Split 7th Circuit Upholds No Malice Finding In NLRB’s Challenge Of Bankruptcy

Mealey's (February 7, 2019, 12:52 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 22 ruled 2-1 to reject a collateral estoppel argument by the National Labor Relations Board and affirm a finding that an employer, ordered by the NLRB to provide back pay after firing his employees to avoid unionization, was permitted to challenge the issue of malice when seeking to discharge that debt in his bankruptcy filing (In Re:  Edward L. Calvert, No. 17-1895, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 2012)....