On November 7, 2014, in the neighboring jurisdiction of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, Dots, LLC, et al. ("Debtors" or "Dots") filed approximately 70 complaints seeking to avoid and recover alleged preferential transfers pursuant to Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, to disallow claims of the defendants pursuant to Section 502(d), and seeking attorneys' fees.

By way of background, the Debtors filed petitions for bankruptcy in the District of New Jersey on January 20, 2014. The Debtors are operating their businesses and managing their properties as debtors-in-possession.

The law firm of Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono, P.C. are special counsel to the Debtors in these various preference cases. The pretrial conference has been scheduled for January 22, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. These adversary actions, as well as the Debtors' bankruptcy proceeding, are before the Honorable Donald H. Steckworth.

For readers looking for more information concerning preference litigation, including an analysis of defenses that can be asserted, below are several articles on this topic:

Preference Payments: Brief Analysis of Preference Actions and Common Defenses

Minimizing Preference Exposure: Require Prepayment for Goods or Services

Minimizing Preference Exposure (Part II) – Contemporaneous Exchanges

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