July 02, 2019
The Third Circuit’s new opinion on ‘finality’ will be cast in doubt depending on how the Supreme Court rules in Ritzen.
3rd Circuit
June 28, 2019
Arizona Supreme Court allows LLCs to sue managers and members for violation of fiduciary duties.
June 26, 2019
The logical court to challenge the constitutionality of PROMESA isn’t the PROMESA court itself.
1st Circuit
June 21, 2019
Disagreeing with the Tenth and D.C. Circuits and siding with four other circuits, the Seventh Circuit rules that passively holding estate property violates the automatic stay.
7th Circuit
June 18, 2019
Overruling its own precedent, the Seventh Circuit dismissed an appeal when the appellant had not filed a motion in the appeals court for permission to undertake a direct appeal, even though the bankruptcy court had certified the question to the circuit.
7th Circuit
June 04, 2019
Fifth Circuit generally holds that heightened pleading standards in Rule 9(b) do not apply to claims that don’t rely on fraudulent activity, even though the overall scheme may be fraudulent.
5th Circuit
June 03, 2019
‘No objectively reasonable basis’ is the high court standard to find civil contempt for violating the discharge injunction.
Supreme Court
