business Cases
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.
August 30, 2018
Required records and authenticated documents already known to exist are not protected from production by the privilege against self-incrimination.
August 29, 2018
By removing the incumbent board, a receiver can bar the old board from filing a bankruptcy petition, the Ninth Circuit holds.
August 27, 2018
Third Circuit leaves open the question of whether distributions to shareholders in chapter 11 must follow FINRA rules.
August 20, 2018
Two circuits and a BAP now invoke ‘equitable mootness’ to dismiss appeals from orders confirming chapter 9 municipal debt adjustment plans.
August 17, 2018
Caution: Do not use heavy machinery. Reading this story may induce drowsiness.
August 16, 2018
Eleventh Circuit abandons the notion that new value must remain unpaid to offset a preference.
August 15, 2018
Venue in the bankruptcy court is ok for suits brought under a liquidating plan.
August 8, 2018
Courts are split on whether personal liability to produce suppliers results in a nondischargeable debt under Section 523(a)(4).