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Second Circuit Expands Bankruptcy Code’s Safe Harbor Protection for Transferees of Ponzi Scheme Payments
Sections 548(a)(1)(A) and (B) of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”) give a bankruptcy trustee the power to avoid intentional and constructive fraudulent transfers.[1] Section 546(e) of the Code prevents a bankruptcy trustee from recovering a variety of transfers, including ones that...
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Slouching Towards Bankruptcy: Corporate Fiduciaries Escape Liability in Ultimate Escapes
As a company turns in the widening gyre of financial distress, its directors and officers are often confronted with situations that require them to make difficult decisions. Should things fall apart, those decisions may give rise to claims that directors or officers breached their fiduciary...
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Going on the Offensive: Quick and Aggressive Responses to Bad Faith Bankruptcy Filings
Introduction Mao Tse-tung once commented that “the only real defense is an active defense.” In other words, when confronted with aggressive behavior, a party should respond by counterattacking and taking the offensive. By going on the offensive, a person can destroy the aggressor...
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