January 28, 2025
A district court in Minnesota left the door open for sometimes compelling debtors to arbitrate claims arising in a bankruptcy case.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
January 23, 2025
Long Island’s Judge Grossman warns lawyers that they may be paid nothing if they file chapter 11 cases just to delay a secured creditor, with no legitimate strategy for selling the property, refinancing or confirming a plan.
4th Circuit
January 10, 2025
A district judge in Ohio declined to sit as an appellate court by deciding whether a bankruptcy court in another state had properly ‘spread’ the automatic stay.
6th Circuit, Ohio, Ohio Northern District
December 24, 2024
The Ninth Circuit BAP eased the burden on debtors needing to prove that a lender violated Section 524(i) by failing to credit payments made under a plan.
9th Circuit
December 20, 2024
A Delaware bankruptcy judge says there could be circumstances when automatic stays will not be enforced after the court has denied a motion to compel arbitration.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
December 17, 2024
The First Circuit applied the ‘collateral order doctrine’ to allow an appeal by the government when a private party would be stuck with a nonappealable, interlocutory order.
1st Circuit
December 10, 2024
A magistrate judge decided that a bankruptcy court’s order from another district halting suits against nondebtors was unenforceable because it was not an ‘injunction’ made under Section 105(a).
6th Circuit, Michigan, Michigan Eastern District
December 03, 2024
The same district judge who correctly predicted that Purdue’s nonconsensual releases were prohibited has nonetheless upheld a preliminary injunction barring suits against nondebtors.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
November 14, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner decided that a mortgage servicer must allow a chapter 13 debtor’s continued use of an online payment platform.
4th Circuit, Maryland
