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Florida bankruptcy judge holds ‘savings clause’ unenforceable when voiding guarantees as fraudulent transfers

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 30 2009

A Florida bankruptcy court, on Oct. 13, 2009, issued a 182-page decision after a 13-day trial, among other things, avoiding on fraudulent transfer grounds (a) secured subsidiary guarantees of $500 million and (b) $420 million pre-bankruptcy payments

Freezing orders and fortification of cross-undertakings

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 12 2010

On 21 May 2010, Justice Floyd handed down his judgment in Bloomsbury International Ltd (in administration) v Mark Alan Holyoake

Taneja bankruptcy trustee settles Ponzi scheme lawsuits

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2011

Wiley Rein LLP partner H. Jason Gold, the chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee in the mortgage fraud and Ponzi scheme case of Vijay Taneja, announced today that he has reached settlements with 11 defendants in the 60 lawsuits he filed last year seeking to recover tens of millions of dollars for the benefit of Mr. Taneja's creditors

Smoke in the hall of mirrors: good news for defendants in Sinclair v Versailles 2011 EWHC Civ 347

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 8 2011

The Sinclair v Versailles decision has extinguished any prospect that a victim of a fraud has a proprietary claim to a fraudster’s secret profits

Picard lawsuit against JPMorgan dismissed

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2011

Irving Picard's lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. styled Picard v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., 11-cv-913, in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, was dismissed on November 1, 2011

Petition signed by corporate officer was improper, but correctable

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2012

Northbrook Bank & Trust had a fraud suit pending against IFC Credit Corporation when IFC declared bankruptcy on July 27, 2009

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Azevedo & Anor v Imcopa Importacao, Exportaacao e Industria de Oleos Ltda & Ors 2012 EWHC 1849

  • Wong Partnership
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 31 2012

In 2006, a subsidiary of a Brazilian company issued US$100 million in principal amount of notes, guaranteed by its parent and constituted by a trust deed

FDIC files five lawsuits against bank entities over RMBS

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 20 2012

On August 10, the FDIC in its capacity as receiver for Colonial Bank filed five lawsuits three in Alabama state court, one in New York federal court, and one in California federal court seeking $741 million in damages from a number of investment banks, including Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup, Inc., and others, for making allegedly false and misleading statements that induced Colonial Bank into buying mortgage-backed securities

FDIC files second D&O lawsuit in Florida

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 4 2012

Despite having more than its fair share of failed banks, Florida has not been a hotbed of D&O litigation

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