City of Chicago v. Fulton, Case No. 19–357 (2021).
The mere retention of estate property after the filing of a bankruptcy petition does not violate the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. §362(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code.United States of America ex rel Bibby v. Mortgage Investors Corporation,No. 19-12736 (11th Cir. 2021).
The False Claims Act,31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A)–(B), does not impart standing Article III to claimants seeking avoidance of fraudulent claims.R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Bessent-Dixon, Case No. 1D19-1995(Fla. 1st DCA 2021).
A claimant seeking to prove the intentional tort of conspiracy to fraudulently concealinformation must prove she relied to her detriment on a false statement by the defendant.Ramosv. Mississippi Real Estate Dispositions, LLC, Case No. 3D19-2513 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).
Despite the equitable powers granted to judgment creditors by Florida Statute section 56.29(6), a judgment creditor executing a judgment on a judgment debtor’s interest in a multi-member limited liability is constrained by Florida Statute section 605.0503 and may only levy a charging lien.National Medical Imaging, LLC v. Lyon Financial Services, Inc., Case No. 3D20-730(Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (en banc).
The Third District recedes from Shop in theGrove, Ltd. v. Union Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n of Miami, 425 So. 2d 1138(Fla. 3d DCA 1982), and holds that the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. 362 applies even when the bankruptcy debtor is the appellant.Amezcuav. Cortez,Case No. 3D20-1649 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).
Florida recognizes international foreign judgments pursuant to Florida Statute section 55.064 while general principles of comity allow for the discretionary enforcementof certain interlocutory rulings.
