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UB Greensfelder LLP

Chasing the Crypto: Why a Ruling in the Madoff Case May Significantly Expand the Universe of FTX Clawback Defendants

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While there are still many unknowns in FTX’s bankruptcy including what, exactly, happened to billions of dollars of customer deposits on the former crypto trading platform, one thing is almost certain: there will be an...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Second Circuit Confirms Madoff Trustee’s Ability to Recover Foreign Transfers

The Bottom Line - In vacating judgments from both the District Court and the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York, the Second Circuit held, in In re Picard, 917 F.3d 85 (2d Cir. 2019), that the trustee...more

A&O Shearman

The Reach of Avoidance – Second Circuit Court of Appeals Holds in Madoff that Bankruptcy Code Can Be Used to Recover Subsequent...

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On February 25, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision holding that a trustee is not barred by either the presumption against extraterritoriality or by international comity...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Second Circuit Allows Avoidance Actions Against Foreign Transferees in Madoff Proceeding

On February 25, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of avoidance actions brought by Irving Picard, the trustee (Trustee) for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff...more

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Unit-linked policies: a new judgement of the Italian Supreme Court

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On 5 March the Italian Supreme Court issued a new important judgment on unit-linked policies and their nature....more

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Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Putative Class Action As Precluded By SLUSA

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On August 17, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action asserting breach of contract and tort claims against the managers, auditors, consultant, and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

2nd Circ. Raises Bar For US Jurisdiction Over Foreign Banks

On Feb. 9, 2018, the Second Circuit decided SPV Osus Ltd. v. UBS AG , affirming the dismissal of UBS AG and related and unrelated foreign financial management companies from litigation brought by alleged victims of the...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Claims, Finding No Personal Jurisdiction Where Defendants Were Not "At Home" In The Forum And...

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On February 9, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of aiding and abetting claims against UBS AG, AIA LLC, and their affiliated entities and individuals. SPV Osus Ltd. v. UBS...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court’s Nullification of Chapter 15 Debtor’s Sale of Claim Due to Woefully Inadequate Price

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In the March/April 2013 edition of the Business Restructuring Review, we reported on an opinion by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York concluding that a chapter 15 debtor’s sale of claims against...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Second Circuit Narrows Scope of SLUSA Preclusion

In In re Kingate Management Ltd. Litigation, No. 11-1397, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 6725 (2d Cir. Apr. 23, 2015), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that in order for the Securities Litigation Uniform...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Second Circuit Holds That SIPA Does Not Permit an Inflation or Interest Adjustment to “Net Equity” Claims For Customer Property

In In re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, No. 14-97-bk(L), 2015 WL 727965 (2d Cir. Feb. 20, 2015), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that no adjustment for inflation or interest could...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Second Circuit Denies Petition for En Banc Review of Fairfield Decision

On January 13, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied a petition for en banc review of the Second Circuit’s September 2014 panel decision holding that bankruptcy courts are required to review the...more

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Second Circuit Fails to See the Comity in Chapter 15

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In Krys v. Farnum Place, the Second Circuit ruled that, in a Chapter 15 ancillary proceeding, a SIPA claim is within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States and its sale by the Foreign Representative must be...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

D&O Coverage: The Devil Is In the Details

A five-paragraph opinion by the New York Appellate Division suggests the potentially devastating consequences of ignoring the fine print of Directors & Officers Liability insurance policies. In Associated Community Bancorp.,...more

Cooley LLP

Supreme Court Declines to Consider Madoff Appeal

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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up an appeal brought by Irving Picard, the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee charged with recovering assets on behalf of Madoff’s bankruptcy estate and distributing them to...more

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