Rochelle's Daily Wire

Sticking to her guns, Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath rules that the solvent-debtor exception was abrogated by the adoption of the Bankruptcy Code, but certifies a direct appeal to the Court of Appeals.

Pittsburgh Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Taddonio says that lawyers must search in PACER before signing up a new client.

In spreading the automatic stay, the bankruptcy court again employed the traditional analysis without recognition that the non-debtors are solvent.

Following the Model Rules and erecting ethical screens allows adversary lawyers to date and marry.

Third Circuit says: You can object to a Rule 2004 discovery motion or move to quash a subpoena under Federal Rule 45, but not both.

The Third Circuit opinion by Thomas Ambro explained that the ‘close nexus’ test does not apply when a post-conformation dispute is ‘core’ or entails enforcing a court order.

An appeal to the Third Circuit may tell us whether a ‘notwithstanding any other provision’ clause really means what it says.

A representative of future claimants must meet a higher standard than disinterestedness, the Third Circuit said, but technical conflicts may not be disqualifying.

Bankruptcy Judge Craig T. Goldblatt declined to interpret an indenture’s ratable treatment clause as anti-subordination in disguise.

Delaware corporations must have shareholder approval to sell all or substantially all assets outside of bankruptcy.