March 08, 2019
Sanctions weren’t justified for attempting to collect a time-barred tax claim.
6th Circuit
March 06, 2019
A creditor must attempt to stop a state court from violating the stay, the Sixth Circuit BAP holds.
6th Circuit
February 26, 2019
The appeals court didn’t allow an ambiguous state statute to confer absolution for violating the automatic stay.
6th Circuit
February 19, 2019
If a suit filed in violation of Barton ends up in bankruptcy court, must the judge still dismiss? The courts are split.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
January 25, 2019
The Supreme Court is invited to resolve a circuit split and decide whether inaction can violate the automatic stay.
Supreme Court
January 14, 2019
Bankruptcy needs blanket judicial immunity from the Federal Arbitration Act after the Supreme Court’s Schein decision.
Supreme Court
January 07, 2019
Supreme Court has three bankruptcy cases this term, on nonjudicial foreclosure, trademark rejection, and contempt for a stay violation.
Supreme Court
December 28, 2018
Ninth Circuit is the first court of appeals to expand a debtor’s appellate counsel fees beyond successfully defending an award for a willful stay violation.
9th Circuit
December 14, 2018
In the first opinion at the circuit level, the First Circuit latches onto the lousy drafting of Section 362(c)(3)(A) to end the automatic stay entirely, 30 days after the second filing within a year.
1st Circuit
