July 1, 2024
To resolve a circuit split, the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a trustee can sue the government to recover a fraudulent transfer under state law when sovereign immunity would bar an ‘actual creditor’ from suing.
June 24, 2024
Judge Huennekens explained that a church’s immunity for receipt of a constructively fraudulent transfer only applies if the transferor was an individual and the transferor was the debtor.
April 18, 2024
Three Eleventh Circuit Judges would have their appeals court sit en banc to stop dismissing for lack of standing when dismissal should be resulting from failure to state a claim under state law.
March 20, 2024
The Seventh Circuit adopted a broad reading of the Section 546(e) safe harbor to dismiss a fraudulent transfer suit attacking a sale of nonpublic securities.
March 15, 2024
Alleging that a debtor realized an ‘impossibly high’ rate of return in a Ponzi scheme isn’t enough to state a claim of nondischargeability for ‘actual fraud.’
March 8, 2024
The debtor’s payment on a personal guarantee was no fraudulent transfer because the debtor had received reasonably equivalent value in the forms of salary and ownership in a business that ended up being worth nothing.
January 25, 2024
The Fifth Circuit answered one of the two questions being posed at this year’s Duberstein Moot Court Competition.
December 21, 2023
A D&O policy covering securities claims doesn’t provide coverage for a claim resulting from a fraudulent transfer, the Delaware Supreme Court rules.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
December 15, 2023
Invoking Supreme Court authority, the Tenth Circuit says that inferences from the evidence are reviewed for clear error just like findings of fact themselves.
December 13, 2023
The standard for defeating equitable disgorgement is lower than the proof required to fend off receipt of a fraudulent transfer.