business Cases
October 31, 2019
Third Circuit also holds that turnover in Section 542(a) is not automatic. The debtor must mount an adversary proceeding to obtain a turnover of property.
October 30, 2019
State attorney general was allowed to intervene in a class suit alleging that a lender violated usury laws.
October 29, 2019
A subsequent transferee may be entitled to challenge a fraudulent transfer judgment from a prior suit against the initial transferee.
October 24, 2019
Section 362(k) creates a private right of action that may be maintained even after dismissal of the underlying bankruptcy, the Third Circuit says.
October 23, 2019
The debtors didn’t have a great case for a stay violation after filing six chapter 13 petitions and living rent-free for five years.
October 22, 2019
Fifth Circuit panel does not interpret recent Supreme Court authority as overruling circuit opinions allowing bankruptcy courts to disregard arbitration agreements.
October 21, 2019
Negotiating a prepackaged asbestos plan and having been paid by the debtor does not disqualify a future claimants’ representative under the disinterestedness standard.
October 15, 2019
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Although Florida permits practicing law under a fictitious name, the Bankruptcy Rules are more rigorous and require full disclosure, new Delaware judge says.
October 2, 2019
Florida case raises the question of whether the Supreme Court will eventually give bankruptcy a general exemption from arbitration, or an exemption only for core proceedings.