business Cases
September 27, 2018
A bankruptcy judge’s finding regarding status as a good faith purchaser is not the final word on appeal.
September 26, 2018
Judge Glenn in Manhattan straightens up some of the mess created when GM didn’t disclose ignition switch defects before confirmation.
September 25, 2018
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Delaware district judge rules that the bankruptcy court has final adjudicatory power to include third-party releases in confirmation orders.
September 24, 2018
Judge Flatley avoids taking sides in the Second/Third Circuit split.
September 18, 2018
Third Circuit creates a high standard for revoking a vested contract right.
September 17, 2018
Constitutionally sufficient notice of a bar date may not preclude the use of a class proof of claim under Bankruptcy Rule 7023, Judge Hale says.
September 11, 2018
BAP opinion shows that contempt is virtually impossible to prove in the Ninth Circuit following Taggart.
September 10, 2018
Fourth Circuit disposes of a high-stakes appeal without oral argument in a terse, per curiam opinion incorporating the ‘reasons stated by the district court.’
September 6, 2018
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Narrow reading of ‘equitable mootness’ in Tribune is limited to cases involving a dispute between two classes.
September 5, 2018
Sixth Circuit narrowly rules that a community health service is not a governmental unit and is thus eligible for chapter 11.