Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 412: Listen and Learn -- Motions for Summary Judgment
What Litigants Need to Know about Summary Judgment
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In this appeal, the Eleventh Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision to grant the defendant summary judgment, finding, among other things, that equitable estoppel was a defense, not affirmative cause of action....more
BACKGROUND- A sugar distributor sought to acquire a sugar producer. The district court determined that the relevant product market included distributors as sources of refined sugar, in addition to sugar producers. The...more
On May 4, 2022, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Hawaii avoided, as fraudulent transfers, debtors’ guarantee of an affiliate entity’s preexisting debts. In 2019, Tianjin Dinghui Hongjun Equity Investment...more
Facing a $12.8 million judgment, a plaintiff sought recourse in a legal malpractice claim against his trial counsel for its alleged role in that unhappy result. But his undoing was the Business Court’s focus on whether he...more
In a recent summary order in an appeal from a bankruptcy court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reaffirmed that mere receipt of a fraudulent transfer is not always sufficient to render the recipient...more
In Austin v. Mitchell, a wife filed suit alleging her ex-husband fraudulently transferred a portion of his limited partnership interest in a family limited partnership to a trust for the benefit of his children. No....more
In our March Insurance Update, we discuss four state supreme court cases and four cybercrime cases. The state high courts address: •From whose perspective should a consent-to-settle provision be judged? •What standard...more
We have been tracking an ongoing reinsurance matter in which Odyssey Reinsurance Co. obtained a $3.2 million default judgment against Cal-Regent Insurance Services Corp. and Pacific Brokers Insurance Services (PBIS) as a...more
A California district court issued its latest decision arising from Odyssey Reinsurance Company’s ongoing effort to collect a $3.2 million default judgment against insurance agency Cal-Regent, its successor PBIS, and their...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined further developments in a case involving a former UBS investment advisor’s attempt to prevent the company from collecting on promissory notes the advisor owed to UBS upon...more
In a previous blog post, we discussed a situation in which actual fraud could be found where the transferor had the noblest of intentions and had demonstrated no intent to defraud creditors. This week, we address a situation...more
Several new California procedural rules went into effect on January 1, 2016. While we are several months into the new year, litigators may need a reminder of these new rules. The list below summarizes several of the notable...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently upheld the grant of summary judgment for the receiver of a business that was alleged to have participated in a Ponzi scheme, finding that the clawback of funds was...more