January 2, 2020
A PACA trust lacks the hallmarks of a trust, so a failure to pay a produce supplier doesn’t give rise to a nondischargeable debt for defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity, Judge Goldgar says.
December 30, 2019
Appeals court upholds finding that the mortgage securities market in 2007 was declining, not dysfunctional.
December 26, 2019
The Texas UFTA Has No ‘Futility Defense’ When a Transferee Is on Inquiry Notice
December 26, 2019
Fifth Circuit should decide en banc whether nondebtor releases are permissible in receiverships but not in bankruptcy cases.
December 23, 2019
Third Circuit emphasizes the limitation of nonconsensual, third-party releases to ‘exceptional’ cases.
December 20, 2019
Now on the district court bench, then-Bankruptcy Judge Frank Volk was upheld in a tricky case involving the government’s right of setoff.
December 19, 2019
Virginia case highlights the damage that will be done to debtor protections if affirmative action is required for a stay violation.
December 18, 2019
Pleas to injustice and unfairness failed to persuade the Seventh Circuit to depart from a state law exemption for wages.
December 17, 2019
A divided Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that an inherited IRA, not exempt under federal law, is exempt under state law.
December 16, 2019
Over a dissent, the Sixth Circuit holds that FERC may offer its opinion but may not bar a bankruptcy court from rejecting a power purchase agreement after considering the public interest.