December 30, 2019
Appeals court upholds finding that the mortgage securities market in 2007 was declining, not dysfunctional.
3rd Circuit
December 23, 2019
Third Circuit emphasizes the limitation of nonconsensual, third-party releases to ‘exceptional’ cases.
3rd Circuit
December 10, 2019
Saying she is in the minority in her district, a new Delaware judge ruled that allowing creditors to opt out won’t permit a plan to impose nonconsensual, third-party releases.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
October 31, 2019
Third Circuit also holds that turnover in Section 542(a) is not automatic. The debtor must mount an adversary proceeding to obtain a turnover of property.
3rd Circuit
October 24, 2019
Section 362(k) creates a private right of action that may be maintained even after dismissal of the underlying bankruptcy, the Third Circuit says.
3rd Circuit
October 21, 2019
Negotiating a prepackaged asbestos plan and having been paid by the debtor does not disqualify a future claimants’ representative under the disinterestedness standard.
3rd Circuit, New Jersey
October 15, 2019
Although Florida permits practicing law under a fictitious name, the Bankruptcy Rules are more rigorous and require full disclosure, new Delaware judge says.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
October 01, 2019
Lawyer was sanctioned under Rule 9011 for filing a petition when the lawyer should have known that title had already passed in a foreclosure sale.
3rd Circuit, New Jersey
