Fraudulent Transfers

Big Stuff on Chapter 11 from the Second Circuit and Elsewhere

The Eleventh Circuit Rails Against ‘Prudential Standing’

Three Eleventh Circuit Judges would have their appeals court sit en banc to stop dismissing for lack of standing when dismissal should be resulting from failure to state a claim under state law.

An Interview with Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro: How Article III Judges See Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Judges and the Bankruptcy Code

Lender on Lender Violence Update

Benchnotes May 2024

May 2024

Seventh Circuit: Transfers of Nonpublic Securities Are Protected by the 546(e) Safe Harbor

The Seventh Circuit adopted a broad reading of the Section 546(e) safe harbor to dismiss a fraudulent transfer suit attacking a sale of nonpublic securities.

Being a ‘Net Winner’ in a Ponzi Scheme Doesn’t Automatically Mean Nondischargeability

Alleging that a debtor realized an ‘impossibly high’ rate of return in a Ponzi scheme isn’t enough to state a claim of nondischargeability for ‘actual fraud.’

BAP Won’t Recharacterize a Loan and Guarantee and Found No Fraudulent Transfer

The debtor’s payment on a personal guarantee was no fraudulent transfer because the debtor had received reasonably equivalent value in the forms of salary and ownership in a business that ended up being worth nothing.