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Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court: No Strong-Arming the Federal Government With State-Law Fraudulent Transfer Claims

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Recently, in the case United States v. Miller, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the sovereign immunity waiver provision in the Bankruptcy Code is jurisdictional only and does not waive the federal government’s sovereign...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Bankruptcy Ruling Highlights Longer Lookback Trend

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Projections suggest over 1 million bankruptcy petitions will be filed in 2021. In preparing for those filings, counsel routinely evaluate the prospective creditor pool to determine, inter alia, the types of creditors, claim...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Bankruptcy Court Within Fourth Circuit Permits Fraudulent Conveyance Claims to Move Forward Under IRS 10-Year Reach Back Period

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A recent opinion by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina kept alive a bankruptcy trustee’s fraudulent conveyance claims based on, in part, the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) 10-year...more

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The Trustee Is Suing Me For A Transfer I Received How Many Years Ago?

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Any creditor that has experienced more than a few customers or borrowers filing for bankruptcy is aware that there is a risk of being sued by a trustee to avoid transfers that the creditor received prior to the bankruptcy...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Virus To Economic Shutdown To Bankruptcy? Not Necessarily, But Be Prepared

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Bankruptcy Resurgent? The economic shutdown, and the ensuing recession, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic have jeopardized the survival of many businesses and, in some cases, of entire industries. Notwithstanding the...more

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The Crummey trust: Keeping both the IRS and the creditors at bay is taking some fancy footwork

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Since Crummey v. Commissioner was decided in 1968, the IRS has been making life difficult for the settlors of Crummey trusts. Only recently the parties again skirmished, this time over whether an in terrorem clause in the...more

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