business Cases
April 20, 2021
Bankruptcy court has power to entertain a nationwide class action asserting a discharge violation.
April 19, 2021
California district judge sides with the dissenter in the Fifth Circuit in saying that the parallel systems of U.S. Trustees and Bankruptcy Administrators violates the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution.
April 16, 2021
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Delaware bankruptcy judge trusts that dating lawyers at adversary firms didn’t disclose client confidences.
April 15, 2021
Seventh Circuit says that Fulton left open the question of whether holding an impounded car violates Sections 362(a)(4) or (a)(6).
April 12, 2021
Bankruptcy removal statute doesn’t permit moving a suit in district court to the bankruptcy court in another district.
April 9, 2021
Incivility may be acceptable in matrimonial matters, but not when the lawyer represents a debtor.
April 8, 2021
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Subordination agreement did not transfer voting rights, but prudential standing nevertheless barred the subordinated creditor from participating in confirmation, Judge Somers says.
April 6, 2021
If a case is dismissed, all assets revest in the debtor and nothing remains in the bankruptcy estate, not even undisclosed assets.
April 5, 2021
Creditors’ lawyers shot themselves in the foot by having the bankruptcy judge moot a motion for an extension of the dischargeability deadline.
March 31, 2021
The statutory basis for permanent relief under today’s chapter 15 was found in former Section 304, which chapter 15 superseded.