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California Business Divorce: Partner Fraud and Personal Liability: Important Lessons from Bartenwerfer v. Buckley

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The Story Behind the Case - Kate and David Bartenwerfer started their business with a straightforward plan. The couple decided to renovate and sell a house they jointly owned in San Francisco....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

“ToMAYto, ToMAHto”: District Court Holds That Differences in State Law Determine Whether Unpaid Annual Pension Contributions...

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On March 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California affirmed a bankruptcy court’s dismissal of the San Benito Healthcare District’s chapter 9 bankruptcy petition on the grounds that the...more

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California Business Divorce: Partner Fraud and Personal Liability - Important Lessons from Bartenwerfer v. Buckley

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The Story Behind the Case - Kate and David Bartenwerfer started their business with a straightforward plan. The couple decided to renovate and sell a house they jointly owned in San Francisco. David handled the remodeling...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Bankruptcy Court Ruling Highlights Circuit Split on Franchise Agreements

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The California decision reinforces a strict approach to assumption of franchise agreements, underscoring potential roadblocks for franchisee reorganizations. Even where a debtor is not assigning a franchise agreement,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

California Health Care Transaction Reporting Regulations Update

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On November 28, 2023, the California Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) submitted proposed emergency regulations (the “Regulations”) on the reporting of certain transactions involving health care entities for review...more

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Bankruptcy Trustees and Receivers Beware: The California Second District Court of Appeal Tests The Barton Doctrine’s Limits on...

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In Breanne Martin v. Leslie Gladstone, the Second District Court of Appeal recently decided a case that could reverberate throughout the receivership and bankruptcy industries. This case comes at a propitious moment as...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

California Court Ruling Could Potentially Open Up a Pathway to Bankruptcy for Cannabis-Related Businesses

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A California court recently confirmed a plan for a cannabis-related business to sell its equity assets in a Canadian cannabis company and distribute the proceeds to creditors, a milestone ruling that may open a new path for...more

Snell & Wilmer

Can a State Law Tax Foreclosure Sale Be Avoided in Bankruptcy?

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Preference actions have been vexing creditors for as long as the Bankruptcy Code has been around. Indeed, a creditor who receives a pre-petition transfer in violation of the preference statute may have to give the transferred...more

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