September 21, 2021
Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo Rodriguez explained why the Second Circuit was wrong in ruling that violators of Rule 3002.1 are only liable for compensatory damages.
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 16, 2021
Lack of authority on point is no defense to a willful violation of the automatic stay, according to the Third Circuit.
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 14, 2021
On a question where the courts are split, a New Jersey bankruptcy judge allowed the chapter 13 debtor to retain a $100,000 increase in value when he sold his home.
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.