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Another District Judge Rules that Tax Foreclosures Can Be Fraudulent Transfers

The circuits are split on whether the Supreme Court’s BFP opinion can be extended to bar fraudulent transfer attacks on in rem real estate tax foreclosures.

Critical Vendor Status Is No Defense to a Preference Claim

Critical vendor status is a defense to a preference claim only when the defendant was specifically named in an order, stipulation or agreement requiring full payment of the creditor’s prepetition claim, Judge Dorsey says.

‘Plain Language’ Puts Small-Dollar Avoidance Suits in the Debtor’s Home Court

Congress may have made a mistake in drafting, but the plain language of 28 U.S.C. § 1409(b) must control, Judge Grossman says.

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