In a 2021 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived nearly 100 lawsuits seeking to recover fraudulent transfers made as part of the Madoff Ponzi scheme. In one of the latest chapters in that resurrected...more
2/5/2024
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Bankruptcy Court ,
Bernie Madoff ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Fraudulent Transfers ,
Motion to Amend ,
New York ,
Securities Fraud ,
Setoff Rights ,
SIPA ,
Trustees ,
Unjust Enrichment
Chapter 15 Update: U.S. Bankruptcy Court Refuses To Enforce Order Approving Indonesian Debt Restructuring Plan Due To Third-party Releases -
Cross-border bankruptcy cases filed in the U.S. under chapter 15 of the...more
7/23/2021
/ Article III ,
Bankruptcy Court ,
Chapter 11 ,
Chapter 15 ,
Comity ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Foreign Bankruptcies ,
Restructuring ,
Safe Harbors ,
Setoff Rights ,
Sharia Law ,
Standing ,
Subordination Agreement ,
Third-Party ,
Tolling
In In re Arcapita Bank B.S.C., 2021 WL 1603608 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Apr. 23, 2021), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York addressed the interaction between purported setoff rights arising under...more