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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Fifth Circuit Affirms Bar Orders in Receivership, Bars Creditors From Pursuing Claims Against Settling Defendants

In a 2-1 opinion dated July 22, 2019, the Fifth Circuit held that third parties who paid a receiver to settle estate claims against them are entitled to an order barring other creditors from suing the settling third parties...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Fifth Circuit Considers Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases Outside of Bankruptcy

We’ve focused a lot on third-party releases lately, as bankruptcy courts across the country continue to evaluate whether and under what circumstances they are permissible. But, as a recent opinion of the United States Court...more

Dechert LLP

The Fifth Circuit Shifts the Risk of Doing Business with Fraudulent Enterprises to Trade Creditors

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When a debtor pays the market cost for goods and services provided to it by third-party vendors, these payments normally cannot be recovered as fraudulent transfers in the U.S. That is because the debtor receives reasonably...more

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