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February 12, 2010

Case

Court

Holding

In re TransTexas Gas Corp.
(DBN)
5th Cir.

For the purpose of assessing insider liability under 11 USC 548, liability can arise if a transferee was an insider either: (i) when the trnsfer was made or (ii) when the obligation was incurred pursuant to which the transfer was made.

Where a director resigned and received funds pursuant to a separation agreement (in lieu of receiving payment pursuant to a prior employment agreement), the payments were fraudulent transfers since the payments were in excess of what the director would have been entitled to under the termination provisons in his prior emplyment agreement.

The director's liability for the fraudulent transfer obligation was not a "loss" under the company's D&P policy.

In re Mila, Inc.
(DBN)
9th Cir. BAP

In cases involving D&O policy proceeds, the bankruptcy court must balance the harm to the debtor if the stay is modified with the harm to the directors and officers if they are prevented from executing their rights to defense costs. Even in cases where the D&O policy proceeds were considered property of the estate, courts have nonetheless granted relief from stay to allow the insurer to advance defense costs payments when the harms weigh more heavily against the directors or officers than the debtor.

Where the director's need for defense costs ("A-side coverage") was real and immediate, and the likelihood of future indemnity liability ("B-side coverage") was speculative, the bankruptcy court did not err in lifting the automatic stay to permit the insurer to advance defense costs.

In re Palmdale Hills Property, LLC
(DBN)
9th Cir. BAP A debtor violates the automatic stay of its creditor’s bankruptcy case when it proposes to equitably subordinate the creditor’s claim and transfer the lien securing the claim under § 510(c).
     
February 8, 2010

Case

Court

Holding

In re A.T. Reynolds & Son, Inc. Bankr. SD NY Mere attendance at court-ordered mediation, without active participation in the mediation process, does not satisfy the requirement to participate in good faith.
In re New Century TRS Holdings, Inc. Bankr. DE The Rooker Feldman doctrine deprives a bankruptcy court of jurisdiction over a claim against a mortgage company where there has been a prior State court foreclosure judgment.
In re Baldwin 10th Cir. In bankruptcy adversary proceedings by the trustee seeking to dissolve a family limited partnership in which debtor owned a 99% limited partnership interest at the time the bankruptcy proceeding commenced, the bankruptcy appellate panel's order prohibiting the trustee from dissolving the partnership is affirmed where the bankruptcy court clearly erred in finding the partnership could no longer carry on its business in conformity with the partnership agreement. Moreover, the bankruptcy court's order permitting the trustee to withdraw from the partnership is affirmed where the agreement entitled the limited partner to withdraw by making a buy/sell offer.
     

 

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