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Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of PSA, Inc. v. Edwards

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Dismissal of plaintiff-bankruptcy trustee's complaint against entities allegedly involved in a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors is...

Jones v. Citigroup, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Order denying defendant's petition to compel arbitration of an unfair competition action filed by plaintiffs is reversed where plaintiffs did not show...

Roberts v. Pierce

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
Order granting in part, and disallowing in part, a proof of claim in a bankruptcy proceeding is affirmed where the bankruptcy court did not abuse its...

Polezoes v. Bartlett

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment enforcing a settlement agreement between parties in a property dispute is affirmed over meritless claims that the consequences of enforcing...

United Am. Lien & Recovery Corp. v. Primicerio

Asset Forfeiture, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Debt Collection, Insurance Law
Judgment awarding damages, attorney's fees and costs, and forfeiting a bond in favor of defendant in a dispute regarding a lien placed on a vehicle...

Cage v. Wyo-Ben, Inc.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants-creditors involving a bankruptcy trustee's attempt to void certain transfers to defendants in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy...

Cent. Virginia Cmty. Coll. v. Katz

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Education Law
A bankruptcy trustee's proceeding to set aside the debtor's preferential transfers to state agencies is not barred by sovereign immunity. Pursuant to...

JLA Investment Corp. v. Colony Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement
Appellant's former counsel is entitled to a retaining lein on settlement funds in his trust account, obtained from an underlying insurance coverage...

Mountain Funding, LLC v. Blackwater Crossing, LLC

Debt Collection
Orders temporarily enjoining the sale of collateral in an action to collect a debt are reversed where the court failed to set forth sufficient factual...

Fasanaro v. First Nat. Bank of Chicago

Banking Law, Debt Collection, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
Final judgment of foreclosure is affirmed where any error in the admission of certain evidence of loan histories and payment records obtained by bank...