September 22, 2021
The Third Circuit made more rules to decide whether an insurance company can be insulated from failure-to-warn claims by the channeling injunction in a chapter 11 ‘asbestos’ plan.
3rd Circuit
September 16, 2021
Lack of authority on point is no defense to a willful violation of the automatic stay, according to the Third Circuit.
3rd Circuit
September 13, 2021
Eleventh Circuit limits its own precedent to say that pawn lenders aren’t entirely immune from bankruptcy.
11th Circuit
August 09, 2021
‘Cert’ petitions presenting two bankruptcy issues worthy of review by the Supreme Court will be considered by the justices at the ‘long conference’ on September 27.
Supreme Court
June 30, 2021
Two judges appointed to the Ninth Circuit by President Trump disagree about the ability of a creditor to enforce the automatic stay for its benefit or to protect the estate.
9th Circuit
June 29, 2021
Supreme Court narrows Spokeo by holding that violation of a statute won’t always give rise to standing and the right to sue for damages.
Supreme Court
June 04, 2021
Decision by Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner demonstrates the flaw in the Fourth Circuit’s rule requiring parallel proceedings in bankruptcy court and in arbitration when disputes are both core and non-core.
4th Circuit, Maryland
June 03, 2021
First Circuit BAP explains what lien avoidance does and doesn’t do.
1st Circuit
May 18, 2021
A minority of courts hold that a suit in bankruptcy court can violate the automatic stay if based on a claim that could have been brought before bankruptcy and did not arise under the Bankruptcy Code.
10th Circuit, New Mexico
