Ryan v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““§ 548. Fraudulent transfers and obligations. “(a) The trustee may avoid any transfer of an interest of the debtor in property, or any obligation incurred by the debtor, that was made or incurred on or within one year before the date of the filing of the petition, if the debtor— “(1) made such transfer or incurred such obligation with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any entity to which the debtor was or became, on or after the date that such transfer occurred or such obligation was incurred, indebted; or “(2)(A) received less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for such transfer or obligation; and “(B)(i) was insolvent on the date that such transfer was made or such obligation was incurred, or became insolvent as a result of such transfer or obligation; “(ii) was engaged in business, or was about to engage in business or a transaction, for which any property remaining with the debtor was an unreasonably small capital; or “(iii) intended to incur, or believed that the debtor would incur, debts that would be beyond the debtor’s ability to pay as such debts matured.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pereira v. Checkmate Communications Co. (In Re Checkmate Stereo & Electronics, Ltd.)