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Supreme Court Holds That a Non-Debtor Retaining a Debtor’s Property Does Not Exercise Control Over the Property in Violation of the Automatic Stay

In January 2020, we analyzed a split among the Circuit Courts regarding whether a non-debtor holding a debtor’s property on the petition date has an affirmative obligation under section 362(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code to return that property to the debtor immediately following the filing of the bankruptcy petition.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Chambre de la sécurité financière v. Thibault 2016 QCCA 1691

Does a fine imposed on a debtor by the disciplinary committee of the Chambre de la sécurité financière after the date of the debtor's bankruptcy constitute a provable claim pursuant to section 121(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the "BIA")?

Introduction

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy discharge, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)
The oppression remedy and fulfilment of directors’ duties

In Susi v. Bourke, 2014 O.J. No. 11

A Summary

In Susi v. Bourke, [2014] OJ No 11, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that when all of the directors of a corporation fail to comply with their fiduciary duties, none of them can seek a remedy for oppression.

Canada, Ontario, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Conflict of interest, Bankruptcy, Fiduciary