September 11, 2020
Bankruptcy Judge Glenn hints that the lenders and the debtor should mediate tough questions about the enforceability of a $150 million ‘sale’ of future credit card receivables.
September 10, 2020
Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn imposed civil contempt sanctions for ignoring court orders over five years.
September 2, 2020
The power to order disgorgement of fees arose under Section 105(a), not from Sections 330 or 331.
August 18, 2020
New York district judge differs with the Third Circuit on a bankruptcy court’s constitutional power to issue nondebtor, third-party releases.
July 29, 2020
New York judge gives casinos the responsibility for assuring that a gambler’s use of a corporate ATM card is not a fraudulent transfer.
July 21, 2020
New York district judge agrees with the ABI Journal: Congress did not succeed in requiring trustees to file small-dollar avoidance actions in the defendant’s district.
July 15, 2020
Courts are divided on discharging fines in a corporate chapter 11 case when the government itself was not defrauded.
June 30, 2020
A properly drafted union contract still failed to leave a company officer with a nondischargeable debt for failing to make employer contributions to a union welfare fund.
June 26, 2020
Is Taggart just a defense that can be waived, or must a debtor plead and prove ‘no objectively reasonable basis’ in a motion for contempt of discharge?
June 23, 2020
The expansive definition of a ‘financial institution’ allows fraudulent transfers to be structured so that no one will ever be held liable.