Chapter 7 Debtor’s Counsel Permitted to Defend Creditors in Avoidance Suits
Bankruptcy Judge Carol A. Doyle parses the limited duties of a chapter 7 debtor to the estate.
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Second Circuit Defines a Prohibited Double Recovery on Fraudulent Transfers
There is no prohibited double recovery from multiple defendants, the appeals courts says, until the trustee has recovered cash equaling the value of the fraudulently transferred property.
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Gerard E. Lynch
Trustee Allowed to Sue for Fraudulent Transfer on an Unenforceable Contract
Long Island’s Judge Grossman follows the Third Circuit by finding limitations on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.
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Robert E. Grossman
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Fifth Circuit Muses on the Split over Pleading Standards for Fraudulent Schemes
Fifth Circuit generally holds that heightened pleading standards in Rule 9(b) do not apply to claims that don’t rely on fraudulent activity, even though the overall scheme may be fraudulent.
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Jennifer Walker Elrod