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September 02, 2022

Third Circuit says: You can object to a Rule 2004 discovery motion or move to quash a subpoena under Federal Rule 45, but not both.

August 25, 2022

A local government removed a lawsuit to bankruptcy court, but the bankruptcy judge turned around and slam-dunked the government for violating the plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment rights.

August 10, 2022

Fifth Circuit finds ‘related to’ jurisdiction in a lawsuit between two third parties who were neither debtors nor creditors.

August 03, 2022

If the government isn’t suing on a claim originally owing to the U.S., a trustee can’t use the six-year statute of limitations in the FDCPA.

August 02, 2022

Two or three years from now, the Tenth Circuit may have a chance to agree or disagree with the Fifth Circuit on an important question under Section 544(b).

July 01, 2022

Circuit courts are split 4/3 on their interpretation of Supreme Court precedent holding that regularly conducted mortgage foreclosures are immune from fraudulent transfer attack.

June 21, 2022

The amendment to Section 547(b) does not require a preference complaint to explain why the defendant doesn’t have affirmative defenses, Judge Walrath says.

May 20, 2022

Finally, a circuit court cites Taggart to help a debtor enforce the discharge injunction.

May 19, 2022

The Ninth Circuit equates nonjudicial foreclosure with bankruptcy discharge in terms of the effect on deficiencies following foreclosure.

May 10, 2022

Over a vigorous dissent, the First Circuit Joins the Ninth Circuit by holding that Section 106(a) waives tribes’ sovereign immunity.