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Minnesota Court Untangles Who Owns What Claim in the Fallout of a Ponzi Scheme

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The collapse of a Ponzi scheme usually follows a familiar pattern. When the scheme is exposed, the company created by the schemer—which is usually little more than a sham entity—is placed into receivership or declares...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Applies Plain Meaning of Insurance Policy Language to Reverse $48 Million Defense Cost Award

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An unbroken sequence of Delaware trial court decisions have reflected strong pro-policyholder leaning in insurance cases in furtherance of the state’s pro-business model. Following the most recent of these pro-policyholder...more

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Third Circuit Rules That Transfer by Nondebtor Is Not Avoidable as Fraudulent Transfer Under Delaware UFTA

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In Crystallex International Corp. v. Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., 879 F.3d 79 (3d Cir. 2018), a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that transfers by nondebtor subsidiary corporations to their ultimate...more

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Foreign Debtors’ Forum Shopping Warranted Stay of U.S. Avoidance Litigation

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Even if a U.S. court has jurisdiction over a lawsuit involving foreign litigants, the court may conclude that a foreign court is better suited to adjudicate the dispute because either: (i) it would be more convenient, fair,...more

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Split Third Circuit Holds Transfer By Non-Debtor Cannot Be Fraudulent Transfer

Refusing to rely on “equitable principles” when interpreting the Delaware Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (DUFTA), the Third Circuit (2-1 decision) in Crystallex Int’l Corp. v. Petroleos De Venezuela, S.A, et als. held that a...more

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Florida Banks: Beware of Eleventh Circuit Decision Implications

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Banks beware: At the very least in Florida, you may be liable for negligence and “aiding and abetting fraud” to non-customers for trust funds deposited by a bank customer that were obtained by the customer through fraud,...more

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