3rd Circuit

Delaware Judge Nixes the Notion of Implied Assumption of Executory Contracts

An asset purchaser cannot escape liability for appropriating the benefits of a contract that was not assumed and assigned.

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3rd Circuit

Delaware

Consumer Protection Claims by Governments Are Discharged in Chapter 11

Consumer protection claims brought by states are nondischargeable in chapter 11 only when the state has been the target of fraudulent representations.

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3rd Circuit

Delaware

Another Example: Student Loans Are Virtually Impossible to Discharge

District court second-guesses the sufficiency of evidence that the bankruptcy court found sufficient.

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3rd Circuit

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Eastern District

Third Circuit Pushes Back on Widespread Invocation of Rooker-Feldman

A federal court can undermine a state court judgment without offending Rooker-Feldman, Third Circuit says.

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3rd Circuit

Bankruptcy Courts Aren’t ‘Courts’ and Don’t Have Power to Transfer

Don’t stretch bankruptcy jurisdiction when the statute of limitations is about to expire.

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3rd Circuit

Delaware

Third Circuit Narrowly Interprets Delaware Fraudulent Transfer Law

Venezuela let off the hook for expropriating assets.

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3rd Circuit

Delaware District Judge Seemingly Splits with Second Circuit on the Safe Harbor

Delaware district and bankruptcy judges now disagree with the Second Circuit’s holding that the federal safe harbor preempts state fraudulent transfer law.

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3rd Circuit

Delaware