business Cases
March 9, 2020
Pending adversary proceedings don’t preclude a finding that the chapter 11 case has been ‘fully administered,’ thus allowing entry of a final decree and cutting off further fees owing to the U.S. Trustee Program.
March 5, 2020
Sovereign immunity won’t prevent the bankruptcy court from extinguishing a state’s easement over a debtor’s property.
March 4, 2020
Because the SBRA’s foundation is chapter 11, the new statute may be applied constitutionally to rights or property interests arising before enactment.
March 3, 2020
Courts are split on whether a personal guaranty survives bankruptcy.
March 3, 2020
District court reverses and bars Sears from assigning Mall of America lease.
February 26, 2020
Despite the high court’s ban on nunc pro tunc orders, may bankruptcy courts make their orders retroactive?
February 25, 2020
Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson of Santa Ana, Calif., issued the first reported decision on the new small business reorganization law that became effective on February 19.
February 25, 2020
High court rules that federal courts may make federal common law only to protect ‘uniquely’ federal interests.
February 24, 2020
Bankruptcy judge finds no statutory power for a chapter 13 trustee to prosecute a lawsuit that the debtor was judicially estopped for pursuing.
February 21, 2020
Reinstating a ruling by Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia Morris, the appeals court held that the Manville asbestos trust covers both in rem and in personam claims by ‘future’ claimants against insurers and brokers.