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Domestic Asset Tracing And Recovery Of Hidden Assets And The Spoils Of Financial Crime, Nathan Wadlinger, Carl Pacini, Nicole Stowell, William Hopwood, Debra Sinclair
Domestic Asset Tracing And Recovery Of Hidden Assets And The Spoils Of Financial Crime, Nathan Wadlinger, Carl Pacini, Nicole Stowell, William Hopwood, Debra Sinclair
St. Mary's Law Journal
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Stop Right There! Assessing The Role Of Collateral Estoppel In A Fraud Proceeding Against A Debtor And A Debtor-Owned Business, Brandon Dorman
Stop Right There! Assessing The Role Of Collateral Estoppel In A Fraud Proceeding Against A Debtor And A Debtor-Owned Business, Brandon Dorman
Bankruptcy Research Library
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In an adversary proceeding, under section 523(a)(2)(A) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), to determine the non-dischargeability of a debt based upon fraud, a state courts finding of fraud against a debtor-owned business may collaterally estop the debtor in the adversary proceeding from relitigating the issue of fraud. Essential to this issue is the timing at which the debtor filed for bankruptcy. Timing is critical in determining whether the prior decision against the debtor-owned business in the state court action collaterally estopped the litigation against the debtor or whether the debtor was afforded the …