Bankruptcy judge lacked power to remedy fraud 
Published: December 6, 2012
Tags: Chapter 7, fraud, fraudulent conveyance
A bankruptcy judge lacked the constitutional authority to enter a final judgment in a fraudulent conveyance action against a nonclaimant to a bankruptcy estate, the 9th Circuit has ruled.
Title VII plaintiff liable for taxes from bankruptcy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy estate, Discrimination, fraudulent conveyance, tax liability, taxation, Title VII, Wal-Mart
A race discrimination plaintiff was liable for taxes due on a $550,000 jury award that had become property of her bankruptcy estate, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in affirming a $180,000 deficiency assessment.
Shareholder payments can’t be avoided in bankruptcy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 9, 2009
Tags: fraudulent conveyance
Payments made to shareholders to conclude a leveraged buyout couldn’t be avoided as fraudulent conveyances when the company later declared bankruptcy, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Fraud doesn’t jeopardize homestead exemption
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 9, 2009
Tags: fraudulent conveyance, homestead exemption
A Chapter 7 debtor couldn’t be denied a homestead exemption on the basis that he had temporarily conveyed his residential property in an alleged attempt to defraud creditors, the 1st Circuit has ruled.
