January 13, 2020
Even though the debtor defaulted, Judge Christopher Klein held a trial and ruled that the lender had not relied on a false loan application.
January 10, 2020
A nonprecedential opinion applies Fifth Circuit authority to achieve a result that’s equitable for the debtor and creditors, and maybe also for a personal injury defendant.
December 26, 2019
The Texas UFTA Has No ‘Futility Defense’ When a Transferee Is on Inquiry Notice
Fifth Circuit should decide en banc whether nondebtor releases are permissible in receiverships but not in bankruptcy cases.
December 13, 2019
The Supreme Court wants the government’s opinion about comity and the extraterritorial application of Sections 548 and 550.
December 4, 2019
Eighth Circuit was compelled to overrule its own precedent that permitted the bankruptcy court to bar a debtor from amending schedules based on bad faith.
November 20, 2019
The ‘fugitive disentitlement doctrine’ does not allow a federal court to dismiss an appeal because of a fugitive’s contempt of a state court order, the First Circuit rules.
November 15, 2019
The case in the appeals court apparently did not involve a student account structured to prevent the college from being the initial recipient of a fraudulent transfer.
November 12, 2019
Rulings by the First and Second Circuits ensure that recoveries by a Ponzi scheme trustee will be distributed to all victims, not just those who sue on their own.
September 23, 2019
Continuing the business after buying the assets from the lender at a foreclosure sale doesn’t bring successor liability.