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Fraudulent Transfers

Second Circuit Extends the Section 546(e) Safe Harbor to Cover Foreign Law

Second Circuit dismisses the last of 300 lawsuits by foreign liquidators to recover $6 billion for defrauded Madoff investors.

2nd Circuit

Circuit Judges Disagree: Can an Investment Be So Risky that It’s a Fraudulent Transfer?

What needs to be proven before a guarantee for an investment is so speculative that it’s a fraudulent transfer? Is good faith by both the borrower and the lender enough to defeat a fraudulent transfer claim?

10th Circuit

Proven Fraud Won’t Always Cut Down the Amount of a Homestead Exemption, BAP Says

To limit the amount of a homestead exemption under Section 522(q)(1)(B)(ii), the fraud must have occurred after the debtor became a fiduciary.

9th Circuit

Forecasting Follies: Unmasking Bias in Financial Projections

Sept 2025

Bankruptcy Code
none
Topic Tags
Bankruptcy Litigation
Fraudulent Transfers
Practice and Procedure
Valuation

Golden Age of Corporate Bankruptcy

Sept 2025

Bankruptcy Code
1127
Topic Tags
Bankruptcy Litigation
Fraudulent Transfers
Legislation
Business Reorganization
Finance and Banking
Mass Torts
Public Companies and Claims Trading
SEC Issues

Chasing the Money: Unpacking Subsequent-Transfer Claims Under § 550(a)(2)

Bankruptcy Code
550(a)
550(a)(2)
548
550
Topics
Fraudulent Transfers
Commercial Fraud

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Supreme Court Update

Bankruptcy Code
1183
1191
1192
523(a)(4)
523(a)(6)
523(a)(8)
Sect. 1123(a)(4)
Section 106(a)
Section 362(k)
101
103
105
109
11 U.S.C. § 363(m)
1334
157
586
301
303
305
327
329
330
348
363
364
365
502
503
522
523
524
547
707
727
1102
1107
1109
1112
1123
1127
1128
1129
1141
1228
1307
1325
1326
1501
1502
1506
1507
1517
1521
1126
1322
326
362
541
544
548
Topics
Asset Sales
Automatic Stay
Claims
Executory Contracts/Leases
Fraud
Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
Professional Compensation/Fees
Venue/Jurisdiction
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Business Reorganization
International Insolvency
Small Business

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Avoiding the “Harmless” Transfers

Aug 2025

Bankruptcy Code
548(a)(1)(A)
Topic Tags
Bankruptcy Litigation
Fraudulent Transfers

Second Circuit Updates with Bill Rochelle

Bankruptcy Code
1182
1183
1191
1192
Section 106(a)
101
103
105
106
109
11 U.S.C. § 363(m)
586
303
305
327
329
330
348
363
364
365
502
503
507
523
524
547
552
707
726
727
1101
1102
1107
1109
1112
1123
1127
1128
1129
1141
1307
1325
1326
1328
1501
1502
1506
1507
1517
1521
1126
1322
326
362
541
544
548
Topics
Asset Sales
Automatic Stay
Claims
Corporate Governance
Ethics
Executory Contracts/Leases
Fraud
Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
Preferences
Professional Compensation/Fees
Venue/Jurisdiction
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Govt. Claims/Sovereign Immunity
International Insolvency
Mass Torts
Small Business

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In Setting Aside a Tax-Lien Foreclosure, a Hypothetical Gave Standing to the Debtor

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
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