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Supreme Court Resolves Section 544 Sovereign Immunity Question

We have previously blogged about the Tenth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Miller, a case that concerns the relationship between section 544(b)(1) and section 106(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. As we explained in our...more

Court Orders Removal of Couple from Upper East Side Mansion

While the bankruptcy world’s eyes are locked on the genetic code up for auction in 23andMe’s chapter 11 proceedings, we are also focused on a more old fashioned asset: New York City real estate. 19 East 75th Street (the...more

Non-Creditor was Entitled to Actual Notice of A Chapter 11 Plan’s Injunction Barring Suits Against Insurance Carriers

A federal district judge recently affirmed a bankruptcy judge’s ruling that a non-creditor was entitled to actual notice of an injunction that would bar the non-creditor from suing the debtors’ insurance carriers. In re Boy...more

What To Do When You Expect a Debtor Has Committed Bankruptcy Fraud

The U.S. bankruptcy system is generally an efficient mechanism for companies and individuals seeking to restructure their debts and obtain a fresh start. However, the effectiveness of the bankruptcy system relies on integrity...more

Posts Resource Library Subscribe Prosecutors May Use Evidence Obtained from Trustee Without Warrant

We have blogged previously about the intersection of fraud and bankruptcy. A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California justifies an addition to that series of posts. Thomas...more

Seventh Circuit Addresses Scope of Section 546(e)

We have previously blogged about the section 546(e) defense to a trustee’s avoidance powers under the Bankruptcy Code. A trustee has broad powers to set aside certain transfers made by debtors before bankruptcy. See 11 U.S.C....more

Citing Knowledge of Irregularities in Purported Ponzi Scheme, Bankruptcy Court Deems Pre-Bankruptcy Transfers Fraudulent

Publicly, Diamond Finance Co. (“Diamond”) provided car loans to individuals with less-than-stellar credit. While Diamond did have “some actual business,” its purpose “quickly became a front to lure unsuspecting investors.”...more

Second Circuit Clarifies Tribune in New Decision

We have previously blogged about the section 546(e) defense to a trustee’s avoidance powers under the Bankruptcy Code. A trustee has broad powers to set aside certain transfers made by debtors before bankruptcy. See 11...more

An Update on the Ongoing Fight Over the United States Trustee’s Fees

The United States Trustee Program is responsible for the efficient administration of bankruptcy cases throughout most of the country. Since 1986, the Trustee Program has covered all states except North Carolina and Alabama,...more

Tenth Circuit Holds that Sovereign Immunity Does Not Limit Section 544 Claim

Section 544(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code enables a trustee to step into the shoes of a creditor and avoid a transfer “of an interest of the debtor in property” that an unsecured creditor could avoid under applicable state...more

New Ruling on Remedy for Disparity in Bankruptcy Fees

We have blogged a few times about the Supreme Court’s decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald and its implications. In Siegel, the Supreme Court invalidated the disparity in debtor-paid fees prevailing in most of 2018 between the 88...more

Applying the Barton Doctrine, the Fifth Circuit Deepends Its Schism with the Eleventh

In a recent per curium opinion, the Fifth Circuit recommitted to its practice of dismissing claims against court-appointed fiduciaries when plaintiffs fail to obtain permission before bringing suit.  The court rested its...more

SCOTUS Grants Certiorari, Remands U.S. Trustee Fee Dispute to Second Circuit

The ramifications of uneven increases to fees in chapter 11 bankruptcies continue to ripple through federal courts. As we discussed previously, Congress enacted legislation in 2017 that temporarily increased U.S....more

11/1/2022  /  Certiorari , Chapter 11 , Fees , Remand , SCOTUS , Trustees

Court Says Creditor Can Sue a Liquidating Trustee without Prior Permission

A bankruptcy court ruled that a creditor didn’t need to seek derivative standing to sue a liquidating trustee.  The creditor, himself a trustee of the debtor’s employee stock-option plan, had standing to sue without prior...more

Delaware Court Finds Texas’s Trust Fund Doctrine Lives, but Debtor’s Fiduciary Claims Dead on Arrival

A Delaware bankruptcy court recently held that Texas’s “trust fund doctrine” remains applicable for companies that have not availed themselves of Texas’s formal dissolution process.  Nonetheless, fiduciary claims by a...more

One Bankruptcy Court’s Analysis of a Motion to Dismiss Avoidance Claims: The Analytical Framework

A federal judge recently allowed a trustee’s preferential transfer claim against a law firm to proceed but dismissed a constructive fraudulent transfer claim. The decision highlights the pleading standards and analytical...more

Critical Vendors Aren’t Immune from Lawsuits to Recover Preferential Transfers

Some courts permit debtors to designate vendors crucial to their business as “critical vendors.” These vendors supply debtors with necessary goods or services. Debtors are permitted to pay them amounts owing when a...more

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Issues Decision on Whether a Debtor Can Be a “Financial Participant”

We have blogged previously about section 546(e), the Bankruptcy Code’s safe harbor for certain transfers otherwise subject to avoidance as preferences or fraudulent transfers. See 11 U.S.C. § 546(e). Among the transfers...more

New Appeals Court Ruling on the Scope of Subsequent Transferee Liability Under Section 550

Section 550 of the Bankruptcy Code provides that, when a transfer is avoided under one of several other sections of the Code, a trustee may recover “the property transferred, or, if the court so orders, the value of such...more

Fraudulent Transfers and Constructive Fraud in the Contracts and Torts Contexts

A recent decision, In re: Grandparents.com, Inc.., et al., Debtors. Joshua Rizack, as Liquidating Tr., Plaintiff, v. Starr Indemnity & Liability Company, Defendant, Additional Party Names: Grand Card LLC, provides insight on...more

Bankruptcy Court Closes Chapter 11 Cases Even with an Appeal Pending and Over the Objection of the U.S. Trustee.

Debtors in chapter 11 cases are required to make quarterly payments to the United States Trustee’s Office. These fees support the UST Program that serves in all districts but those in two states. Quarterly fees must be paid...more

Bankruptcy Courts Don’t Need to Hold an Evidentiary Hearing in Order to Appoint a Chapter 11 Trustee

The U.S. Bankruptcy Code allows debtors to stay in control of their businesses in chapter 11. But the Code also empowers bankruptcy judges to replace a debtor’s management in certain circumstances with an outside trustee....more

Bankruptcy Court Addresses Standard For Recovery Of An Alleged Fraudulent Transfer From A Subsequent Transferee

The Bankruptcy Code gives a trustee powers to avoid certain pre-bankruptcy transfers of the debtor’s property to other entities. For example, a trustee can avoid transfers made with the intent to impair the ability of...more

District Court Rules on Property of the Debtor Requirement for Fraudulent Transfer Claims

Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code enables trustees to avoid certain pre-bankruptcy transfers of “an interest of the debtor in property,” where the transfer was intended to defraud creditors or where the transfer was made...more

Wagoner Rule, Episode 2: An Outsider Serving a Managerial Role Is an Insider

We previously discussed Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn’s analysis of the Wagoner Rule in the Feltman v. Kossoff & Kossoff LLP (In re TS Empl., Inc.) case. The bankruptcy trustee (the “Trustee”) had asserted a fraud claim...more

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