business Cases
September 20, 2021
10th Circuit , Utah ,
The Tenth Circuit will likely take sides on a split between the Ninth and Seventh Circuits on Section 544(b) state-law claims brought by a trustee in the shoes of an actual creditor.
September 17, 2021
Properly structuring a leveraged refinancing in the Second Circuit can avoid attack as a fraudulent transfer despite the Supreme Court’s effort at narrowing the ‘safe harbor.’
September 15, 2021
9th Circuit , Arizona ,
Would Section 364(c) validate a “PPP” loan even if an order compelling the SBA to make the loan was reversed on appeal?
September 13, 2021
Eleventh Circuit limits its own precedent to say that pawn lenders aren’t entirely immune from bankruptcy.
September 10, 2021
Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district judge in New York held that a civil penalty wasn’t discharged even though the fraud wasn’t committed against the government.
September 9, 2021
Judge Vaughan explains why a foreign debtor isn’t required to have a presence in the U.S. before the debtor’s foreign representatives can win recognition under chapter 15.
September 8, 2021
The ‘conduct’ test in the Seventh Circuit, not the ‘accrual test,’ determines when a claim arose and whether it was discharged.
September 7, 2021
Although Section 1141(d)(1) sets a default rule only discharging claims that arose before confirmation, Circuit Judge Ambro says that a plan may alter the default rule and allow discharge of administrative claims arising after confirmation.
September 2, 2021
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
The Supreme Court’s Grupo Mexicano decision doesn’t bar a bankruptcy court from freezing a defendant’s assets prior to judgment in a fraud action, Judge Sontchi says.
August 31, 2021
Paying more to the sole creditor in the only accepting class unfairly discriminated against other unsecured creditors, Judge Jennemann said.