Jewel has now been formally rejected in New York and California. Washington, D.C. is next.

How to ruin a good case: have your adversary arrested during mediation.

A security retainer held by a foreign liquidator’s U.S. counsel satisfies the chapter 15 requirement of property in the U.S.

Objection is not required to bar a discharge to an individual who received a chapter 7 discharge within eight years.

California judge won’t bar the debtor from settling for more than the original $6 million in compensatory damages while forsaking $40 million in punitive damages earmarked for public interest groups.

Judges uses Section 329(a) to vacate a contingency lien for more than the value of the lawyer’s services.

Differing state laws govern the exemption of tax refunds for individuals.

A tax return late by three years wasn’t ‘honest and reasonable.’

Attorney General’s oversight was avoided by shutting down a nonprofit hospital.

Split grows on whether ‘substantial contribution’ claims are limited to chapters 9 and 11.