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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 51 – The Compliance Week at 20 Edition
The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
Daily Compliance News: April 29, 2025, The GenZ/RTO Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – A Study in Scarlet, Introduction to Compliance Lessons
Unlocking the Secrets of Reverse Mortgages — The Consumer Finance Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - DOJ’s Reliance on FCA to Pursue Covid-Related Fraud
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 12, 2025
Elder Financial Exploitation
Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
An Ounce of Prevention Podcast | Preparing for the UK Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence
Sunday Book Review: March 23, 2025, The Hard-Boiled Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending, March 22, 2025
Daily Compliance News: March 14, 2025, The $200 Transaction Edition
PilieroMazza Annual Review: What DOJ’s 2024 FCA Report Means for Government Contractors
Episode 354 -- The New Era of Compliance: Generative AI, Data and Innovation
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 4 - A Focus on the FCA – Regulatory Oversight Podcast
On March 26, 2025, the United States Supreme Court decided United States v. Miller, No. 23-824, resolving a circuit split and holding that in an action brought under § 544(b) of the bankruptcy code, § 106(a)’s sovereign...more
Receivership is often considered when other remedies would be inadequate, providing a flexible alternative to more rigid legal processes like traditional litigation. It's particularly valuable when parties are unable to...more
For example, you make a commercial real estate loan and record your deed of trust. The borrower pays you for a time but then defaults. You tried loan forbearance and modification, but it was unsuccessful. The borrower falls...more
In the high-stakes trial, Coan et al. v. Dunne et al., Attorney Thomas H. Curran, representing Chapter 7 Trustee Richard M. Coan, successfully exposed the Irish developer Sean Dunne and his wife, Gayle Killilea’s unsuccessful...more
When a debtor files for bankruptcy, creditors often fear their claims will be wiped away. However, under Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code, certain debts are categorized as non-dischargeable, meaning the debtor cannot...more
On October 11, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (the SCC) rendered a decision clarifying the corporate attribution doctrine in the bankruptcy and insolvency context. Aquino v. Bondfield Construction Co.1 involved a dispute...more
As we noted in our Fraud and Commercial Loan Transactions: Post-Judgment Legal Strategies Webinar, fraud in commercial loan transactions presents significant challenges for creditors seeking to recover funds. Once a judgment...more
Once upon a time a good way to commit oil patch theft was to back a truck up to the tank battery in the middle of the night, fill ‘er up, and drive off into the darkness. In re: Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC shows...more
A requirement of proving a fraudulent conveyance occurred is establishing that the conveyance was fraudulently intended. Courts in British Columbia will rely on the presence of ‘badges of fraud’, such as whether the...more
Red Lobster Files for Bankruptcy, but Restaurants Will Stay Open | NBC News - The largest seafood chain in the U.S. Red Lobster has filed for voluntary bankruptcy in Florida, but it plans to keep its restaurants open. The...more
Retailer 99 Cents Only Files for Bankruptcy, Plans to Shut Down | Reuters - Budget retailer 99 Cents Only filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Wilmington, Delaware, and stated that it plans to shut down all of its...more
We have written in the past about exceptions to the general rule regarding a debtor’s ability to discharge debt in bankruptcy and achieve a “fresh start.” In a recent decision of interest, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth...more
Amazon to invest in Diamond Sports as part of bankruptcy deal | ABC News - Diamond Sports has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings since it filed for protection last March with debt of $8.67 billion. Amazon will partner...more
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code precludes a debtor from discharging a debt obtained by fraud, regardless of the debtor's own culpability. ...more
We have previously blogged about Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, No. 21-908, a Supreme Court case concerning the scope of the fraud exception to the dischargeability of debts in bankruptcy. Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code exempts...more
On March 7, Fishman Group PC President Marc Fishman pled no contest on behalf of the firm to stealing client assets by filing false proofs of service in collections cases. Previously, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel...more
The Bankruptcy Code generally allows a debtor to wipe out all pre-bankruptcy debts and get a fresh start in life. But not all debts are equal. Some debts can't be discharged, meaning they survive bankruptcy, and the...more
The discharge provided in bankruptcy is fundamental, allowing the “honest but unfortunate” debtor a fresh start. There are various exceptions to the discharge found in Sections 523 and 727 of the Bankruptcy Code—designed to...more
Below is our initial take on recent bankruptcy-related developments: Silvergate reported a $1 billion loss for the fourth quarter and said it is unable to meet an extended March 16 deadline for submitting its annual...more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision yesterday holding that a debtor may be barred from discharging a debt for money obtained by the fraud of a partner....more
In a unanimous decision handed down on Feb. 22, 2023, the Supreme Court reinforced one of the Bankruptcy Code’s important creditor protections. In Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, No. 21-908, 598 U.S. ___ (2023), the Court confirmed,...more
On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court (the “Court”) held that an individual chapter 7 debtor could not discharge a state court judgment arising from the fraudulent acts of her business partner even though the...more
The Supreme Court of the United States held that the Bankruptcy Code’s fraud-discharge exception covers debts obtained by fraud, regardless of who committed the fraud. Debtors who are liable for fraud on account of a...more
In Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 598 U.S. __ (2023), the United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, determined that a debtor could not discharge a judgment debt because the “debt...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions: Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, No. 21-908: This case analyzed the U.S. Bankruptcy Code’s prohibition of the discharge of debts that were incurred through...more