Rochelle's Daily Wire

Counsel run the risk of being paid lower local rates in ‘mega’ cases filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.

The automatic stay does not bar increasing authorized shares when the debtor is a minority shareholder.

If the government isn’t suing on a claim originally owing to the U.S., a trustee can’t use the six-year statute of limitations in the FDCPA.

Both individuals and corporations in subchapter V of chapter 11 are barred from discharging debts that are nondischargeable under Section 523(a).

Circuit refuses to make an exception for trustees regarding the judge-made doctrine of in pari delicto.

Reliance on advice of counsel is not a complete defense to contempt citations.

In a case that may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court at least once more, the Fourth Circuit is subjecting 26 multinational oil companies to the tender mercies of the Maryland state courts.

Being branded as a creditor is like a tattoo; it won’t ever come off.

The circuits are now split 2/1 on the waiver of sovereign immunity under Section 544(b) for lawsuits by a trustee based on claims that could have been made by an actual creditor.

Reversing the bankruptcy court, the district court decided that a local rule did not bar bifurcated fee arrangements altogether.