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August 10, 2022

Fifth Circuit finds ‘related to’ jurisdiction in a lawsuit between two third parties who were neither debtors nor creditors.

July 27, 2022

An adverse inference sanction for spoliation of evidence is reviewed for abuse of discretion by the district court after withdrawal of the reference.

July 6, 2022

Fifth Circuit holds that 28 U.S.C. § 158 requires district judges or BAPs to decide bankruptcy appeals.

June 28, 2022

The Supreme Court now has two bankruptcy cases on the calendar for argument in the term to begin in October.

June 23, 2022

BAP doesn’t allow debtors to appeal when a trustee sells their home out from underneath them in a short sale.

May 31, 2022

Cutting back on knee-jerk invocation of arbitration, the Supreme Court says that agreements to arbitrate are no more enforceable than ordinary contracts.

May 9, 2022

To establish constitutional standing to appeal, an appellant must seek to overturn the order below, the Sixth Circuit BAP says.

April 25, 2022

This month, two circuits found no ‘related to’ bankruptcy jurisdiction for climate-change lawsuits against energy companies.

April 15, 2022

The Eleventh Circuit explained how prudential (or ‘person aggrieved’) standing is a higher standard more difficult to meet than constitutional (or ‘Article III’) standing.

April 13, 2022

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.