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Second Circuit Rules Bankruptcy Code’s “Safe Harbor” Provision Preempts State Law Fraudulent Transfer Claims

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On September 19, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a summary order in which it held that the “safe harbor” provision of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code preempted a bankruptcy trustee’s state...more

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What Are Fraudulent Transfer Claims and What Defenses Exist to Such Claims? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

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A fraudulent transfer is an attempt to avoid a debt by improperly transferring assets to a third party, or a transfer of assets for less than fair value made while the company is insolvent or will become insolvent as a result...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Fifth Circuit Holds Avoidance Actions Can Be Sold

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Joining the Eighth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a debtor or trustee can sell its avoidance actions to third-party, non-estate representatives. See Briar Capital...more

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Complicit Defendants Lose, Sovereign Agency Wins in Eternal Madoff Litigation

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Two recent decisions in the Madoff bankruptcy cases illustrate that the legacy of Bernie Madoff will long survive the man himself. Bernie Madoff died on April 14, 2021, while incarcerated in the Federal Medical Center in...more

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Tribune: Lessons Learned and Relearned

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This is how Tribune ends: not with a bang, but a whimper. The 12-year litigation saga, rooted in the spectacular failure of the media and sports conglomerate’s 2007 leveraged buyout, reached an end in late February with a...more

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Why Avoidance Actions Are Difficult to Dismiss by a Rule 12(b)(6) Motion

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Traditional avoidance actions under the Bankruptcy Code, i.e., preferences and fraudulent transfers, have laudable goals: (a) to provide equal treatment to creditors of an insolvent company and (b) to claw back otherwise...more

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Claims Traders Alert: Another Bankruptcy Court Rules that a Traded Claim Can Be Disallowed if the Seller Received a Voidable...

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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recently added some weight to the majority rule on a hot-button issue for claims traders. In In re Firestar Diamond, Inc., 615 B.R. 161 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2020),...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Former Tribune Shareholders Still Merit Safe Harbor Upon Revision

We have noodled on the impact that the Supreme Court’s decision in Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., which held that the safe harbor provided in Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code does not apply when the...more

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Tribune District Court Rules That LBO Payments May Not Be Avoided Because Debtor Was "Customer" of "Financial Institution"

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In In re Tribune Co. Fraudulent Conveyance Litig., 2019 WL 1771786 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 23, 2019), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a litigation trustee’s motion to amend a complaint seeking to...more

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Second Circuit Rules that Bankruptcy Code’s Fraudulent Transfer Recovery Provisions Can Reach Foreign Transferees

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The ability of a bankruptcy trustee to avoid fraudulent or preferential transfers is a fundamental part of U.S. bankruptcy law. However, when an otherwise avoidable transfer by a U.S. entity takes place outside the U.S. to a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

District Court Applies Section 546(e) Safe Harbor to Customer of Financial Institution, Revitalizing Key Defense

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has breathed new life into the Bankruptcy Code Section 546(e)’s securities transaction safe harbor for fraudulent conveyance actions. Judge...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Second Circuit Allows Avoidance Actions Against Foreign Transferees in Madoff Proceeding

On February 25, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of avoidance actions brought by Irving Picard, the trustee (Trustee) for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

The Delaware Bankruptcy Court Grapples With Section 546(e) Post-Merit Management

In its ruling in FTI Consulting, Inc. v. Sweeney (In re Centaur, LLC), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware addressed the Supreme Court’s recent clarification of the scope of Bankruptcy Code Section...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The Long Arm of the Law: Avoidance Actions Without Borders

A June 2018 Bankruptcy Court decision in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) held that foreign companies with no presence in the U.S. were subject to default judgments....more

Jones Day

From the Top in Brief

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On April 3, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order that, in light of its recent ruling in Merit Management Group LP v. FTI Consulting Inc., 138 S. Ct. 883, No. 16-784 (Feb. 27, 2018), the Court would defer consideration...more

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Foreign Debtors’ Forum Shopping Warranted Stay of U.S. Avoidance Litigation

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Even if a U.S. court has jurisdiction over a lawsuit involving foreign litigants, the court may conclude that a foreign court is better suited to adjudicate the dispute because either: (i) it would be more convenient, fair,...more

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Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin: Issue 4 - May 2018: If You Don’t Succeed in Anguilla, Should You Try Again in the US?

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Two United States Bankruptcy Judges for the Southern District of New York recently issued a joint opinion addressing common issues raised by motions to dismiss in two separate adversary proceedings – one pending before Judge...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

Supreme Court Bankruptcy Thoughts: Scope of Safe Harbor and Appellate Review

The Supreme Court recently addressed two bankruptcy issues. In its Merit Management opinion, the Court resolved a circuit split regarding the breadth of the safe harbor provision which protects certain transfers by financial...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Bankruptcy Code’s Safe Harbor Defense Eliminated by Supreme Court; Variant Defense May Survive

In a unanimous decision in Merit Mgmt. Grp., LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the scope of a Bankruptcy Code exception to the “avoiding powers” of a bankruptcy trustee or Chapter 11...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Supreme Court Displays More Pragmatic Approach to the Bankruptcy Code in Merit Management v. FTI Consulting

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc. has appropriately drawn significant attention. The Court, by narrowing the “safe harbor” provision of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy...more

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The Supreme Court Clarifies The Scope Of Section 546(E)’S Safe Harbor For Securities Related Transactions In Merit Management...

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The Bankruptcy Code gives a bankruptcy trustee, or the debtor in possession, the power to “avoid” certain transfers made by the debtor at various times before filing for bankruptcy relief. Congress provided a number of...more

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Debate Intensifies as to Whether the Bankruptcy Code’s Avoidance Provisions Apply Extraterritorially

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The ability of a trustee or chapter 11 debtor-in-possession to avoid fraudulent or preferential transfers is a fundamental part of U.S. bankruptcy law. However, when a transfer by a U.S. entity takes place outside the U.S. to...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Section 546(e)’s Safe Harbor for Securities Transaction Payments

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On February 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated ruling resolving a long-standing circuit split over the scope of the Bankruptcy Code’s "safe harbor" provision exempting certain securities transaction...more

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Supreme Court’s Merit Management Ruling Highlights Potential Alternative Path to Safe Harbor

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Possible application of Section 101(22)(A) to safe harbor’s covered entity requirement raises important questions for future transferee defendants. Key Points: ..Merit Management raises the possibility that customers of...more

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Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Safe Harbor Exception for Securities Clawbacks

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On February 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split under the Bankruptcy Code and determined that where funds passed through financial institutions acting as payment conduits, where the ultimate transfer...more

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