PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - ERISA Forfeiture Litigation
In a recent post, I discussed three situations in which a debtor in bankruptcy might find itself dispossessed of assets that appeared to be property of the bankruptcy estate. This article expands on that general idea and...more
Nearly sixty years ago, Justice Hugo Black wrote that the Bankruptcy Act of 1898 “simply does not authorize a trustee to distribute other people’s property among a bankrupt’s creditors.” Pearlman v. Reliance Ins. Co., 371...more
Ontario’s New Corporate Forfeiture Regime and Corporate Record Keeping Requirements - What’s Happening? On December 10, 2016 Ontario will repeal the compact and concise Escheats Act (the “Old EA”) that has served...more