GM Ignition Switch Litigation Makes Law on Punitive Damages and Law of the Case
Ten years later, courts are still sorting out who’s liable for Old GM’s failure to disclose a known defect.
Connecticut Judge Takes Sides in a Circuit Split on Trademark License Rejection
A ‘cert’ petition is in the works to resolve the circuit split from Lubrizol regarding the rejection of trademark licenses.
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Claims Located in the U.S. Make a Foreign Debtor Eligible for Chapter 15
The Second Circuit’s Barnet opinion on Section 109(a)’s requirement of property in the U.S. is satisfied by claims located in the U.S.
Chapter 15 Allows Discovery Not Available under Foreign Law, New York Judge Says
Bankruptcy Judge Shelley C. Chapman skirts an arbitration agreement to allow discovery.
Non-Consensual Third-Party Releases Pass Muster in Chapter 15
Principles of comity justify enforcing a U.K. scheme of arrangement that releases non-filed affiliates’ guarantees.
Debtor Successfully Claims an Exemption 19 Years after Discharge
Law v. Siegel allows exempting an asset that had not been scheduled.
Structured Finance Protects Tuition Payments from Fraudulent Transfer Suits
Children were the initial transferees of tuition payments, thus giving schools the ‘good faith’ defense to fraudulent transfers.
Not a ‘Mechanical Rule,’ Judicial Estoppel Requires Benefit, Second Circuit Says
Judicial estoppel requires ‘an effort to game the bankruptcy system.’
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District Court Endorses Opt-Out to Confirm Substantive Consolidation Plans
Augie/Restivo problems are avoided by including opt-out provisions in a substantive consolidation chapter 11 plan.
Madoff Opinions Ease Pleading Requirements in Suits Against Subsequent Transferees
Bankruptcy Judge Vyskocil holds that alter ego need not be alleged to recover from a corporation’s sole shareholder as the beneficiary of a fraudulent transfer.