Affirming the district court (N.D. Iowa), (1) deposits that were applied against "true overdrafts," as determined under Iowa law, were avoidable as preferences; whereas deposits that were applied...
Smith v. SIPI, LLC (In re Smith), No. 1:13-cv-06422 (7th Cir. Jan. 20, 2016)
Ruling:
A tax sale lawfully conducted according to Illinois's interest rate auction system does not necessarily establish a transfer for reasonably equivalent value within the meaning of 11 U.S.C....
Case No. 14-1236 (10th Cir. Ct. App. October 15, 2015).
Ruling:
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, which denied the Plaintiffs attempts to recover and avoid certain transfers under 11 U.S.C. 548.
Judge(s):
Tymkovich, Chief Judge and Hartz and Phillips, Circuit Judges
Gladstone, et al. v. Schaefer, et al. (In re UC Lofts on 4th, LLC, et al.), BAP No. SC-14-1287-JuKlPa & SC-14-1320-JuKlPa (BAP 9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015)
Ruling:
In a 49 page opinion addressing ten issues related to fraudulent transfer, preference, and equitable subordination claims in a consolidated appeal, the BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed the ruling...
Summarized by Stephen Falanga , Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP
11 years 1 month ago
Citation:
2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 859 (2nd Cir. Jan. 21, 2015)
Ruling:
A secured party's authorization to file a UCC-3 termination statement of a UCC-1 Financing Statement filed under the Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is all that is required to...
No. 13-3543, Slip Op. (3rd Cir. September 26, 2014)
Ruling:
Where a debtor avoids a fraudulent transfer and obtains a recovery order, it has sufficiently "recovered" those funds such that they are part of the debtor's estate under the Bankruptcy Code.
Summarized by Lyndel Vargas , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
11 years 6 months ago
Citation:
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Case No. 11-10744- Not yet published
Ruling:
The Fifth Circuit Panel affirmed numerous rulings of the District Court which resulted in a Litigation Trust Trustee losing on all fronts in a substantial federal court lawsuit he had brought...
Summarized by David Banker , Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
11 years 6 months ago
Citation:
Picard v. Fairfield Greenwich; Picard v. Schneiderman, 13‐1289‐bk (L) 13‐1392‐cv (CON); 13‐1785, (2d Cir. August 8, 2014)
Ruling:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (ʺBLMISʺ) and of the bankruptcy estate of...
