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A strong defense against a claim challenging a preference transfer is the "ordinary course of business" argument:

A strong defense against a claim challenging a preference transfer is the "ordinary course of business" argument:

{{cquote|ordinary course of business defense is intended to protect recurring, customary credit transactions that are incurred and paid in the ordinary course of business.  ... [A] “trustee may not avoid a transfer as a preference to the extent that such transfer was in payment of a debt incurred by the debtor in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the debtor and the transferee, and such transfer was” either “(A) made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the debtor and the transferee; or (B) made according to ordinary business terms.”  Davis v. All Points Packaging & Distrib. (In re Quebecor World (USA) Inc.), 491 B.R. 363, 368 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2013) (emphasis added), adopted by, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170359 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 25, 2013).}}

{{cquote|ordinary course of business defense is intended to protect recurring, customary credit transactions that are incurred and paid in the ordinary course of business.  ... [A] “trustee may not avoid a transfer as a preference to the extent that such transfer was in payment of a debt incurred by the debtor in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the debtor and the transferee, and such transfer was” either “(A) made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the debtor and the transferee; or (B) made according to ordinary business terms.”  Davis v. All Points Packaging & Distrib. (In re Quebecor World (USA) Inc.), 491 B.R. 363, 368 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2013) (emphasis added), adopted by, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170359 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 25, 2013).}}

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