Bankruptcy Litigation

Tax Foreclosure in New York Can Be a Fraudulent Transfer, District Judge Says

The Supreme Court’s BFP opinion on mortgage foreclosures held not applicable to tax foreclosures in New York.

Dismissing a Bankruptcy Won’t Fend Off Invocation of Judicial Estoppel

Eleventh Circuit holds that dismissing bankruptcy comes too late if claims weren’t disclosed.
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Sixth Circuit Expounds on a Loophole in the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine

Bankruptcy court may overrule a state court that rules incorrectly on the discharge of a debt.
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A Casually Written Email by Counsel Can Be an Agreement in the Second Circuit

Mediation can result in a binding settlement even without a written agreement.
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