September 21, 2023
The bankruptcy court in Delaware sided with four circuits by directing the U.S. Trustee to give refunds for overpayment of fees that were not uniform throughout the country.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
September 6, 2023
Contesting the election of a chapter 7 trustee isn’t like defending a fee application, which Baker Botts held to be noncompensable.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
September 1, 2023
Delaware’s Judge Craig Goldblatt makes a ‘common-sense judgment’ in deciding whether to allow a prepetition lawsuit to proceed in state court.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
August 3, 2023
Bound by the Third Circuit’s first LTL decision, the bankruptcy court found that LTL’s rejiggered second filing suffered from the same defect: no immediate financial distress.
July 19, 2023
A trustee’s commissions can’t be based on a percentage of disbursements to the trustee’s own counsel, so says a New Jersey district judge.
July 17, 2023
A repeat filer in chapter 13 must show ‘clear and convincing evidence’ of improved financial condition to warrant an extension of the automatic stay under Section 362(c)(3)(B), Chief Judge Taddonio says.
July 13, 2023
The Third Circuit lauded Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt for a ‘well-reasoned’ opinion correctly interpreting Supreme Court authority.
July 10, 2023
Times are a-changin’ when it comes to setoff against exempt assets.
June 14, 2023
Bankruptcy Judge Shannon says that the liquidating trust was not debtor’s counsel’s former client.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
May 8, 2023
Bankruptcy Judges Marvin Isgur and Gregory Taddonio disagree on whether the bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction to grant ‘innocent spouse’ relief to a debtor.