Recently in the Powerwave Technologies Inc. bankruptcy action, the Chapter 7 Trustee filed in excess of 100 preference actions seeking to avoid and recover alleged preferential transfers pursuant to Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code. To read a prior post on the filing of these actions, click here.
Earlier this month, the Chapter 7 Trustee filed a Motion to for an Order: (I) Further Extending Deadline to Effect Service of Original Process, (II) Waiving Requirement Of Local Rule 7004-1 For Clerk To Serve Foreign Defendants, (III) Setting A Timeline For Foreign Defendants To Answer Or Otherwise Respond Pursuant To Local Rule 7012-2, and (IV) Granting Related Relief Filed by Charles A. Stanziale Jr. Additionally, the Chapter 7 Trustee filed a Motion for an Order Further Extending Deadline to Effect Service of Original Process.
On May 21, 2015, the Court entered an Order Approving Motion of Trustee for an Order Further Extending Deadline to Effect Service of Original Process (the "Extension Order"), along with an Order Approving Emergent Motion of the Chapter 7 Trustee for an Order (I) Further Extending Deadline to Effect Service of Original Process, (II) Waiving Requirement Of Local Rule 7004-1 For Clerk To Serve Foreign Defendants, (III) Setting A Timeline For Foreign Defendants To Answer Or Otherwise Respond Pursuant To Local Rule 7012-2, And (IV) Granting Related Relief (the "Service Order").
Through the Extension Order, the Court extended the deadline for the Trustee to serve process on foreign defendants in these actions to September 24, 2015. Through the Service Order, among other things, the Court waived Local Rule 7004-1 for the clerk to Serve foreign defendants, and set a deadline for foreign defendants to respond to the complaint to October 26, 2015.
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