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June 05, 2025

When creditors have been paid in full, a trustee may pursue fraudulent transfers for the benefit of defrauded equity holders, Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt says.

January 21, 2025

The ‘ordinary course’ defense only applies to credit terms with healthy customers, not to debtors in financial distress, even if pressure is ordinary in the industry.

December 30, 2024

Good faith and attention to detail should enable a failing business to avoid WARN Act liability.

November 06, 2024

To defeat motions to dismiss, preference and fraudulent transfer complaints need not contain all the information to be learned in discovery, Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt says.

October 28, 2024

At least with regard to standing for objections to claims, Delaware’s Judge Craig Goldblatt believes that the Truck Insurance standard for chapter 11 also applies in chapter 7.

October 01, 2024

Nondebtor releases are valid whether the creditor votes for or against the plan, as long as notice to opt out was clear and conspicuous.

July 18, 2024

In the first decision on the topic after Purdue, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt denied the debtor’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop a lawsuit against nondebtors.

April 03, 2024

With two federal statutes in conflict, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt found a rebuttable presumption in favor of enforcing arbitration.

February 20, 2024

Can Section 327(c) be unconstitutional as applied if it deprives shareholders of standing when the estate might be solvent?

February 08, 2024

Like Bankruptcy Judge Lopez in Houston, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt decided that Delaware law governing LLCs can’t eliminate rights that are fundamental in federal bankruptcy law.