June 17, 2025
Selling a debtor’s claims must be structured to avoid champerty under state law.
5th Circuit
June 10, 2025
Coney Island is a bankruptcy case, but the question is whether there is a time limit for a Rule 60(b)(4) motion to set aside a judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant.
Supreme Court
June 09, 2025
If state law prohibits assertion of the homestead exemption in tax foreclosure and the debtor can’t take federal exemptions, does the debtor lack standing to set aside a fraudulent transfer?
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Eastern District
June 05, 2025
When creditors have been paid in full, a trustee may pursue fraudulent transfers for the benefit of defrauded equity holders, Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt says.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
April 21, 2025
Section 107 more broadly protects trade secrets and confidential information than does common law.
3rd Circuit
April 11, 2025
Because a trustee suing to recover a fraudulent transfer is acting in the interest of creditors, not the debtor, the in pari delicto defense does not apply, says Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson.
9th Circuit, California, California Central District
March 19, 2025
Chicago’s Judge David Cleary called for post-confirmation arbitration of claims between the debtor and a creditor, but no arbitration for the creditor’s defenses, raising questions of bankruptcy law.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District
