January 10, 2023
Applying ordinary contract law, New York judge rules that customers are bound by contracts they haven’t read.
January 3, 2023
A court filing by a claims trader was stricken from the docket because it contained judges’ direct email addresses.
December 27, 2022
An appeal from an order ruling on allowance of a priority claim must be taken immediately, not on confirmation of a chapter 11 plan.
December 19, 2022
There’s no circuit split on post-petition interest, because the Second Circuit agreed with the Third, Fifth and Ninth Circuits.
December 9, 2022
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.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
November 17, 2022
Legal malpractice claims can be either tort or contract claims, the Second Circuit explains.
November 10, 2022
One month apart, two judges in New York differed on the extent to which they permitted redactions of information about creditors, their identities and addresses.
November 4, 2022
Only judicial liens that impair exemptions may be avoided under Section 522(f)(1).
November 3, 2022
Milwaukee district judge rules that bankruptcy does not cut off future liability on a personal guarantee issued before bankruptcy.
November 2, 2022
If a tenant’s security deposit was swept by the landlord’s secured creditor but was not held in trust, the tenant has no recourse other than to file an unsecured claim.