high speed train from Beijing to Shanghai. After a harrowing experience at the train station (when NONE of our credit or debit cards seemed to work), we were able to get sufficient RMB from an ATM and buy our tickets. In the...
by Jeff Folkersen | Apr 1, 2012 | Blog
Kirk Burkley and I are in Beijing for client and new contact visits. We arrived on Saturday evening and made our way through the horrible traffic from the airport. The taxi ride was almost 90 minutes, tedious after a 14-hour plane flight. Only later did we learn...
by Jeff Folkersen | Feb 17, 2012 | Blog
Under Pennsylvania law, a judgment entered against a debtor creates a judgment lien against any real property that your debtor owns in the county where the judgment was entered. This occurs by operation of law the moment the judgment is indexed. This is a valuable...
by Jeff Folkersen | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog
by Bernstein-Burkley Bernstein Law Firm often represents creditors in consumer bankruptcy cases, whether for clients directly or as local counsel. Most of the time, the debtor on the other side of the matter is represented by counsel, but sometimes they represent...
by Jeff Folkersen | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
By Arthur Zamosky, Esq. In Pennsylvania, ejectment is an action by a party who does not posses certain land but has a right to do so. The action is brought against a Defendant who has actual possession of the land. An ejectment action can also be used to determine a...
by Jeff Folkersen | Jan 16, 2012 | Blog
A trade-for-debt equity swap offered by a debtor to a large creditor can provide a viable alternative to liquidation while offering that creditor potential more value on its debt and a role in the company’s future growth. Specifically, where a failing business is in...
by Jeff Folkersen | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog
by Bernstein-Burkley An interesting question was addressed by the Supreme Court in June of 2011 regarding the limits of bankruptcy court jurisdiction. In the case of Stern v. Marshall, the Supreme Court held that Section 157(b)(2)(c) of the Bankruptcy Code...
by Jeff Folkersen | Nov 17, 2011 | Blog
Many times a matter involving breach of contract will come down to who has the best documentation. You could be completely in the right but if you haven’t kept proper documentation and records of all activity with customers you may have no way to prove it. In order to...
