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Fraud Fraudulent Conveyance

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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In Dealing with Fraudulent Conveyances—The Rebuttable Presumption of Fraudulent Intent—IE CA 3 Holdings Ltd. v NYDIG ABL LLC, 2024...

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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

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Analysis of Fraudulent Conveyance Actions

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Disputes over allegedly fraudulent conveyances have become more common in bankruptcy cases. Fraudulent transfer allegations are also common in transactions such as leveraged buy-outs and recapitalizations. Analysts are...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

All You Need Is Love… And An Articulable Nexus Of Fraud

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What can you do when the parties you are suing are effectively judgment-proof? Oftentimes, plaintiffs will try to go after a defendant’s family member or related entity. ...more

Freeman Law

Fraudulent Conveyances

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Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code provides a bankruptcy trustee (or the debtor-in-possession) the power to set aside or “avoid” certain transfers of the debtor’s assets out of the bankruptcy estate that may otherwise place...more

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How To Avoid Ending Up In The Crosshairs Of The SEC In The Wake Of COVID-19

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has signaled that it expects to see an uptick in fraudulent accounting activities in the wake of the financial downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a similar vein, the Financial...more

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Asset Management Litigation/Enforcement Flash Report

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Especially in today’s economic and work environment, we find it helpful – and we therefore thought our clients would also find it helpful – to keep track of the important litigation and regulatory enforcement developments...more

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Fake Mineral Leases Thwarted by the Texas Legislature

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The 2019 Texas legislature enacted a new Property Code Section 5.152 to protect mineral and royalty owners from a certain species of fraudulent transactions perpetrated on trusting and/or naïve and/or out of state mineral...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Debt Dialogue: May 2017 - Lyondell Chemical Company: Litigation Trust’s Fraudulent Conveyance Claims Fail

Just one year after Lyondell Chemical Company (Lyondell) and Basell AF (Basell) consummated a nearly $20 billion merger of their businesses, the merged business of LyondellBasell Industries (LBI) “failed in a colossal...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Commercial Division allows fraudulent conveyance claims to proceed in two separate cases

In a pair of recent decisions, Justices Shirley W. Kornreich and Lawrence K. Marks of the Commercial Division ruled that creditors could proceed on their fraudulent conveyance claims seeking reversal of asset transfers made...more

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Stars Align As Second Circuit Limits Orion

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The Second Circuit recently reversed and remanded for further proceedings a S.D.N.Y decision dismissing claims asserted by POLSINELLI clients CBF Indústria de Gusa S/A, Da Terra Siderúrgica LTDA and several other Brazilian...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Supreme Court Reverses Fifth Circuit's Interpretation of "Actual Fraud"

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In a resounding 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved an existing split among the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, determining that "actual fraud" under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code does not require...more

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Affiliate Transfer: Fraudulent Conveyance or Unwinding Resulting Trust?

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A chapter 7 trustee sought to set aside as a debtor’s transfer of her interest in property held jointly with her husband to her husband’s corporation as a constructive fraudulent conveyance. The bankruptcy court agreed that...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Third Party is Liable For Attorney Fees to Party Damaged by Fraudulent Conveyance

In Cardinale v. Miller, 2014 DJDAR 252 (2014), the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District decided a unique civil procedure issue arising out of an attorney fee award to a judgment creditor. The court...more

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