business Cases
July 28, 2020
8th Circuit , Nebraska ,
Reclamation creditors no longer have liens or administrative claims if a secured lender sucks up all the value in reclaimed goods.
July 27, 2020
A split panel on the Sixth Circuit held that Section 959(b) barred the debtor from halting participation in a state employees’ pension plan.
July 24, 2020
More than 600 cases have already been filed under the SBRA since subchapter V of chapter 11 became effective in February.
July 22, 2020
Second Circuit prevents ‘artful drafting’ from evading the cap on golden parachutes under Section 502(b)(7).
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 17, 2020
Did the Supreme Court’s Acevedo opinion preclude annulling the stay? The Ninth Circuit BAP says ‘no.’
July 16, 2020
Can student loans be wiped out as fraudulent transfers that aren’t dischargeable under Section 523(a)(8)?
July 15, 2020
Courts are divided on discharging fines in a corporate chapter 11 case when the government itself was not defrauded.
July 14, 2020
In a fraudulent transfer of a contract claim, a subsequent recipient of cash proceeds from the claim has no liability under Section 550(a)(2), according to the Tenth Circuit.
July 13, 2020
4th Circuit , Maryland ,
The SBRA can be used to extinguish a creditors’ committee previously appointed in a ‘traditional’ chapter 11 case.