Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Declines to Extend Bartenwerfer to Intentional Torts

This blog previously covered the Supreme Court’s decision in Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 598 U.S. 69 (2023), which held that, under Section 523(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, an individual debtor may not discharge through bankruptcy debts fraudulently obtained by the debtor’s agent or business partner, even absent the debtor’s direct participation in the fraud….
By: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP