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April 10, 2024

Seemingly in conflict with Section 329, a district court decided that a chapter 7 debtor’s attorneys could sue for post-petition fees, even though the firm never disclosed the fee arrangement as required by Section 329 and Rule 2016.

April 3, 2024

With two federal statutes in conflict, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt found a rebuttable presumption in favor of enforcing arbitration.

March 22, 2024

A creditor’s actual knowledge that a bankruptcy case exists isn’t enough for the creditor to be bound by a plan injunction, Delaware’s Judge Silverstein says.

March 7, 2024

Under binding circuit precedent, a Delaware district judge ruled that an order denying a motion to dismiss a chapter 11 case is final and appealable.

February 20, 2024

Can Section 327(c) be unconstitutional as applied if it deprives shareholders of standing when the estate might be solvent?

February 15, 2024

Prof. Westbrook believes there is no common law alternative to chapter 15.

February 8, 2024

Like Bankruptcy Judge Lopez in Houston, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt decided that Delaware law governing LLCs can’t eliminate rights that are fundamental in federal bankruptcy law.

January 31, 2024

Bifurcated fee arrangements are cumbersome, temporary fixes for a problem that the Supreme Court created in Lamie.

January 24, 2024

Although examiners must be appointed on motion, the Third Circuit says that the bankruptcy court retains ‘broad discretion’ to fix the scope and cost of the investigation.

December 27, 2023

No reverse condemnation occurred when the state took over a debtor’s property to prevent an imminent threat to public health.

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