January 31, 2022
The opinion by Judge Silverstein contains numerous sound bites for judges and debtors aiming to discharge student loans owed by individuals living in desperate circumstances.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
January 26, 2022
Decisions by the U.S. Trustee are subject to judicial review, Judge Kaplan says.
January 3, 2022
Chapter 7 trustee was precluded from terminating a lawsuit because a secured lender had been given the right to settle.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
December 30, 2021
New Jersey judge says that professionals may not be able to limit liability when malpractice is more than mere negligence.
December 28, 2021
Split grows on allowance of makewholes and what constitutes disallowed, unmatured interest.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
December 21, 2021
Being an ordinary employee didn’t mean that the debtor was engaged in business to qualify for Subchapter V.
December 8, 2021
Although a chapter 11 plan can bind parties throughout the world, Judge Sontchi wouldn’t let a foreign debtor sue a foreign bank in the Delaware bankruptcy court over a transaction that occurred in England.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
October 26, 2021
Notice by email may satisfy due process but doesn’t comply with notice by ‘mail’ under Bankruptcy Rule 2002.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
October 14, 2021
Pennsylvania’s Judge Conway hints that failure to stop proceedings after bankruptcy can be an automatic stay violation, even after Fulton.
October 1, 2021
There can be no question about whether the beneficiary of a surety bond has been ‘paid in full’ before the surety has subrogation rights.