Rule 9006(b) Permits Bankruptcy Courts to Extend Statutes of Limitations
Extending statutes of limitations does not affect ‘substantive’ rights, thus the Rules Enabling Act does not preclude a rule from allowing an extension, Judge Julie Manning says.
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District Judge Reads the Safe Harbor Broadly to Immunize a Leveraged Buyout
Although a stock purchase and a loan payoff were one month apart, a district judge in Indiana found a sufficient nexus to invoke the safe harbor and dismiss a fraudulent transfer suit.
Section 546(g)'s Safe Harbor Doesn’t Apply in an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors
A federal district judge in New York holds that the safe harbor in Section 546(g) doesn’t preempt state fraudulent transfer laws.