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Burr & Forman Names Eight New Partners Across Five Offices

Burr Forman

Meryl Cowan is a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment group where she represents employers, manufacturers, and companies in all aspects of general employment, labor, and employment discrimination law. About Burr & Forman LLP.

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Supreme Court Expands Creditors’ by Allowing Denial of a Discharge Under Sec. 523(a)(2)(A) if Debtor Transfers Assets in Violation of State Fraudulent Transfer Statute

The Creditors Rights

Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a creditor to obtain a judgment denying its debtor a discharge of debts incurred by false pretenses or actual fraud. Chrysalis Manufacturing Corp. Congress added the term “actual fraud” when it enacted the Bankruptcy Code in 1978. Ritz , 2016 WL 2842452 (2016).