08/19/2011 – Defendant’s Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss filed in the Spansion, Inc. Adversary Proceedings by Barclays Capital Inc. before Chief, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey in the District of Delaware filed by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Wilmington, DE) attorneys Robert J. Stearn, Jr. and Amanda R. Steele.

Defendant had nothing to rebut in this reply brief. The sole objective of the reply was to assure that the focus remained on the gross deficiencies of the fraudulent transfer claim in the existing complaint. 

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08/12/2011 – Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss filed in the Spansion, Inc. Adversary Proceedings by Barclays Capital Inc. before Chief, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey in the District of Delaware filed by Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC (Wilmington, DE) attorney Ronald S. Gellert; ASK Financial LLP (St. Paul, MN) attorneys Joseph L. Steinfeld, Jr. and Karen M. Scheibe .

Pirinate Consulting Group, LLC, Claims Agent (the “Plaintiff”) for the Chapter 11 Estates of Spansion, Inc., et al. (the “Debtors”), filed this opposition to the Motion to Dismiss (the “Motion to Dismiss”) filed by defendant, Barclays Capital Inc. (the “Defendant”). Plaintiff is in the awkward position of requesting leave to amend its complaint to preserve its fraudulent conveyance count by alleging that the $1.5 million “preferential payment” to the Defendant was actually a retainer that was not fully earned. With no effort made to support a contention that the original complaint adequately alleged a constructive fraudulent transfer, practically the entire brief is premised on a proposed amended complaint. The real question presented by this brief is whether Chief, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey will grant leave to amend. While the Plaintiff is unapologetic as to the deficiencies in the original complaint, the Plaintiff forcefully argues that it has a good fraudulent conveyance case … if the amended complaint is allowed.

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Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss filed in the Spansion, Inc. Adversary Proceedings by Barclays Capital Inc. before Chief, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey in the District of Delaware filed by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Wilmington, DE) attorneys Robert J. Stearn, Jr. and Julie A. Finocchiaro.

Defendant Barclays Capital Inc. (“Defendant”), filed this motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) seeking dismissal of only the counts of the complaint based on claims of constructive fraudulent transfer pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 548(a)(1)(B), authorized post-petition transfer under 11 U.S.C. § 549, and disallowance of claims pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 502(d) and (j). The preferential transfer count pursuant to to 11 U.S.C. § 547 is left alone. The complaint was filed by plaintiff Pirinate Consulting Group, LLC (“Plaintiff”), Claims Agent for the bankruptcy estates of Spansion, Inc., et al. (the “Debtors”). This brief was filed back in April, 2011, and on its face, this simple, seven page brief is unimpressive.  Its tactical brilliance was only revealed by Plaintiff’s August 12, 2011 response.

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