Fraudulent Transfers

Fifth Circuit Expands Bartenwerfer to Saddle Alter Egos with Nondischargeable Debts

An alter ego may be of the same ilk as a partnership or agency, so there may be no inconsistency between the Fifth Circuit opinion and the Bartenwerfer concurrence.
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It’s Ok to Avoid a Fraudulent Transfer Even if It Makes the Debtor Solvent, Circuit Says

The Second Circuit found discretion to avoid a constructively fraudulent transfer of exempt property that would have enabled the debtor to pay her creditors in full.
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Foreign Sovereign Immunity Bars the Madoff Trustee from Recovering $20 Million

A district judge in New York reversed the bankruptcy court, which had held that a Kuwaiti public pension fund was not entitled to sovereign immunity for having engaged in commercial activity.

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