On November 22, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that two separate private equity funds managed by the same general partner/management firm were not liable for the pension fund withdrawal...more
12/19/2019
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Business Formation ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Investment Portfolios ,
Joint and Several Liability ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Limited Partnerships ,
Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act (MPPAA) ,
Multiemployer Plan ,
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Private Equity Funds ,
Sun Capital Partners ,
Withdrawal Liability
Dealing a major blow to the trustee’s efforts to recover fraudulent transfers on behalf of the bankruptcy estate of the company run by Bernard Madoff, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern...more
8/6/2014
/ Bankruptcy Code ,
Bernie Madoff ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Cross-Border ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Feeder Funds ,
Foreign Investment Fund ,
Fraudulent Transfers ,
Insolvency ,
Judge Rakoff ,
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