July 21, 2016
Sometimes, an annuity is not an annuity, regardless of what the documents say.
July 20, 2016
Judge Chapman rejects former Judge Peck’s opinion invalidating flip clauses in swaps.
July 19, 2016
GM case will decide applicability of ‘safe harbor’ to interest payments on debt securities.
Failure to notice all class members was pivotal in permitting a class proof of claim.
July 18, 2016
Georgia district judge confronts creditors who file claims based on stale debts.
‘Plain meaning’ permits discharge of some tax penalties.
July 15, 2016
Ninth Circuit will decide en banc whether BAPs were “established” by Congress.
Creditor’s unrepentant attitude escalates punitive damages from $33,700 to $250,000.
Ninth Circuit avoids the one-day-late rule for nondischargeability of tax debts.
July 14, 2016
Majority in D.C. Circuit are flexible on judicial estoppel summary judgment motions.