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Defense Of In Pari Delicto Does Not Affect Trustee Standing, Elizabeth L. Anderson
Defense Of In Pari Delicto Does Not Affect Trustee Standing, Elizabeth L. Anderson
Bankruptcy Research Library
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Rejecting the Second Circuit’s Wagoner rule and agreeing with the First, Third, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that the collusion of corporate insiders with third parties to injure the corporation does not deprive the corporation’s trustee of standing to sue third parties, resulting in a greater rift between Second Circuit and the other Courts of Appeal on this issue. Moratzka v. Morris, 482 F.3d 997, 1004 (8th Cir. 2007). Nevertheless, the court affirmed that such a situation may give rise to the defense of in pari delicto barring the …
Discharge Under The Code For Erisa "Fiduciaries", Devin Sullivan
Discharge Under The Code For Erisa "Fiduciaries", Devin Sullivan
Bankruptcy Research Library
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The Bankruptcy Code (“Code”) provides debtors with relief from many of their outstanding debts. However, even under the broad protection of the Code, some debts cannot be erased. Pursuant to section 523(a)(4) of the Code, an individual debtor may not discharge any debt for fraud or defalcation (unauthorized appropriation of money) while acting in a fiduciary capacity. 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4). The federal courts are currently split on the issue of whether a debtor who qualifies as a “fiduciary” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1132 et seq, (“ERISA”) will also qualify as …