December 08, 2020
Expanding on dicta in Bellingham, the district court in Arizona finds no power to enter a final order in a preference suit against a defendant who did not consent to a final order in bankruptcy court.
9th Circuit, Arizona
December 02, 2020
New York Court of Appeals decision opens the door to state court suits against third parties who cause debtors to breach contracts with lenders.
2nd Circuit, New York
November 27, 2020
The Ninth Circuit rules that Taggart raised a ‘significantly high hurdle’ before holding a creditor in contempt of the discharge injunction.
9th Circuit
November 03, 2020
Impliedly overruling the law in five circuits, the Supreme Court changed the rules for deciding when a deadline is jurisdictional, the Sixth Circuit says.
6th Circuit
October 28, 2020
The equitable power under Section 105(a) permits extending the discharge objection deadline when the court makes a mistake.
5th Circuit
October 22, 2020
Section 106 wasn’t sufficiently explicit to waive sovereign immunity for Indian tribes, Judge Frank Bailey said in siding with the Sixth Circuit and differing with the Ninth Circuit.
1st Circuit, Massachusetts
