Disappointed donors drop malpractice claim 
By Peter Vieth
Published: July 13, 2011
Tags: Bankruptcy, Federal Courts, Judge Liam O'Grady, Judge Stephen S. Mitchell, Law Firms, Legal Malpractice
Disappointed donors who lost $1 million after the bankruptcy of a Virginia-based charity may have lost their last chance to find recovery or revenge. The story of John and Nancy Behrmann’s involvement in a “donor advised fund” managed by the bankrupt National Heritage Foundation Inc. is a case study in the fallout for donors when [...]
Debtor’s ‘dirty hands’ bar claim for damages
By Peter Vieth
Published: December 10, 2010
Tags: Bankruptcy, Federal Courts, Judge Stephen S. Mitchell
A massive claim for damages against several title insurance companies in the wake of a mortgage fraud scheme fails because the dirty hands of the debtor were imputed to the trustee for his bankruptcy estate, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. The decision comes in the fallout from the collapse of a mortgage company built by [...]
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