Displaying Journal Articles with Topic 2nd Circuit

Firm allowed to drop a creditor-client and represent the debtor in chapter 11.

New York bankruptcy judge approves retention of a crisis manger under Section 363(b) who might be disqualified under Section 327(a).

Arbitration agreement doesn’t preclude discovery in chapter 15, district judge rules.

Clever pleading failed to evade an anti-suit injunction entered as part of a settlement.

Federal student loan proceeds were never the parents’ property and thus could not be recovered by a trustee.

Notions of equity go out the window when the issue is maritime liens.

Courts split on the dischargeability of debts incurred in the course of divorce or separation.

Section 502(b)(4) shields debtors from overreaching lawyers in a new context.

Ten years later, courts are still sorting out who’s liable for Old GM’s failure to disclose a known defect.

A ‘cert’ petition is in the works to resolve the circuit split from Lubrizol regarding the rejection of trademark licenses.