Preventing Securities Law Violators from Discharging their Debts in Bankruptcy

The following article appeared in the April 15, 2011 issue of Michigan’s Lawyers Weekly. Although 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(19) is not new, it may be underutilized.  The subsection was added to the Bankruptcy Code almost a decade ago as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and was designed to make it easier to prevent the discharge … Continue reading Preventing Securities Law Violators from Discharging their Debts in Bankruptcy

Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action in Higher Education

On June 29, 2023, in a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Harvard’s, and the University of North Carolina’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, as well as Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act.