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Yes, new value can be repaid and applied to all prior preferences: the continuing saga of the new value defense to a preference claim. (Credit Column).(Column)

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| June 01, 2003 | Nathan, Bruce S. | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Association of Credit Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Introduction

In anticipation of the preference debate at the upcoming NACM Credit Congress, it is time to once again return to the PREFERENCE ZONE. Credit grantors cringe when they wander into the PREFERENCE ZONE, where they risk the disgorgement of payments first received from hard-pressed customers within 90 days of their bankruptcy filing and then claimed as preferences.

One of the most frequently invoked defenses to a preference claim is the new value defense. A trustee or debtor-in-possession cannot recover a payment as a preference where the creditor had extended new value in the form of credit sales of goods or services following the payment. ...

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