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This month, two circuits found no ‘related to’ bankruptcy jurisdiction for climate-change lawsuits against energy companies.

To suffice as an objection to exemption, a complaint must be filed within 30 days of the creditors’ meeting.

Ninth Circuit reverses its own precedent and eliminates a circuit split by favoring farmers.

Controlling legal issues no longer make an order appealable as of right in the Ninth Circuit.

Section 727(a)(2) is not a statute of limitations, Ninth Circuit holds.