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New York Bankruptcy Court Adopts "Realistic Possibility" Standard for Free and Clear Sales Under 11 U.S.C § 363(f)(5)

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Section 363(f)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a bankruptcy trustee to sell estate property free and clear of any competing interest in the property (such as a lien or other security interest) if the interest holder "could...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Supreme Court Decision Limits Trustees’ Ability to Pursue Fraudulent Transfer Actions

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The Supreme Court recently issued an opinion, resolving a circuit split, narrowing the sovereign immunity exception by limiting a trustee’s ability to pursue avoidance actions against the government when such action invokes...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

The Supreme Court Limits A Trustee’s Rights To Recover Fraudulent Transfers Against The Internal Revenue Service

The Bankruptcy Code provides chapter 7 trustees with significant powers to liquidate and collect estate assets and pursue litigation claims, such as fraudulent transfer claims against third parties, all to increase the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides United States v. Miller

On March 26, 2025, the United States Supreme Court decided United States v. Miller, No. 23-824, resolving a circuit split and holding that in an action brought under § 544(b) of the bankruptcy code, § 106(a)’s sovereign...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

The Ultra Vires Exception to the Barton Doctrine is Very Narrow

Q: I am a state court receiver in a case that has been disrupted by a bankruptcy filing. The bankruptcy trustee has been threatening to sue me, in the bankruptcy court, for what she claims were negligent actions and to...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Barton Doctrine: Suit Against Receiver Did Not Require Court Permission

The Barton doctrine provides that a court-appointed receiver cannot be sued absent “leave of court by which he was appointed.” Barton v. Barbour, 104 U.S. 126, 127 (1881). “An action against a receiver without court...more

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