January 11, 2021
District judge explains why veil-piercing is easier to prove in Michigan than elsewhere.
January 7, 2021
Dissolved by forfeit, a corporation cannot reinstate a charter and may resort to bankruptcy only to liquidate, Judge Eduardo Rodriguez says.
December 1, 2020
The Eleventh Circuit makes federal common law to nail companies for a deceased affiliate’s pension underfunding.
December 2, 2019
To avoid liability for an underfunded pension plan, the First Circuit describes a structure for investors to employ when buying a sick company
September 23, 2019
Continuing the business after buying the assets from the lender at a foreclosure sale doesn’t bring successor liability.
July 24, 2019
Business judgment rule failed to protect directors of a Georgia bank for approving bad loans.
Business judgment rule failed to protect directors of a Georgia bank for approving bad loans.
May 14, 2019
Fifth Circuit rejects the ‘recodification canon’ to divest bankruptcy courts of jurisdiction over Social Security suits.
Fifth Circuit rejects the ‘recodification canon’ to divest bankruptcy courts of jurisdiction over Social Security suits.
August 29, 2018
By removing the incumbent board, a receiver can bar the old board from filing a bankruptcy petition, the Ninth Circuit holds.