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Timestamp: 2016-05-28 05:50:21
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§107', '§544', '§542', '§547', '§1409', '§523', '§546', '§546', '§546', '§546', '§546', '§305']

Bankruptcy Litigation Blog: Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.3
Home > Twitter Posts > Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.3 > 09 | 3 | 2012Posted By Steve Jakubowski Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.3 Here's more in the continuing "Year in Review" series, catching up on more of my backlog of twitter posts of case developments in the past 12 months.
Each post will feature a different federal courthouse. The inset photo is of the US Courthouse for the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona in Phoenix, where Judges James Marlar, George Nielsen, Redfield Baum, Sarah Sharer Curley, Charles Case II, Eileen Hollowell, and Randolph Haines preside.
SDNY: Stern concerns aside, withdrawal at this pre-trial stage would cause significant inefficiencies & be inapprop. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
SDNY: No room in Stern for fr tsf claim that is a private right in 7th Am context but a public right in Art III context http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
SDNY consensus post-Stern is BK Cts cant enter final jdgmt in fr tsf actions unless tied to proof of claim ruling. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
SDNY: Post-Stern, core/non-core distinction may not remain relevant to district ct's withdrawal of reference for cause http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
SDNY: Pre-Stern, threshold inquiry in permissive withdrawal was whether the claim was core or non-core http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
D-IL: Cts are skeptical that a BK trustee can be a class rep. absent potentially substantial class member recoveries. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/PRIME-DC-SD-IL-STIEHL-9-26-11.pdf …
7th: Can't circumvent Rooker-Feldman by recasting review as a cplt about civil rights, due process, conspiracy, or RICO http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/WALLIS-APP-SEVENTH-CIRCUIT-CUDAHY-9-21-11.pdf …
9th: Common law right of public access to judicial documents displaced by BK Code §107 in the bankruptcy context. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/ROMAN-APP-NINTH-CIRCUIT-IKUTA-9-21-11.pdf …
9-BAP reviews split re if BK exemptions, incl. tenancy by entirety, are subject to §544(a) avoidance & says they are. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/DUFFIN-BK-TENTH-BROWN-9-19-11.pdf …
D-IL: Claims of ch 7 ttee & crs. v. 3d parties are so closely related that the BK Ct properly enjoined creditor action. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/IFC-DC-ND-IL-MAROVICH-9-14-11.pdf …
D-IL:Corp vol. petition not signed by atty isnt void ab initio but can be freely amended per FRBP 1009 to correct it http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/IFC-DC-ND-IL-MAROVICH-9-14-11.pdf …
D-OH: Dishonesty exclusion in D&O policy applies to liq. ttee bec sole actor rule overrides adverse interest exception. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/UNENCUMBERED-DC-SD-OH-GRAHAM-9-16-11.pdf …
D&O carrier may have waived its right to rescind policy based on fraudulent reps by accepting tail coverage premium. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/UNENCUMBERED-DC-SD-OH-GRAHAM-9-16-11.pdf …
D-OH: Natl Cent. Fin D&O policy fraudulent misreps by signator voids policy and is imputed to all other insureds. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/UNENCUMBERED-DC-SD-OH-GRAHAM-9-16-11.pdf …
B-OH asks-w/out deciding-whether order granting an unopposed motion for relief from stay is ever binding on a ch 7 ttee http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/AMERIGRAPH-BK-SD-OH-PRESTON-9-14-11.pdf …
B-MS: Bec 1st bank had valid security int. in cash tsfed in by 2d bank to cover kiting scheme, $ tsf wasnt a preference http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/STINSON-BK-SD-MS-OLACK-9-14-11.pdf …
B-NV: Joint client principles don't apply per §542(e) to protect info from turnover to ch 7 ttee of a former jt. client http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/HOTELS-BK-D-NV-MARKELL-9-14-11.pdf …
D-IL: Cr. trust awarded atty fees per IL Mortgage Act for bank's not releasing mortgage on prop. tsfed to trust. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/GLUTH-BK-ND-IL-BARBOSA-9-14-11.pdf …
B-OH: Gen. rule that cash collat. order waivers of avoidance actions bind subseq. ch 7 ttee inapplic. if notice inadeq. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/AMERIGRAPH-BK-SD-OH-9-14-11.pdf …
B-IL: Undisclosed amendments to IL model retention agr. lands ch 13 BK atty in deep trouble, incl. Ct. sanction & fine. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/LORENZO-BK-ND-IL-GOLDGAR-9-29-11.pdf …
B-NY: Undisclosed cause of action remains property of the bankruptcy estate "forever," even after the case is closed. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/CORALIA-BK-ED-NY-STONG-9-22-11.pdf …
B-TX: If unsecureds accept plan, fair & equitable for secureds doesn't require that absolute priority rule be satisfied http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/MORITZ-BK-SD-TX-PAUL-9-19-11.pdf …
B-PA won't decide whether §547(c)(9) is applicable in an involuntary case not filed by the debtor. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/EXCEL-BK-MD-PA-OPEL-9-16-11.pdf …
B-PA notes split re whether avoidance actions are excluded from the venue provisions of §1409(b) & holds prefs. are http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/EXCEL-BK-MD-PA-OPEL-9-16-11.pdf …
B-NV: courts uniformly apply federal privilege law in connection with Rule 2004 examinations, esp. when subpoena issued http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/HOTELS-BK-D-NV-MARKELL-9-14-11.pdf …
B-KS reminds that trustee has some leeway in pleading intentional fraudulent tsf. bec of 2d hand knowledge of facts. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/CrescentOil-BK-D-KS-Berger-8-31-11.doc …
B-DEL values IN bldg-on-barge casinos per cost, sales comparison & income capz approaches under various expert methods. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/MAJESTIC-BK-D-DEL-GROSS-9-13-11.pdf …
WilmerHale on DE BK case that claims buyer takes subject to seller's 502(d) infirmities by not paying pref. liab. due http://www.wilmerhale.com/publications/whPubsDetail.aspx?publication=10151 …
An excellent analysis from Debbie Dandeneau: 11th Circuit Upholds Bankruptcy Ct’s Fraudulent Transfer Ruling in TOUSA: http://bit.ly/JNWUqz Here's the 11th Circuit's Tousa opinion: http://react.bracewellgiuliani.com/reaction/documents/BasisPointsTousa11thCircuitOpinion.pdf …
BK Judge John Olsen, the 1st Tousa judge, must feel VERY vindicated today. Guess taking 92% of a pltf's proposed findings is ok after all.
Follow @TJQuinnESPN for the blow-by-blow cross-examination by Rusty Hardin of Brian McNamee. His tweets capture the moment.
Eleventh Circuit Holds that Indenture’s “No-Action” Clause Bars Fraudulent Transfer Actions by Individual Noteholders http://bit.ly/KK2rwi 7th: Pseudoconflict among circuits on §523(a)(6)--different legal defs. of same BK section don't cause diff. outcomes http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=rss_sho&shofile=11-1256_001.pdf …
B-SDNY:Great end chart summarizes surviving Lehman alleg. v JPM w/both sides' positions & Ct rationale for no dismissal http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/Lehman-BK-SDNY-Peck-4-19-12.pdf …
B-SDNY: Cplt that JPM put “fin. gun to LBHI's head" etc by threatening to stop clearing services states valid claims http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/Lehman-BK-SDNY-Peck-4-19-12.pdf …
B-SDNY: Guarantees aren't tsfs themselves but can't be challenged per §546(e) bec of direct connection to exempted tsfs http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/Lehman-BK-SDNY-Peck-4-19-12.pdf …
B-SDNY: §546(e) shields LBHI's Obligations from avoidance though "obligations” doesn't appear in the text of §546(e) http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/Lehman-BK-SDNY-Peck-4-19-12.pdf …
B-SDNY: §546(e) safe harbor applicable to all of Lehman's avoidance actions vs. JPM for pre-BK enhancement of position http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/Lehman-BK-SDNY-Peck-4-19-12.pdf …
B-SDNY's Peck,J. in Lehman v. JPM provides latest insightful thinking into the scope of the "safe harbor" under §546(e) http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/Lehman-BK-SDNY-Peck-4-19-12.pdf …
B-MI: Name on financing statement not correct corporate name but an assumed name makes fin. st. seriously misleading. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/GOLDMAN-BK-ED-MI-SHEFFERLY-9-13-2011.pdf …
B-FL: Threshold reqt & burden of ttee is to produce credible evidence that assumption or rejection wd benefit estate. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/PRESTIGE-BK-ND-FL-KILLIAN-9-13-2011.pdf …
D-DE: Admin. claim for breach of an assumed contract should be allowed only to extent assumed lease benefitted estate. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/JUVENNELLIANO-BK-D-DEL-SHANNON-9-7-2011.pdf D-MD dismisses implied covenant of good faith & fair dealing claims v. Barclays as duplicate of contract breach claims. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/BARCLAYS-DC-D-ME-HOLLANDER-9-7-2011.pdf …
B-DEL: Substantive consolid. order not automatically retroactive if motion & order dont contain nunc pro tunc lang, http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/SUNSET-BK-D-WALSH-9-7-2011.pdf …
B-IL: Fee app payable @ 50% of request from cash coll. rents bec $ balance > on pet. date & will incr. with new rents. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/BucktownStation-BK-ND-IL-Schmetterer-9-1-11.doc B-HI reminds: Ponzi scheme proves fr. intent, so ttee only need allege fr. tsfs. between certain yrs for a sum certain. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/MortgageStore-BK-D-HI-Faris-9-1-11.doc D-FL: Arbitration rights superseded by venue & exclusive jurisdiction provisions of the confirmed plan of liquidation. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/SiriusComputer-SD-FL-Moreno-8-29-11.doc …
B-NJ agrees that heightened pleading standards of Rule 9(b) don't apply to cause of action for constructive fr. tsf. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/MossClothing-BK-D-NJ-Winfield-8-31-11.doc …
B-SC denies atty's retention by LLC where atty simulataneously represents LLC's principals w/ retainer funds from LLC. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/KobeRealEstate-BK-D-SC-Burris-8-31-11.doc …
B-TX restricts lender's pursuit of guarantor important to plan where loan fully performing & immed. repayment offered. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/TribecaLofts-BK-SD-TX-Isgur-8-30-11.doc …
B-AL: No §305(c) abstention from invol. BK that's not a limited/2-party dispute benefitting only existing litigants. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/uploads/file/VistaBella-BK-SD-AL-Mahoney-8-30-11.doc …
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