Preferences

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.
6th Circuit Jan 26, 2021

Entire Garnishment Is a Preference, Even What the Creditor’s Lawyer Keeps

The appeals court sticks to basics and rejects several clever arguments to beat a preference.
10th Circuit Aug 24, 2020

Tenth Circuit Panel Splits on a Triangular Preference

Tenth Circuit and its BAP follow the same controlling authority but reach opposite results.
1st Circuit May 21, 2020

BAP Didn’t See Barnhill as Prescribing the Date of Transfer from a Retirement Account

The First Circuit BAP evidently believes that a transfer occurred, even though an ordinary check wasn’t cashed.