January 8, 2018
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Don’t stretch bankruptcy jurisdiction when the statute of limitations is about to expire.
January 5, 2018
Venezuela let off the hook for expropriating assets.
January 5, 2018
8th Circuit , Minnesota ,
Judge issues a tongue-lashing for a three-year reorganization that rewards lawyers but pays nothing so far to sexual abuse claimants.
January 4, 2018
Large student loans do not justify dismissal of a chapter 13 case when chapter 11 is the only alternative, Bankruptcy Judge Janet S. Baer says.
January 3, 2018
Boasting about ‘strong financial condition’ must be in writing for the debt to be nondischargeable, Fifth Circuit says.
January 2, 2018
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Delaware district and bankruptcy judges now disagree with the Second Circuit’s holding that the federal safe harbor preempts state fraudulent transfer law.
December 29, 2017
Converting to chapter 13 to prevent the sale of a home in chapter 7 is not bad faith.
December 28, 2017
Chicago judge finds flexibility for granting ‘protection’ claims under Section 543(c)(1).
December 27, 2017
Madoff spawns more law, this time on expert testimony about the good faith defense to a fraudulent transfer with ‘actual intent.’
December 26, 2017
New York judge enforces a French reorganization similar to a U.S. prepack.