JD Supra

Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy: An Overview

When a company files for bankruptcy, Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code creates a bankruptcy “estate” comprised of virtually all its interests ...
SCOTUSblog

Opinion analysis: Justices stick with Bankruptcy Code text, rejecting Ninth Circuit’s creative punishment of lying bankrupt

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. As quick off the mark as usual, Justice Scalia’s unanimous opinion for the Court in Law v. Siegel was the Court’s first ...
JD Supra

Delaware Bankruptcy Court: Initial Transferee Need Not Be Defendant in Fraudulent Transfer Avoidance and Recovery Litigation

The Bankruptcy Code gives a bankruptcy trustee the power to avoid asset transfers that are either made with the intent to defraud creditors or ...
Crain's Detroit

Guide to Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code: What you need to know

Editor's note: This guide was written by Miller and Hage for The Jaffe Update, a publication produced in July 2013 before the bankruptcy was filed by Kevyn Orr. If Kevyn Orr, the Emergency Manager for ...
Law

Punitive Damages for Violations of the Automatic Stay: Bankruptcy Code 362(k)

Bankruptcy Code Section 362 (k) authorizes the imposition of punitive damages for a willful violation of the automatic stay. In determining whether to impose punitive damages, several bankruptcy ...