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November 11, 2021

Judge Clarkson laid down guidelines for a lawyer who copies pleadings written by another lawyer in a different case.

November 04, 2021

Until now, there has been surprisingly little precedent directly on point to say that denial of a motion for conversion from chapter 11 to chapter 7 is not a final order subject to appeal

August 18, 2021

Just because a creditor doesn’t cash a distribution check doesn’t mean it’s abandoned and reverts to the debtor.

June 16, 2021

So long as there was no delay in filing the retention application, Judge Tighe identified statutory and practical reasons for allowing compensation for services rendered before entry of a retention order.

April 19, 2021

California district judge sides with the dissenter in the Fifth Circuit in saying that the parallel systems of U.S. Trustees and Bankruptcy Administrators violates the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution.

March 02, 2021

Fee-shifting clause in the lease entitled the debtor to recover $606,000 in attorneys’ fees from the landlord for opposing lease assumption.

February 19, 2021

Bankruptcy court evicted a debtor from his residence because he didn’t qualify for the Covid-19 moratoria.

January 25, 2021

Are the lower courts out of step with the Supreme Court when it comes to enforcement of arbitration of disputes in bankruptcy court?

December 09, 2020

California judge disagrees with a Texas judge and rules that creditors of a solvent debtor are not entitled to the higher state judgment rate or the higher contract rate.

November 23, 2020

An expectancy interest in a trust isn’t “property” to underlay a fraudulent transfer suit.