August 07, 2020
Third Circuit’s Judge Bibas says that courts use the wrong nomenclature when they say that creditors lack standing to pursue claims belonging to the estate. It’s a question of statutory authority, he said, not standing.
3rd Circuit
May 27, 2020
The case from the Third Circuit was not a good vehicle for granting certiorari on either issue, even though there is a circuit split on nonconsensual, third-party releases.
Supreme Court
May 11, 2020
A mistake by a lawyer isn’t “deliberate” and therefore can’t be a judicial admission.
2nd Circuit
April 21, 2020
Supreme Court won’t decide until late this year or early 2021 whether the automatic stay requires creditors to turn over repossessed property without a turnover action.
Supreme Court
April 21, 2020
An IRA is not a legal entity separate from its owner, according to Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth E. Brown of Denver
10th Circuit, Colorado
April 13, 2020
The value of a disputed claim is proven by showing the likely validity of the claim and the likelihood of recovery, not just by establishing the possible damages.
1st Circuit
March 20, 2020
Even the dissenter in the Ninth Circuit would not let a debt buyer off the hook if the complaint were properly pleaded.
9th Circuit
