April 26, 2021
Third Circuit dicta suggests that failure to create a trust is constitutionally deficient and won’t discharge claims of ‘unknown’ creditors in a chapter 11 plan.
April 16, 2021
Delaware bankruptcy judge trusts that dating lawyers at adversary firms didn’t disclose client confidences.
March 29, 2021
Splitting with the Sixth Circuit, Pittsburgh district judge rules that a FLSA suit falls within the ‘police and regulatory’ exception to the automatic stay.
March 23, 2021
A triangular setoff valid under state law does not satisfy the mutuality requirement in Section 553(a).
March 18, 2021
The Third Circuit found loopholes in the purchase agreement permitting the buyer to assert an administrative claim, even though the breakup fee was disallowed.
January 15, 2021
Dissenter would have upheld horizontal gifting on the merits.
January 11, 2021
Finding a proper exercise of regulatory power isn’t required to invoke the exception to the automatic stay.
November 25, 2020
Pursuing appointment benefitted the professional career of the applicant and did not benefit the estate, Judge Silverstein said.
November 20, 2020
Sometimes, being too aggressive backfires when the defendant files bankruptcy.
November 16, 2020
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