Recientemente, la Dirección General de Tributos (“DGT”) ha publicado la contestación a la Consulta Vinculante V0259-18, de 7 de febrero de 2018, en la que se analizan las implicaciones que pueden derivarse para un tercero como consecuencia de las liquidaciones provisionales (incluso no habiendo las mismas adquirido firmeza) practicadas a otro sujeto pasivo.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently vacated a trial court’s dismissal of a mortgagee’s deficiency claims and remanded to the trial court to determine whether the voluntary dismissal of a bankrupt debtor’s Chapter 11 case without a discharge had any effect on the mortgagee’s right to pursue its pre-petition deficiency claims.

Desde hace ya tiempo la Administración Tributaria ha venido aplicando, si bien no de forma frecuente, el sistema de responsabilidades regulado en la Ley 58/2003, de 17 de diciembre, General Tributaria (en adelante LGT), en los supuestos en los que el deudor a la Hacienda Pública se encontraba en situación de concurso. 

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals recently held that a condominium association acting on its six-month super-priority lien for unpaid condominium assessments pursuant to § 42-1903.13(a)(2) of the District of Columbia Condominium Act (the “D.C. Condo Act”) may not conduct its foreclosure sale subject to a first deed of trust lien, even if the terms of sale stated that the condo unit would be sold subject to first deed of trust.

In an action against a Florida consumer plaintiffs’ firm that also functions as consumer bankruptcy debtors’ counsel, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently held that a bankruptcy attorney violates section 526(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code if he instructs a client to pay his legal fees using a credit card.

In so ruling, the Court held that there is no requirement under the statute that the advice be given for an invalid purpose designed to manipulate the bankruptcy process.

The Supreme Court of Florida recently denied a pro se borrower’s petition to invoke the jurisdiction of the Court, and imposed sanctions against him for filing numerous meritless and inappropriate petitions for relief pertaining to trial court foreclosure proceedings to which he is a defendant.

In so doing, the Supreme Court barred the borrower from filing any future pleadings, motions or requests for relief in the Supreme Court related to his foreclosure proceedings, unless filed in good faith by an attorney in good standing.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently held that a completely unsecured lien may be stripped off in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding under 11 U.S.C. § 1322(b) even though a proof of claim has not been filed.

A copy of the opinion in Edwin Burkhart v. Nancy Spencer Grigsby is available at: Link to Opinion.

La reciente Sentencia de la Sala de lo Civil del TS de 15 de diciembre de 2017 se pronuncia sobre el criterio temporal de aplicación del Real Decreto-Ley 6/2013, para la protección de los créditos adquiridos por la SAREB frente a una eventual subordinación. Según el Tribunal Supremo, si la calificación del crédito era definitiva antes de la entrada en vigor de la norma, no puede modificarse posteriormente.

La Sala de lo Civil del Tribunal Supremo ha dictado recientemente una sentencia (STS 693/2017, de 20 de diciembre) que, si bien trae causa de un procedimiento concursal, establece conclusiones muy interesantes desde el punto de vista del derecho societario, en materia de conflictos de interés en el seno de los grupos de sociedades.

La Sala de lo Civil del Tribunal Supremo reconoce legitimación para interponer recursos al acreedor coadyuvante en un incidente concursal de acción de reintegración.