February 02, 2018
No Quick Exit for Any Creditors from Puerto Rico’s Financial Mess, Judge Says
Judge refuses to issue declaratory judgments about Puerto Rico’s use of tax revenues.
1st Circuit, Puerto RicoJanuary 18, 2018
Asset Sale Appeals Are Moot Even if There Is a Jevic Violation, First Circuit Says
Waiving the automatic stay and immediately closing a sale does not make Section 363(m) inapplicable.
1st CircuitJanuary 16, 2018
Circuit Split Deepens on Rejection of Trademark Licenses
First Circuit follows the Fourth Circuit’s Lubrizol and rejects the Seventh Circuit’s Sunbeam.
1st CircuitDecember 29, 2017
Boston Judge Allows Conversion to Chapter 13 Just to Prevent the Sale of a Home
Converting to chapter 13 to prevent the sale of a home in chapter 7 is not bad faith.
1st Circuit, MassachusettsNovember 03, 2017
Creative Theory Fails to Give an Automatic Appeal from a Non-Core Interlocutory Order
Interlocutory orders by bankruptcy courts on non-core claims don’t give rise to immediate de novo review as proposed findings and conclusions.
1st Circuit, MaineOctober 20, 2017
First Circuit Narrowly Defines Fiduciaries Who Are Prohibited Buyers of Estate Assets
First Circuit narrowly applies equitable mootness in a receivership sale.
1st CircuitSeptember 26, 2017
First Circuit Widens a Circuit Split on a Committee’s Intervention Rights
Allowing intervention as of right, First Circuit repudiates its own prior authority as ‘pure dicta.’
1st CircuitSeptember 08, 2017
PROMESA Didn’t Enjoin Damages Suit Against Puerto Rico Government Official
Courts are reluctant to employ PROMESA as a shield against suits involving government administration.
1st Circuit, Puerto RicoAugust 23, 2017
‘Related To’ Jurisdiction Exists over Lien Dispute Between a Creditor and Its Lawyers
Delaying confirmation wasn’t grounds to abstain.
1st Circuit, MassachusettsAugust 11, 2017
Presumptively Fraudulent Transfer Isn’t Enough to Appoint a Trustee, First Circuit Holds
First Circuit is uncharacteristically lenient on debtors in the context of a motion for a trustee.
1st Circuit