business Cases
February 19, 2019
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
If a suit filed in violation of Barton ends up in bankruptcy court, must the judge still dismiss? The courts are split.
February 18, 2019
The appeals court is attempting to avoid chaos despite ruling that the appointment of Puerto Rico Oversight Board members violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
February 15, 2019
A crisis befalls smaller companies that can’t afford the huge increase in U.S. Trustee fees.
February 13, 2019
A non-objecting creditor is bound by a third-party release even if the release may have been improper.
February 12, 2019
The circuits agree, but the lower courts disagree, on the allowance of post-petition attorneys’ fees based on contract.
February 7, 2019
An appeal from an integrated sale and settlement can be dismissed under Section 363(m), the Fifth Circuit says.
February 6, 2019
Qualified immunity kicks in when a trustee’s actions don’t qualify for absolute immunity.
February 4, 2019
Ninth Circuit says that Section 158(d)(1) isn’t an appeals court’s jurisdiction over a ‘Stern’ matter.
February 1, 2019
First Circuit reverses, upholding the validity of bondholders’ security interests in $2.9 billion of collateral.
January 31, 2019
‘Old’ GM lenders lose again while attempting to avoid the consequences of a $1.5 billion mistake.