November 11, 2021
Judge Clarkson laid down guidelines for a lawyer who copies pleadings written by another lawyer in a different case.
October 27, 2021
Motions to recuse three bankruptcy judges fortified the third judge’s decision to dismiss and bar refiling for three years.
October 18, 2021
The bankruptcy court was accorded wide discretion in deciding how to treat a $5.2 million loan that was neither disclosed to nor approved by the bankruptcy court.
October 13, 2021
Curiously, bifurcated fee arrangements are sometimes permitted in the Eastern District of Kentucky.
October 6, 2021
Counsel sanctioned $10,000 for making allegations about an intentional or malicious stay violation without having performed an investigation to justify the claims.
September 30, 2021
A creditor can’t elect a trustee to pick its adversary in a lawsuit, Bankruptcy Judge Gunn says.
September 29, 2021
Confirming a chapter 13 plan on the assumption that a claim was entitled to priority didn’t bar the debtors from later objecting to the priority of the claim.
September 28, 2021
Under unusual circumstances, a two-year delay in completing service of process was not fatal in the Eleventh Circuit.
September 24, 2021
Had the purchaser of estate claims offered to waive its own unsecured claim, the sale might have been approved.
September 21, 2021
Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo Rodriguez explained why the Second Circuit was wrong in ruling that violators of Rule 3002.1 are only liable for compensatory damages.