A defendant in a trial for conspiracy to breach fiduciary duty must specify the law and facts that would entitle the defendant to a judgment as a matter of law. The defendant and may not wait...
The Fifth Circuit certified questions of Texas state law to the Texas Supreme Court regarding permissibility of alcohol permit transfer(s) as part of a proposed sale.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) upheld as proper the dismissal by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC) of claims, as set forth in...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Robert J. Faris; and Scott H. Gan
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) held that Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (Roth IRAs), like customary Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and 401(k) accounts, are...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson; Barbara Lagoa; and Edward E. Carnes
The difference in Chapter 11 quarterly fees collected in UST versus Bankruptcy Administrator (BA) districts following the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 did not violate the uniformity requirement...
Fifth Circuit affirmed ruling of U.S. District Court (SD Tx.) which affirmed bankruptcy court order approving sale of ship over objection of debtor's principal. Section 363(m) and objector's...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed the bankruptcy court's decision to award attorneys' fees to the debtor under Nevada state law based on debtor's successful objection to a...
The bankruptcy court did not err in finding that Lawrence intended to defraud Frost by perpetuating a fraudulent conveyance scheme and that Lawrence committed actual fraud actionable under §...
Judge(s):
Owen, Chief Judge, and Jones and Wilson, Circuit Judges
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling sustaining the trustee's objections to: (1) the state's claim that a nonprofit, not the debtor, should recover the remaining tax settlement funds, and...
